Day 3...

A new day begins and brings with it my first client meeting. It was a great experience to be apart of and see how Bengt as the designer reacted with some pretty harsh comments. They didn't like the layout of the kitchen and said it was very impractical among other things. The meeting turned into all of the things they didn't like about the plan and new things that they wanted but thought they had told Bengt already. It was a good thing for me to witness because it taught me that communication between the designer and the client is so important. This meeting showed me that sometimes you will just have to start at square one again and start a new design even if you are advanced in the design. It was an interesting meeting ending with the husband looking at me and saying something along the lines of  "Use this _ _ _ _* as fertilizer for something better for us to see next time." I thought it was hilarious & made me want to laugh but I felt that I should keep a serious face while he offered his advice to me. After he 
left, Bengt also offered some advice to me that made the both of us laugh for a while.  I also met the other intern that I work with, his name is Alex. 


                          Some inspiration pictures that I used for the new kitchen layout:

If you would like a raised dishwasher in your kitchen: a good solution is to put it in the corner
 instead of  having something ugly happening to the surface and line of your counter-top. 

Waste of space above.... don't do this.

Or you can work it into the island shape if plumbing allows...

This is when it "clicked" in my mind. 

Switch out the oven for the raised dishwasher and use a range.

*For those younger readers : )