DESIGN CONSULTATIONS
Kitchen Work Session
Use this 60-minute online consultation to rent our brain to save your pain while working with a cabinet manufacturer, big-box retailer, or an Architect.
What’s a Kitchen Work Session?
Sometimes a real experts recommendations is all you really need.
Use our Kitchen Work Session as a coaching session to help you resolve some of your kitchen design problems or to bounce some ideas off a seasoned pro.
Consult with us online about your kitchen design and go from confusion to confident cooking in your planned space.
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During a Kitchen Work Session, we can cover:
Circulation route and cooking patterns
Planning of activity centers and adjacent rooms/spaces like an eating area
Storage accomodations and interior organization
Conflict resolution between appliance doors, cabinetry components, and other moving parts
Kitchen sink and faucet product recommendations for household waste suitable for responsible use
Appliance recommendations and energy use for your cooking and baking style
Interior lighting planning for all kitchen activities
Electrical power outlet and device charging locations
Interior ventilation and indoor air quality
Cabinet style, finish and interior wall paint colours
Counter surface and butcher-block top options
Backsplash materials and patterns
Code-compliance
Flooring options
Furniture layouts for counter eating/breakfast bars, dining areas, and built-in banquette seating
These are only examples of some of the topics we can cover. It may not be possible to cover EVERY single item at one (60) minute online consultation if you have a long list of agenda items, but we can prioritize them and determine some next steps. Please note that conceptual design and construction drawings cannot be produced during an Kitchen Work Session.
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The Kitchen Work Session includes:
Corey’s time to review your files, agenda, and items in advance.
60-minutes online video consultation with a Corey
Access to our Client Studio Portal
Self-booking your appointment
Notes about topics and recommendations we discussed posted in the Portal
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Gather your images, your plans, your product lists and any other information that you have to share with us. It isn’t necessary to have all your details covered at this point, but it is a good spot to identify what your challenged by with a list of issues so we can help. When booking your consultation, you can set your agenda of priorities to discuss and we’ll work through them together, one at a time.
To access our Client Studio Portal you will need:
A stable internet connection
A computer, tablet or smartphone
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You'll be set-up in the Client Studio Portal upon purchase.
Our Client Studio Portal is pretty easy to use and very intuitive.
You schedule your own appointment.
You complete a preliminary project questionnaire to get the conversation started.
You are able to upload any existing floor plans or documents.
You can upload inspiration photos to help guide our coversation.
A Kitchen Work Session
benefits from Corey’s award-winning career an mastery of kitchen design.
Let’s be clear about what you can use a Kitchen Work Session for:
A Kitchen Work Session is suited to consult with you on your kitchen design problems in one, dynamic coaching session. While you will set the agenda for our consultation, it may not be possible to cover off every item on your list. But, Corey will spend time in advance of your consultation to review the details and bring their master-level kitchen design experience to discuss with you around your kitchen table.
While consulting with us on your kitchen, we will be your kitchen design coach.
It’s about leveraging our nearly two decades work of professional interior design experience in both residential and commercial sectors and making sure that a design solution you could be considering will not become a costly mistake to fix later on.
During our Kitchen Work Session, you will benefit from Corey’s experience as an interior design educator for 15 years (much of it focused on kitchen and bath design) working in multiple different sectors of the built environment and also leverage a Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer and a NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer as the expert in your corner.
Getting real about kitchen design for a moment:
If you don’t start developing a plan to resolve a design problem that you have, what other areas will it affect? Circulation? Wellness? Safety? Are you lost in the noise of home and garden reality shows? Online forums? Struggling to assess whether the advice you’re finding is authentic or just another opinion?
Receiving tangible and realistic options that you can implement on your own with the time that you have available and making a quality purchase that will last you a lifetime is a serious problem to address. No one should fall into the trap of marketing and influence to renovate the most expensive room in their home (a kitchen) to please the neighbours. The best kitchen designs come with confidence in your cooking and baking style.
Become confident with your design style and aesthetic choices.
Make a beneficial impact on your well being with a Kitchen Work Session
Kitchen Work Session
The professional and qualified kitchen design recommendations that you have always wanted access to.
Book around your schedule
Uncover products you may not have been aware of
Take specific notes of your issues and add note on what Corey believes must be prioritized
Recommend design solutions that ensure long-term use of a quality kitchen design
Prices are in Canadian Dollars and offer one-time access to our professional team.
One-time Payment
$500
Available Design Consultations:
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Design Work Session
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Kitchen Work Session
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Full-Service Consultation
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Designer for One Day
FAQ’s
What exactly is included in a Kitchen Design Consultation?
A Kitchen Design Consultation is an opportunity to work directly with a tenured professional kitchen designer for 60-minutes online anywhere in Canada. Corey can typically problem solve a variety different topics with a thorough list of problems, photographs, plans, and images, but it’s best to discuss what you’re thinking during a complementary Discovery Call.
When are Kitchen Design Consultations available to schedule?
You can schedule your Kitchen Design Consultation during our studio hours of Monday to Thursday from 8:00am to 6:00pm Pacific Time. Once inside the Client Studio Portal, you will be able to view our schedule and find the best time slot for your needs.
Do you do in-person Kitchen Design Consultations in Vancouver?
Yes, this follows our Interior Consultation process.
Does a Kitchen Design Consultation work with other services?
Kitchen Design Consultations are are coaching sessions (just like our Design Work Sessions) that help you keep on track, so yes! It fits in nicely with any of our other services.
For example, if you’re considering us for an Kitchen Design Consultation but need a few follow-up conversations, then a Design Work Session is a great way to get our feedback on what you’re thinking about doing without engaging with us for a change order (an increase in scope) or for additional hours.
Top Innovator by Kitchen & Bath Design News Magazine
Corey Klassen
Principal + Creative Director
Award-Winning Interior Designer
Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer
NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer
Corey found their passion for interior design early in life, but didn’t quite know the difference between “architecture” and “interior design”. It was through a side-step in classical fine-arts studies and into production design that they uncovered real interior design. With much dedication, local chapter-level leadership, faculty positions in post-secondary education and multiple international interior design awards has Corey lead Articulated Design Studio since 2011, beginning as Corey Klassen Interior Design.
Corey is inspired by their clients connections to memorable life moments, passionate careers, and their own roots from a honest and authentic farming community, generations of builders, and creative makers. Blending these elements together in new and exciting ways brings Corey’s true passion to life through interior design.