“We were looking to do a major kitchen renovation in our 1979 Plano home, and due to the complexity and scope of the work, we decided to interview designers. We had just gotten married and were combining both households and styles into my husband’s home (a home that he had already owned for about 8 years before we got married). We met with Dee Frazier and her team and made an instant connection. She was very thoughtful and directed with her questions and wanted feedback from my husband and me. We had several challenges: Incorporating an old porch turned the sunroom into part of the kitchen. Make the tiny laundry room larger. Remove or do something with a wall separating the living from the den, containing a closet we used as a pantry and an unused bar. Give us more storage in the kitchen, Improve the overall lighting, and give our home a relaxed/calm atmosphere. Dee Frazier and her team gave us ideas we never considered with the renovation. She opened our eyes to new ways of thinking about issues and was also able to guide us around cost challenges. Things we thought would be expensive weren’t, while other ideas we thought we needed weren’t worth the cost. For example, instead of removing the wall entirely, the wall between the living and the den (now turned dining room) is now a half wall. Also, the end of that half wall now includes a beautiful wine rack that Dee created due to an inspirational photo of a wine room we visited while on vacation. It took a do-nothing wall to one of the prettiest features of the renovation! In addition to all of that, her team provided detailed layouts plans, lighting plans and color and tile plans that the contractors worked from, which helped clear confusion during construction. Her team was also on-site at least once weekly during construction, usually more often inspecting the progress and working with our general contractor. Our home is now so beautiful and relaxing and is a true chef’s dream. Thank you so much to Dee and her team; we cannot highly recommend them.
