NKBA design finalists revealed

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (February 19, 2009) – Among the 679 entries received in the $100,000 2009 NKBA Design Competition, the National Kitchen & Bath Association is proud to announce the four finalists in each of the 10categories of the competition, which is sponsored by Sub-Zero/Wolf, Miele, Daltile, This Old House, GE Monogram, Rheem, and American Woodmark. (Numbers in parentheses indicate multiple winning entries in a category.)

Small Kitchens

• Jennifer Gilmer, CKD - Chevy Chase, MD
• Beverley Leigh Binns - Pickering, ON
• Roger W. Zierman - Minneapolis, MN
• Friedemann Weinhardt - Ottawa, ON

Medium Kitchens

• Jennifer Gilmer, CKD - Chevy Chase, MD
• Friedemann Weinhardt - Ottawa, ON
• Diane Foreman, CKD, CBD - Lake Oswego, OR
• Richard Farrell - Pickering, ON

Large Kitchens

• Cameron M. Snyder, CKD - Rockland, MA
• Bryan Reiss, CKD, CBD - Mt. Pleasant, SC
• Lori Carroll - Tucson, AZ
• Kristin Okeley, CKD - Indianapolis, IN

Open Plan Kitchens

• Siri Evju, CKD, CBD - Portland, OR
• Erica Westeroth, CKD - Toronto, ON
• Kenneth Fromme - Louisville, KY
• Laurie Belinda Haefele - Newport Beach, CA

Powder Rooms

• (2) Lori Carroll - Tucson, AZ
• Tess E. Giuliani, CKD - Ridgewood, NJ
• Dawn M.Whyte - Petoskey, MI

Small Bathrooms

• (3) Cheryl Kees Clendenon - Pensacola, FL
• Linda McKenna, CKD, CBD - Benicia, CA

Large Bathrooms

• Jan E. Regis, CMKBD - Pickering, ON
• Cheryl Hamilton-Gray, CKD - Carlsbad, CA
• Peter Ross Salerno, CMKBD - Wyckoff, NJ
• Lori Carroll - Tucson, AZ

Master Suite Bathrooms

• Scott and Sandra Gjesdahl - Kirkland, WA
• Chris Berry - St Louis, MO
• Beverley Leigh Binns - Toronto, ON
• Cheryl Hamilton-Gray, CKD - Carlsbad, CA

Showrooms

• Elina Katsioula-Beall, CKD - Studio City, CA
• Richard Farrell - Pickering, ON
• Jennie Weiland - Waconia, MN
• Jack Busby, CKD - Alachua, FL

Other Rooms

• Sandra L. Steiner-Houck, CKD - Columbia, PA
• Sharon L. Sherman, CKD - Wyckoff, NJ
• Holly Rickert - Ridgewood, NJ
• Sheena C. Hammond - Toronto, ON

NKBA Metropolitan Design Competition
Four chapters of the National Kitchen & Bath Association—Manhattan, Metro New York, Northern New Jersey, and Westchester—have launched the first-ever Metropolitan Design Competition. Designers from around the tri-state area will enter to win this prestigious kitchen and bath competition, which will be judged by a panel of leading industry professionals. The Metropolitan Design Competition is sponsored by Electrolux, GE, Miele, and Westye Group East, as well as media sponsors Kitchen & Bath Design News, Woman’s Day Kitchens & Baths, House, and New York Spaces.

To learn more about the competition or for press registration to the Metropolitan Design Competition Party held on March 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Desiron Showroom at 151 Wooster Street in New York City, contact NKBA Westchester Chapter Representative Dawn Deluca, AKBD at (917) 892-1132 or at dawn.deluca@gmail.com.