Hooray! I’m all about the silver lining right now.
If you can believe it, we (the royal “we”) did not secure cabinetry appropriate for a cutting-edge Design House kitchen.
Room drawings are due in 2 weeks, and so we (an actual “we:” the Design Center’s marketing department and I) gave ourselves yesterday as the deadline to get a cabinetry commitment.
Despite everyone’s best efforts – and that includes the 4 cabinetry showrooms in the Design Center, who really did their best to help – we came up short.
But getting to that point was a heartening experience. To wit:
1. I made a great contact in the form of a Wood-Mode dealer and contractor. I’m sure we’ll work together at some point.
2. Hardwood Artisans, an excellent, solid-wood furniture maker in the DC area, proactively offered to help me with the cabinetry. Wasn’t that generous? Unfortunately, you’re not supposed to feature products you can’t get through the Design Center. It makes sense, but I wasn’t thinking about it and didn’t make it clear in previous posts. (That’s their work in the picture below.)
3. I had several great suggestions from friends and blog readers – so kind and thoughtful. (Thank you again.)
4. And finally, the Design Center’s marketing department was extremely helpful in coming up with an alternate plan.
Which is…the entry and grand foyer instead of the kitchen. And I’m delighted. I’ll go back to the Design Center on Monday and take measurements of THAT space, and then I can really start pulling materials together.
Bye-bye purgatory, hello, productivity.
Top kitchen picture is from the Courthouse Kitchen & Bath website.