Beautiful Built-INS: Plans for Designing with Stock Cabinets by Connie Edwards

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Synopsis

ALL THE DETAILS, PLANS, AND IDEAS YOU NEED TO USE STOCK KITCHEN CABINETS TO CREATE BUILT-INS THROUGHOUT THE HOME

This expertly written, heavily-illustrated resource provides builders, remodelers, designers, and architects with all the ideas and information they need to use stock kitchen cabinetry to create beautiful and functional built-ins throughout the home. Homeowners will find this a valuable resource, too.

Written by a certified kitchen and bathroom designer with twenty-five years' experience in the field, Beautiful Built-Ins is packed with plan details and installation tips — so pitching the sale, closing the deal, specifying and ordering materials, and actual assembly is efficient and easy. It will prove to be a source of design inspiration complete with the necessary "how to" information.

With more than 750 illustrations, Beautiful Built-Ins is versatile enough to double as a presentation portfolio and can actually improve your bottom line by giving you more options to offer your clients.

INVALUABLE TO BUILDERS, REMODELERS, DESIGNERS, AND ARCHITECTS:
* Assembly tips
* Bedrooms, Bathrooms, and Exercise Areas
* Beverage Centers
* Libraries, Offices and Desks
* Craft Rooms, Potting Benches, and Workshops
* Entertainment Centers
* Utility Areas
* Children's Rooms
* Dining Areas
* Cabinets, Cabinets Everywhere
* Details, Details, Details
* Striking Out on Your Own
* Appendix
* Glossary
* Manufacturers and Suppliers

Biography

CONNIE EDWARDS (certified kitchen and bath designer) has been involved with the cabinet industry for more than twenty-five years. She is an Allied Member of ASID and a chairholder in the Color Marketing Group.

Ms. Edwards' design work and articles of the trade appear nationally. As director of design for American Woodwork Corporation, she is involved in showroom display design as well as trade show management, design training, and showhouse design. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for The National Council of Housing Industry, a council of the National Home Builders' Association. She is also chairman of the manufacturers council of NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association).

Being well known in the industry, Ms. Edwards has appeared on HGTV as well as on Good Morning America. She frequently speaks nationally at trade shows, such as the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and the International Builders Show, on topics such as trends, project management, and design.