The two most used rooms in the home have typically been the kitchen and bathroom. These also continue to be the rooms that top consumer wish lists for renovation — to make them more functional, more…
Kerrie Kelly
How to Design the Perfect Outdoor Kitchen
There’s just something about the aromas and flavors of al fresco cuisine that has made barbecuing, smoking and firing up that outdoor pizza oven a significant part of our lifestyle. When it comes to…
KKDL: Designing a Model Home: Creating a Buyer Profile
Often we are asked, “What are the steps you take to design a model home?” For some, simply having a model home is thought to be enough to sell a community of homes. For us, that thought process just…
#KKDL: 6 Affordable Home Improvement Tips
You know our #KKDL tagline “ Everyone Deserves Great Design.” Often that means a great design with a great budget. Other times, it challenges us to be a little bit more strategic—pushing for some key…
ASID Announces 2021 Board of Directors
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has announced the members of its National Board of Directors for 2021. Consisting of 11 volunteer members with three officers (Chair, Chair-Elect,…
Las Vegas Market Creates First-Ever Virtual Showhouse
Las Vegas Market announced today its first-ever Build the Room: Virtual Showhouse, a project in which 12 well-known designers use cross-category exhibitor product to create a show-stopping room. The…
A Refreshed Outlook from the Front Porch
For nine weeks we have been working from home and social distancing from our clients, friends and family. The first couple of weeks, we thought it was kinda fun to perch ourselves at the breakfast…
How Do You Manage an Interior Design Business With a Creative Mind?
At the January 2020 Las Vegas Market, Furniture, Lighting & Decor hosted its first roundtable discussion as part of the Home Design Business Think Tank Series. The discussion, titled “Left Brain/…
NKBA Launches Live Virtual Forum
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is launching a new live interactive digital forum called Brave New Business, designed to connect, share and inform. Created with industry partners…
9 Ways to Organize and Lift Spirits During the Coronavirus Crisis
With the coronavirus news seeping in to our news feed and inbox, canceling all that we enjoy in life — sports, travel, networking, engaging with friends and family, not to mention a night out on the…