LAS VEGAS, NV — The Nationwide Kitchen & Bathtub Affiliation (NKBA), house owners of the Kitchen and Bathtub Business Present (KBIS) opened the 2023 dwell occasion with the extremely anticipated Nationwide Kitchen & Bathtub Affiliation (NKBA) Design + Business Awards on Monday, January 30, 2023, on the Encore Ballroom, within the Encore Lodge, Las Vegas Lodge.
The sold-out awards ceremony, held yearly, acknowledges the design professionals and tasks which can be setting the bar for the best way we dwell, work and entertain in our properties. Every displays the aim of the Affiliation—envisioning a world the place everybody enjoys secure, lovely, and purposeful kitchen and tub areas. This system was generously sponsored by Beko home equipment (platinum sponsor), 2020 Design Software program, Ferguson Bathtub, Kitchen, and Lighting Gallery, and Vent-A-Hood (diamond sponsor), Hettich and House Depot (gold sponsors), picture sales space sponsor Duravit and particular cellular bar sponsor, Perlick.
NKBA’s CEO Invoice Darcy and EVP & CSO Suzie Williford hosted the ceremonies, presenting greater than 30 awards through the night, together with the NKBA Pupil Design Competitors winners in addition to the NKBA Progressive Showroom Awards Competitors winners.
NKBA 2023 Kitchen & Bathtub Design Competitors Winners:
BEST OVERALL KITCHEN
Sarah Robertson, AKBD, Founder and Principal, Studio Dearborn
BEST OVERALL BATH
Mary Maney, CKBD, Crystal Kitchen + Bathtub
PEOPLE’S PICK KITCHEN
Henrietta Heisler, Proprietor and Director, Henrietta Heisler Interiors Inc
PEOPLE’S PICK BATH
Emily Miller, CKD, Kitchen and Bathtub Ideas
SPECIALTY KITCHEN
- First Place Rebecca Foster, Inside Designer, Welton Design Group
- Second PlaceDouglas Walter, CMKBD, Doug Walter Architect
- Third PlaceLance Stratton, Principal, Studio Stratton Inc.Co-Designers: Kate LeCount and Tom King
SMALL KITCHEN (Underneath 300 sq ft)
- First PlaceSarah Robertson, AKBD, Founder and Principal, Studio Dearborn
- Second PlaceSvetlana Tryaskina, Principal, Estee Design Inc.
- Third PlaceNar Bustamante, President, Nar Design Group
LARGE KITCHEN (Over 300 sq ft)
- First Place Lori Kurnitsky, Designer, Bluebell KitchensCo-designer: Michele Plachters
- Second PlaceMarla Nazzicone, Proprietor, Marla Nazzicone Design Inc.
- Third PlaceLori Kurnitsky, Designer, Bluebell KitchensCo-designers: Olga Carlson and Michele Plachter
POWDER ROOM
- First PlaceLori Carroll, Lori Carroll & AssociatesCo-designer: Kat Saucedo
- Second PlaceJaque Bethke, Principal designer, architect, and engineer, Jaque Bethke
- Third PlaceJaque Bethke, Principal designer, architect, and engineer, Jaque Bethke
SECONDARY BATH
- First PlaceGina D’Amore Bauerle, Accomplice and Inside Designer at D’Amore Interiors
- Second PlaceNichol Hollinger, CKBD, and Senior Inside Designer, Henrietta Heisler Interiors, Inc.
- Third PlaceNancy Finneson, CKBD, DeMane Design
PRIMARY BATH
- First Place Mary Maney, CKBD, Crystal Kitchen + Bathtub
- Second PlaceKendall Ansell, Proprietor, Kendall Ansell InteriorsCo-designer: Katelyn Woods
- Third PlaceSandra Diaz-Velasco, Principal Architect, EOLO A&I Design
This yr, the judges for the Kitchen Awards have been Elizabeth Lord, CMKBD, Elizabeth P. Lord Residential Design; Polly Nunes, CMKBD, Polly Nunes Designs; Christine Spillar, CMKBD, Christine Spillar Inside Design; and Courtney Zanelli, CMKBD, Courtney Zanelli Designs. The judges for the Bathtub Awards have been Marie Lail Blackburn, CMKBD, MLB Design Group; Anne-Marie Brunet, CMKBD, Sheridan Interiors; Linda Goad Larisch, CMKBD, Design First Builders; Jenni Russel, CMKBD, Design in Views; and Dan Lenner, CMKBD, Morris Black Designs.
Pupil Design Competitors Winners
Additionally acknowledged on the awards ceremony have been the winners of the 2023 Pupil Design Competitors. Roughly 200 kitchen submissions and 200 tub submissions have been accomplished into the competition which was sponsored by Fisher & Paykel. College students have been capable of enter one or each classes.
BATH
- First Place – David Stensland, Century School
- Second Place – Wenyee Huang – San Diego Mesa School
- Third Place – Cassandra Jerrems – Saddleback School
KITCHEN
- First Place – Beatriz Hernandez – Bow Valley School
- Second Place – Brea Holt – Lakeland School
- Third Place – Sarah Woosley – College of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The judges for the 2023 NKBA Pupil Competitors have been:
Danielle Burger, CMKBD, from Kitchen Vitality Design; Mac Dodge Junker, CKBD, from The Kitchen Specialist; Mark Haddad, CMKBD, from Interiology Design Firm; and Paula Smith, AKBD, representing our Pupil Design Competitors sponsor, Fisher and Paykel.
Progressive Showroom Awards
Awards have been additionally introduced to the winners of the NKBA Progressive Showroom Awards, recognizing probably the most inventive, progressive, and experiential kitchen and tub showrooms in North America. On this age of digital/on-line purchasing it’s particularly vital to acknowledge showroom areas that have interaction prospects in distinctive and memorable methods. These awards acknowledge the inventive design professionals—architects, know-how integrators, designers, furnishings makers and show specialists—who’re Masters of Design, advertising and marketing and gross sales.
The judges for the 2023 NKBA Progressive Showroom Award have been:
Jason Artus, AKBD, Dovetail Gross sales; Nar Bustamante, Nar Design Group; Tracey Israelsson, Kohler Firm; and Sarah Nielsen, CKBD, Showplace Cabinetry Design Middle
Conventional Unbiased Showroom, Small (underneath 2,500 sq. ft) Adorned HomesWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota
Multi-location, Multi-product Showroom, Giant (over 5,000 sq. ft) Taps N’ FixturesLong Seashore, California
Kitchen and Bathtub Design Middle, Medium (2,500 to five,000 sq. ft) Marvista Design + BuildPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kitchen and Bathtub Design Middle, Giant (over 5,000 sq. ft) The Dacor Kitchen TheaterIrvine, California
Corridor of Fame Winner
NKBA acknowledges people who’ve contributed to the expansion and professionalism of the Affiliation and the kitchen and tub trade as a complete. Inductees are chosen by a standing program committee by way of member nominations. The 2023 NKBA Corridor of Fame Winner was introduced to Steve Feldman, Founder & CEO, Renovation Angel.
Chairman’s Award
Additionally honored through the ceremony was this yr’s recipient of the NKBA Chairman’s Award. Thought to be one the affiliation’s highest honors, the NKBA Chairman’s Award was created to acknowledge trade leaders for his or her unparalleled optimistic impression on the NKBA and the trade. The winner of the 2023 NKBA Chairman’s Award was introduced by Basil Larkin, NKBA’s 2022 Board Chair, to Volker Irle, Managing Director of AMK, The German Affiliation of The Trendy Kitchen.