Joan Kohn's It's Your Kitchen

Hardwood floors or linoleum? Marble countertops or formica? When designing or renovating a kitchen, there are a million choices, and each one must reflect personal taste, lifestyle, and budget. Now, Joan Kohn offers advice to help readers get the kitchen they've always dreamed of. Richly illustrated with 230 full-color photographs of beautiful kitchens by top designers and architects, Joan Kohn's It's Your Kitchen will inspire readers to make the best possible decisions with the myriad of design choices that are available today. Organized by concept, this book teaches readers to think like a designer. Broken into two parts, Design Essentials, addresses such considerations as budget, style, assessing the existing kitchen, working with a design team and sustaining one's personal vision. The Five Building Blocks of Kitchen Design, covers function, space, floor plans, and personal touch. Readers will learn how to confront the critical design choices that will turn their kitchen dream into a reality. Joan Kohn is the host, writer, and associate producer of HGTV's immensely popular Kitchen Design and Bed and Bath Design series, both in their 12th season. She lives in Chicago, where she has won two Chicago Emmy awards.