Kitchen Designer Recommendation

Submitted by DPedia t3_1044uql in jerseycity

Hey, gang. Anyone got a good kitchen designer? We just need someone to draw up the design/plans (I'm not exactly well-versed in the terminology here) and we'd have someone else do the work. Nothing fancy—no marble and solid brass—just need to update the ancient an oddly laid out kitchen in our house.

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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j33q8m3 wrote

You should stop by the big box home improvement stores. Home Depot and Lowes offer design services for a relatively nominal fee. It's a good place to start and see what the corporate folks can design, recommend, etc. If you don't like what they go with, you've already eliminated a possible redo when you search for an independent contractor.

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DPedia OP t1_j33s1mg wrote

Yeah? My concern is the house is way old, and things aren't exactly up to code as of now. I feel like their standard go-to options won't work for one reason or another. Like, their design plans include recessed lights but we find out the house isn't wired to support that (that's a bad example, but you know what I mean). But maybe I'm just not giving them enough credit for what they do.

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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j34dwwn wrote

All of what the kitchen designers do is custom. There's obviously standard patterns they're using in their mockups because they're popular and easy, but everyone does that, and obviously if you say you don't want xyz, they'll draw up something without it.

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Cuprunnethover2022 t1_j34sc2b wrote

Sydelle of Sydelle Interiors is great. She does a lot of work on super (like 1800s) old houses.

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DPedia OP t1_j39i8tf wrote

Thank you! My house is indeed super old. 1891.

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0730x t1_j37a5r2 wrote

I like Joe from Better Plastics in Jersey City. Despite the name the cabinets are not made of plastic, I don’t know where they got that name. Joe comes out to your kitchen to take measurements and take your opinions if you have any. Then he’ll propose a couple layouts as to where to put each component such as sink stove dishwasher fridge, etc. You pick between styles and colors of cabinets. They also do countertops but I’ve used countertop specialists for that.

Joe Caggiano Better Plastics Elegant Kitchens & Bath 1 Mallory Ave Jersey City, NJ 201-332-6777

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