Professional Kitchen Design
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Every kitchen begins with a design. A successful kitchen design blends aesthetics and function. The result is a kitchen that is both beautiful to took at and easy to cook and prepare meals in.

Most remodeling jobs center around the design or re-design of the kitchen. The enthusiasm caused by the kitchen design often is the impetus that sells the job. Seeing - and using - the finished kitchen usually overcomes all memories of the inconveniences caused by the remodeling process.

With the help of this book, you're ready to design the new or remodeled kitchen. Use what it teaches about design to make the kitchen you're about to build or remodel not only more functional but also customized for the owners' own personal preferences and needs. The results should excite the owners, make your services more valuable, and pave the way to other jobs.

This manual will show you, step-by-step, how to:

• design an efficient kitchen layout
• locate appliances for maximum convenience
• remodel and improve one that's poorly planned
• utilize all available space
• follow the Basic Rules of kitchen design, including the work triangle
• install special features to increase utility and add sales appeal

Chapters are devoted to each type of kitchen: the one-wall kitchen, the two-wall kitchen, and the L-shape, U-shape, peninsula and island kitchens. Includes methods and special components for maximizing kitchen space. The final chapter calls on the authors experience for tips on running a profitable kitchen design business.

Includes questions and answers for each chapter for students and readers who want to test themselves on what they've learned.

Murray Shaw has, in his long career, designed more than 3000 kitchens, in just about every state in -- the union, in Europe, South America, and even in the Middle East.

He has had numerous kitchen-related articles published in such magazines as Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Day, Kitchen & Bath Business, and Kitchen & Bath Specialist, for whom he wrote monthly articles. He was also an instructor of kitchen design at local community colleges, and at Arizona State University.

Many kitchen designers may not have Mr. Shaw's practical, on-the-job experience in key positions. He was bricklayer foreman on major construction projects, carpenter foreman for the army, shipfitter foreman for the navy, and construction superintendent on five-million-dollar public building.

All this first-hand, all-round construction knowledge has honed Mr. Shaw's ability to meet and take care of any construction problem that might arise during his remodels. He now serves as a consultant in kitchen design.

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