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DESIGN WITH...

Celebrity Design
with...Chip Wade
As the host of HGTV's Elbow Room, Chip Wade
shows viewers how to customize their spaces
and transform them into homes that suit their
lifestyle. The Atlanta-based media personality
has also appeared on HGTV's Curb Appeal: The
Block, Showdown and Design Star and is also
the owner and lead designer of Wade Works,
a design, staging, inspection and custom construction firm.
K+BB got a chance to talk K&B design with
Wade, as well as how he helps his clients.

How do you help people make educated
home improvement decisions?
The space-planning and innovation phases
are where personalization comes into play, and
aesthetics comes at the very end of the cycle.
Sometimes it takes a lot of iterations, but I make
sure the final product stays relevant and works.

The biggest margins I receive are when I use a
more structural approach that creates an opportunity to actually design within the space. I
engineer the volume of the space to deliver the
highest impact for the price and use my mind
rather than just materials to solve problems.

What are the most important things for a
designer to consider in bathroom design?
The items you come in contact with first and
touch/use every day should be a higher priority - such as door knobs and sinks. I recommend
choosing products that are easy to install and
are still cost effective, but it's also about finding
what is new to the market.

What's a major challenge you've come
across when renovating a K&B space?
The biggest unknown I've encountered has to do

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with the structural integrity of the floor system; this
is most apt to be overlooked in the initial evaluation. Tons of kitchens have to be torn up because
the sub-floor is inadequate and infrastructure
work needs to be done.

What are your tips for other designers?
I suggest coming up with a plan for every space,
even if the client can't complete the entire process at one time. I also like to separate the design and build parts of a project - a contractor
shouldn't be doing the design work. n
- Chelsie Butler


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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of KBB - February 2014

KBB - February 2014
Contents
Online Contents
Editor’s Note
Show Director’s Note
Celebrity Design with...Chip Wade
Business Practice
Solutions
Universal Design
Trends
All Abroad
Dealer Dish
Products
KBIS 2014 and Design & Construction Week
Design
Visual Mastery
The Great Outdoors
Showroom’s outdoor area displays more product in a creative space
Second Life
Learning Corner
Last Word
KBB - February 2014 - Intro
KBB - February 2014 - KBB - February 2014
KBB - February 2014 - Cover2
KBB - February 2014 - 1
KBB - February 2014 - Contents
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KBB - February 2014 - 5
KBB - February 2014 - Online Contents
KBB - February 2014 - 7
KBB - February 2014 - Editor’s Note
KBB - February 2014 - 9
KBB - February 2014 - Show Director’s Note
KBB - February 2014 - 11
KBB - February 2014 - Celebrity Design with...Chip Wade
KBB - February 2014 - 13
KBB - February 2014 - Business Practice
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KBB - February 2014 - Solutions
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KBB - February 2014 - Universal Design
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KBB - February 2014 - Trends
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KBB - February 2014 - All Abroad
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KBB - February 2014 - Dealer Dish
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KBB - February 2014 - Showroom’s outdoor area displays more product in a creative space
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KBB - February 2014 - Second Life
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KBB - February 2014 - Learning Corner
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