Kitchen & Bath Design News

JUL 2013

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Portfolio: Collaborative Projects By Kim Berndtson Collaboration Helps Get It Right Kitchen and bath designers often collaborate with other industry trade professionals to ensure their creations meet their clients' needs at every level. F Photos: Mike Gullon, Phoenix Photographic or kitchen and bath designers, their specialty typically lies in such areas as space planning, creative design and product selection. The goal is to help clients achieve dream spaces – functionally and aesthetically. However, there are always areas that fall outside of a designer's expertise, whether it's architectural design, building, choosing fooring, wall coverings and window treatments, fnding unique plumbing or hardware products, or something else. For that reason, designers may seek out the expertise of other trade professionals to help implement their design vision. Architects, builders, remodelers, interior designers and decorative plumbing and hardware specialists can all provide input that can prove to be invaluable in helping to bring a design to fruition. This month, KBDN spoke with kitchen and bath designers who ofered their insights into the benefts of collaboration, sharing collaborative projects that were a win-win for everyone. Kitchen/bath designer: Anthony Bronzovich, design consultant Epiphany Kitchens, Northville, MI Collaborative partner: Edward Postif, Edward Postif Interiors, Northville, MI Project specifcs: Key terms Bronzovich adhered to when designing this Ann Arbor, MI, kitchen included "southern," "cozy" and "not too formal." The family, with two young boys, likes to entertain, which dictated a focus on the island and range as well as a large 48" refrigerator. Project collaboration: This project featured custom paint on the cabinets and the island. "Ed and I worked together to get the right look," says Bronzovich. "I focused on cabinet selection to determine the best style option and he helped choose the fnishes. The perimeter is almond with a cofee glaze and the island is a custom green with a cofee glaze and light distressing. "Granite selection – Eden granite for the countertops – was also a group efort, as was selecting tile for the backsplash. I created the layout while Ed helped select the fnishes, which are honed limestone for the feld tiles and a blend of stone, metal and glass for the insert behind the range." 28 | Kitchen & Bath Design News July 2013 Benefts of collaboration: "We have a couple of complementary businesses within our space," he says. "In addition to our interior designer partner, we also have a fooring company partner. We all share space, which helps to reduce overhead. We also routinely work with an architect, who has his own space. "We work together hand-in-hand on many projects. My specialty is cabinet selection and space planning. I also help to keep clients on budget, guiding their decisions so there are no surprises at the end of the project. When we get to fnishes, that's where Ed comes into play. I design a wellfunctioning kitchen, then he makes it aesthetically pleasing. He helps refne the space. "Collaborating with other industry professionals, such as an interior designer, is very benefcial. He can help clients select window treatments, chairs, etc. to make the space beautiful – to take it to the next level and tie it into the rest of the home. We can play of of each other, running ideas by one another to see what works with the overall theme of a house to make sure we're all making the right choices for a client."

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