Includes index.

Design Essentials -- Vision -- The Elements of Kitchen Design -- Assessing Your Existing Kitchen -- Budgeting Your Resources -- Collecting Ideas -- Choosing Your Style -- Your Design Team -- The Five Building Blocks of Kitchen Design -- Function -- Raw Space -- Floor Plan -- Style -- It's My Kitchen!.

Every successful kitchen design is a unique reflection of personal taste, lifestyle, budget, and dreams. In this comprehensive and beautiful guide, Joan Kohn, host of Home & Garden Television's Kitchen Design, will inspire and encourage readers to make the best possible decisions among the myriad of design choices that are available today. Part one, "Design Essentials," prepares the reader for the design process by addressing such considerations as budget, style, assessing the existing kitchen, and working with a design team. Part two, "The Five Building Blocks of Kitchen Design," covers function, space, floor plans, style, and personal touch. Armed with the knowledge provided in part one, readers will learn how to confront the critical design choices that will turn their kitchen dream into a reality. Richly illustrated with 230 full-color photographs of more than 100 inspirational kitchens by top designers, Joan Kohn's It's Your Kitchen provides all of the necessary information to create a functional and beautiful kitchen that you and your family will enjoy for many years.