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&guide Getting Your Kitchen On with Smith River Kitchens By David Lion Rattiner Smith River Kitchens has been designing and installing kitchens in the Hamptons since 1997. The first kitchen that they ever did was in Amagansett and since then they have been working with homeowners, architects and designers throughout the United States and have grown into a powerful brand in the kitchen business thanks to outstanding referrals from satisfied customers. They are also not a typical designer, they are an unique boutique design firm that specializes in cabinetry. Their staff is formally trained, licensed
architects who have spent years apprenticing for high end architectural firms. Thanks to this dedication to the kitchen the people that work for Smith River Kitchens are true craftsmen. They are dedicated to building some of the nicest kitchens that money can buy. The owner of Smith River Kitchens is Scott W. Smith, who is known for running every kitchen job that he takes with a personal touch, and supervises his staff and all of his projects, from the very beginning to the very end. The kitchen designs they offer are unique, easy
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to deal with and are reasonably priced with the highest quality kitchens delivered and built for their customers. Smith River Kitchens truly believes that designing a kitchen should be a fun experience, not an experience that is filled with a lot of headaches from the customer’s point of view. They are so proud and confident in their work that they are willing to have you talk to any customer that you wish to speak with. They are confident that they will be given a glowing review by them. So how does Smith River Kitchens work? Well, they break their work up into a series of phases for the customer to go through from beginning to end. Phase one of the process consists of design drawings, measurements and review. It is here where Smith River Kitchens designs, down to the the millimeter, what it is that is going to be done. Each cabinet is reviewed with the owner, architect or builder, and they discuss the what goes where details of the kitchen and optimal ways of organizing the space. They think about how the kitchen will function on a day to day basis and how it will benefit you the most from a functional and entertainment perspective. Once the design concept is complete a full set of architectural drawings is made up in Autocad (an architechtual design software) and presented to the homeowner Phase II consists of ordering all the required materials that will make up the kitchen, which is of course reviewed by the customer for their approval. Phase III consists of the delivery of the cabinetry and thoroughly reviewing the shipment box by box. They then organize the shipment and prepare for installation. Phase IV consists of the installation process of the kitchen. This is where onsite experts in cabinetry and kitchen making put your new kitchen together piece by piece in expert fashion. Things like plumbing, electrical, flooring, appliances, tile, countertops and lighting are all coordinated with the cabinetry installation. The final phase is phase V, and it is here where they provide an evaluation of the new cabinetry and follow up to ensure that everything is done correctly and that the homeowner is more than satisfied with the final result, YOUR NEW KITCHEN! If you are in the market for a new kitchen, then Smith River Kitchen may be a choice for you to consider. They are located in East Hampton and can be reached at 631-329-7122 or in New York City at 212-988-4680.