We were thrilled to receive the notification that based on our Houzz reviews in 2013, we were now considered as part of the “Best of Houzz 2014″. More on the award from Houzz: The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: Customer Satisfaction and Design. Customer Satisfaction honors are determined by a variety of […]

We’re super excited to announce that our own Kelly (Cezat) Manas has been named as one of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s (NKBA) “30 Under 30: Exceptional Young Kitchen & Bath Professionals”. We couldn’t be more proud of Kelly on this achievement and you can be sure you’ll be hearing more about it in the […]

When long time friends and clients Jan and Barry Zane relocated to La Jolla from their home in Boston, Peter and I were thrilled. Not only were our good friends from the Boston area moving closer to us, but it would also provide an opportunity for Peter and Jan to collaborate on yet another kitchen […]

Yes, it is true. It’s easy to see how some might not agree with this, but if you consider for a moment that the toilet is almost always flushed immediately, but much of the time discarded food sits in the sink for hours on end and has time to start decomposing and forming harmful bacteria. […]

This is a beautiful new faucet from KWC, the Swiss manufacturer of high quality faucets for the kitchen. They prize themselves on “evoking emotion as a part of their design, by adopting a creative innovative approach to shapes, colors, materials and technologies”. This faucet, however, just seems a little odd to me. Even though it […]

Our clients often ask our help in selecting items for their kitchen…sometimes those items include the mundane, like the lowly garbage disposal. Being a bit of a kitchen nerd, I usually beam and rave excitedly…”you must get the Insinkerator Evolution Excel!” OK, so it’s just a disposer, but it is well made (in the USA […]