What step of the design process do you specify organizational accessories?
If a client is not ready (budget or otherwise) to add a specific organization accessory to a design, do you still spec the cabinet so they can add it later if desired?
Do you think well thought out organization has an impact on your customers enjoyment of the spaces you design?
Which platforms do you use to educate yourself on organizational trends? Magazines, social platforms, blogs, etc… be specific! (i.e. KBDN or/and Tiktok)
What area of the home is your favorite to design and (ideally) organize?
Is there one space you are seeing people designing with organization in mind more than another? Pantry, laundry room, etc… share photos!
Inset cabinetry sets the stage for simple beauty with Rev-A-Shelf spice pull-outs each side of a BlueStar Pro-range, Zephyr ventilation surrounded by easy clean large format tile and countertops made of Polycor historic Alberene Soapstone. Photo by Edward Caldwell Photography.
Our KBtribechat questions:
1. ) Is decluttering different than re-organization or are they both part of the process of clearing away clutter? Explain!
2.) What are the advantages to a clutter free environment?
3.) What is your best decluttering advice? How should we tackle decluttering our homes?
4.) What advice do you have for designing kitchens to help the end user keep them clutter free?
5.) What are your top tips for keeping the kitchen and pantry organized?
6.) What advice do you have on designing bathrooms to help the end user keep them clutter free?
7.) What are your go to design tips to help keep closets clutter free and organized?
8.) The drop zone is always a challenge to keep clutter free and organized. Share your tips to keep this area from becoming a mess!
1.) What storage solutions do you recommend to keep kitchens organized?
2.) What advice do you have for organizing the kitchen to keep it easy to use and looking it’s best?
The Pantry –
3.) What are your top tips for designing organized pantry storage?
Bathrooms –
4.) How can we keep clutter out of the bathroom? Share your favorite tips and storage solutions for designing organized and stylish bathrooms!
Closets –
5.) What are your go to design tips to help keep closets clutter free and organized?
The Laundry Room –
6.) How can the design of the laundry room help keep the room organized and looking it’s best?
Drop Zones –
7.) The drop zone is always a challenge to keep clutter free and organized. Where do you like to place the drop zone in the home? Share your design tips to keep this area beautiful and mess free!
You’ve probably specified hundreds or even thousands of organizing accessories for your projects, but have you thought about them as wellness design features? How might doing so improve your clients’ lives and your profitability? Join wellness design consultant and author Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC with organizing manufacturer and sponsor Rev-A-Shelf for a Wednesday, September 16th discussion about the Five Facets of Wellness Design and how organization enhances functionality, the fourth facet.
Q1. Are you discussing wellness design with your residential clients? If so, how do you define it and which rooms are they most interested in enhancing?
Q2. Are you discussing aging/living in place, accessibility and/or ergonomics with your clients? If so, how are you tying those conversations into the organizing accessories you recommend?
Q3. What are the most popular organizing accessories you’re specifying for your kitchen projects, and what wellness benefits are you discussing with clients about them?
Q4. What are the most popular organizing accessories you’re specifying for your adult and children’s bathroom projects, and what wellness benefits are you discussing with clients about them?
Q5. What are the most popular organizing accessories you’re specifying for your laundry/flex room projects, and what wellness benefits are you discussing with clients about them?
Q6. Which other rooms or spaces (e.g., butler’s pantries, garages, closets) are you specifying organizing accessories for and which types are the most popular?
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Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC is a Wellness Design Consultant, Certified Kitchen Designer, Certified Aging in Place Specialist and Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach. She is also the author of three books on design and remodeling, including her latest, Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness and Happiness, (Simon & Schuster/Tiller Press, September 2020).
Jamie’s professional focus is the link between healthy living and healthy home spaces. She consults for homeowners and the homebuilding industry on this topic, and is a popular speaker at trade shows around the country. This was one of the reasons for Jamie’s inclusion in a 2017 industry top 50 Innovators list and being named 2020 Wellness Influencer in another.
Jamie’s first book, New Kitchen Ideas That Work, published in 2012 by Taunton Press. Her second Taunton book, New Bathroom Idea Book, published in 2017. Both shared ideas about wellness and functionality, as well as style. An avid trend watcher, Jamie also writes the monthly Trend Spotting section for Kitchen & Bath Design News and is a regular contributor to Forbes.com on wellness design. Her articles have appeared in Fine Homebuilding, HuffPost, BobVila.com, Houzz and numerous other publications. Her design blog, Gold Notes: Nuggets from the World of Residential Design, has been posting online at her website since 2008.
In addition to writing and consulting on residential design projects, Jamie creates seminars and webinars for media, trade and consumer audiences, and consults on product development and trends for housing industry corporations and financial analysts.
Her speaking credits include the official National Kitchen & Bath Association Chapter Presenters roster and panels at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show and Dwell on Design.
We will be pinning to our group Pinterest board – The Pantry – for this KBtribechat. Let us know if you’d like an invitation.
Our KBtribechat questions:
1.) Describe the ideal pantry! Share pics.
2.) What are your go to solutions for clients who only have 12″ or so of space for tall pantry storage? What ideas do you have to “sneak” a pantry into your kitchen designs?
3.) Do you like pull-out shelves in the pantry or are they a waste of space? Explain!
4.) What storage solutions for the pantry do you suggest?
5.) How do you recommend storing small kitchen appliances?
6.) Share tips for an organized pantry!
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