Choosing Michigan Kitchen Designers

Before beginning your selection process you should have a project goal or set of goal. Just “I’d fancy a new kitchen” isn’t going to be enough and you’ll waste some time in the selection process. You might even be considered a potentially unsuitable client (the most popular Michigan kitchen designers are extremely busy, with lengthy waiting lists).

It may be you’re needing to have more counter area for a hobby or catering business, you might want to make the most of spectacular views, allow more natural light into the kitchen, create an eating zone – or any number of requirements and wishes. How do you eat in your kitchen? Are you a pro chef or do you only heat meals? Do you do much entertaining? Do you make preserves and pickles?

Writing a list of your needs and making notes about how you all use your kitchen – along with any concepts of the colors and surfaces you’d like in your new kitchen – will absolutely help in that initial consult with your kitchen designer, assisting the designer know you as a new design client and saving your valuable time in any initial free consultations.

With the basic foundations of your needs and requirements – it’s time to examine the designers themselves.

Your Search Starts Here

The web has made finding and selecting kitchen designers in Michigan so easy.

You can look on specialist kitchen directory sites like KitchensRated, search trade associations such as the National Kitchen and Bath Association’s Michigan local chapter, or search the Michigan section of the BBB

Many top kitchen designers are certified members of trade associations like the NKBA, or have obtained qualifications from specialist groups such as the National Council for Interior Design Qualifications (NCIDQ).

After looking at their website, how do the designers seem to you? Do they carry examples of finished kitchen projects? Do they show recent homeowner testimonials? Is all their contact information easy to find? Do all their pages work?