According to Ellen Cheever, certified
designer of kitchens and baths, and
author of Beyond the Basics…Advanced
Kitchen Design, today's designers should
be more than simple sellers of cabinetry.
Ironically her book is weakest on
the subject of design, and shines forth
when describing the nuts and bolts of
cabinets, appliances, surfaces, and the
like. It's also a rather strangely assembled
volume—sometimes a page will be
left 50% empty, while the text continues
on the next page—a feature I never
understood. The book is also printed in
rather large type (easy on my aging
eyes) and thick paper, so that it seems
to contain more than it does, (but it
certainly is not skimpy).
Ms. Cheever's text is illustrated