| Cooking Up the Kitchen: Coming Up with a Design |
From "Home IQ"
episode DHIQ-114 |
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In this first segment of Home IQ's "Cooking Up the Kitchen" episode, Brad and Lynn Oberg, the homeowners, draw upon their love of Tuscany to create a design for the kitchen, considering everything from tile, lighting, sinks and faucets.
When our homeowners traveled to Italy for a vacation they fell in love with Tuscany and now they want an Old World inspired kitchen. Planning a new kitchen, however, takes lots of planning and the couple must consider every option.
In DIY's new Home IQ series, you'll follow the Oberg family during the decision-making process of building this beautiful new home.
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In this week's episode of Home IQ, Lynn Oberg's favorite room in the house is designed and created ... her kitchen!
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- Any kitchen starts with a set of plans (figure A). "Whenever we entertain no matter what house we've been in everyone ends up in the kitchen," Lynn says. So what the couple tried to do with the floorplan of the house was to make it as open and accessible for entertainment space adjacent to the kitchen. And the concept is Tuscan.
- As we've mentioned in earlier episodes of Home IQ, Lynn created "idea boards" with clippings for each room, including the kitchen (figure B). Our homeowners met with their kitchen designer, Allen Kline, more than a dozen times before the final selections (cabinets, sink, faucet, etc.) were made.
Note: Brad and Lynn tried to stay on budget, but when everything was tallied in the end they went 100 percent over budget -- but this is the norm. If there's one room where a homeowner will spend "over" budget, it's in the kitchen! - Over a period of a few months the homeowners visit various showrooms to shop for their Tuscan kitchen. The sink was surprisingly easy, but choosing the just-right faucet proved to be a tough task. Once again they found themselves searching the Internet for possible choices, which ended up being a smart decision since the couple found the sink (figure C) they wanted even before the product was available by the distributor.
- It's important to know that when building a new home, it's extremely vital that you make these decisions in a timely fashion in order "not" to hold up the building schedule!
In the next segment it's time to start building the kitchen, and the cabinets arrive -- along with a few problems.
RESOURCES :
Cabinets
Manor House Kitchens
Website: www.manorhousekitchens.com
Lighting
Sterling Lite, Inc.
Website: www.sterlinglite.com
Tile (Best Tile, Inc.)
Best Tile Distributors, Inc.
Website: www.besttile.com
Molyneaux Tile and Carpet
Website: www.beautifulfloors.com
Faucets
Kohler Co.
Website: www.us.kohler.com
Sinks and Fixtures (Nicklas Supply, Inc. / Splash)
Nicklas Supply, Inc./Splash
Website: www.wit-co.com
or www.nicklassupply.com
Builder
Hendolhurst Homes
955 Markman Park Rd.
Baden, PA 15005
Phone: 724-935-5658
Fax: 724-935-0884
E-mail: buildm@zoominternet.net
GUESTS :
Brad and Lynn Oberg
Homeowners
Company: IBACOS (Brad)
Title: Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer
Website: www.ibacos.com
Henry (Hank) Swierczynski
President
Hendolhurst Homes
955 Markman Park Rd.
Baden, PA 15005
Phone: 724-935-5658
Fax: 724-935-0884
E-mail: buildm@zoominternet.net
Greg Allen
Site Supervisor
Hendolhurst Homes
955 Markman Park Rd.
Baden, PA 15005
Phone: 724-935-5658
Fax: 724-935-0884
E-mail: gcrbs@adelphia.net
Allen Kline
Senior Kitchen Designer
Manor House Kitchens
See contact information above under Resources
Todd Kline
Installer
Manor House Kitchens
Ryan Wigfield
Template Maker
BC Stone, Inc.
376 Industrial Blvd.
Everett, PA 15537
Phone: 814-652-2397
Fax: 814-652-9235
Website: www.bcstone.com
Glenn Cogan
Stone Craftsman
BC Stone, Inc.
See contact information, above
Eileen Barron
Artist
Phone: 724-443-4209
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