#236 Natalia Pierce from Detail By Design is here to share her Kitchen and Bath and Wellness experiences
Nearly 2 decades in the business Natalia has seen and experienced so much, she is WELL AP, AKBD, CLIPP certified and recently completed her first book, hopefully 1 of 3 of a series of renovation books to help the industry and clients. Natalia is a kitchen and bath designer and there is a difference between her and an Interior Designer and even a decorator.
Off to the designing races, Natalia shares that there should never be a microwave over a cooking surface, the same with a TV over a fireplace, plus cooking fans should be oversized and a conversation with HVAC should always happen because that exhaust will affect the building air flow.
Natalia discusses appliances, specs, her favs including a new style and type of range hood Fotile, the link is below. How important these conversations are way ahead of the first day of demo. Air quality leads us to chatting about Wellness and Natalia has worked with Linda from Living in Place who has been on the show twice now. She dives deep into the client and construction relationships and what to do when things go bad and they will go bad. Lighting and lighting designing and why electricians are so stuck in their ways with lighting plans based on symmetrical placement of lighting? We discuss lumens, cone, purpose of lights, style of lights, color temp of lights and much more.
Plenty of links down below and please check them all out, you will love the information you gain for you and your business.
Shared and Discussed Links
Listen to Natalia’s podcast - Renovation Secrets find it on Buzzsprout - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1150556 (has links to Apple, Google Podcast, Sticher)
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/renovation-secrets/id1520444767
https://www.wolseleyinc.ca/brands.html
https://www.flwright.org/visit/robiehouse
Thank You so much Natalia for sharing so much about the Design, Kitchen, Bath and Wellness industry. Find Natalia at the following @detailbydesign15 on IG detailbydesignottawa on FaceBook, @detailbydesign on Twitter and www.detailbydesign.ca and contact Natalia on her email at natalia@detailbydesign.ca Natalia Pierce, WELL AP, AKBD, CLIPP