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JUDGES
President and owner of Red Tree Builders,
Brandon Bryant is a Master Certified Green
Professional who prides himself in building
healthy, environmentally sound and sustainable
homes in the mountains of Asheville, N.C. As
a builder with more than 14 years of experience, he is serving his
second of two years as president of the Asheville Home Builders
Association, where he has created the workforce development
committee to provide a hub for future workers in the construction
industry. His homes have been featured on the cover of Green
Home Builder magazine and have won multiple national and
regional awards. He was voted the 2015 Asheville Builder of the
Year and was honored as a Builder Magazine Top 40 under 40.

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HIS YEAR'S AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS run
the gamut in terms of creativity, size
and design. Recurring themes include
bathrooms as retreats, the importance
of design for aging in place and well-being, spacious showers, personalization,
bold uses of color, seamless cabinetry,
mixed materials and textures, hoods concealed
by cabinetry, open shelving and showrooms
with the ability to display a variety of products
and capabilities.
KBB is pleased to announce the winners of
our 2019 Designs of the Year competition! After
reading through multiple submissions, our revered panel of judges chose the best kitchen, bath
and showroom projects in our industry. Criteria
included fulfilling client requirements, overcoming design challenges and incorporating innovative thinking.
Our signature Kitchen, Bath and Showroom of
the Year winners were awarded in the mix, which
also includes second places. We also gave awards
for Best Balanced Budget and Best Use of Color
- with a few honorable mentions in the Best Use
of Color and Kitchen categories.
Congrats to this year's winners!

Veronica Solomon brings more than 12 years
of expertise as CEO and principal interior designer of the Casa Vilora Interiors team in Katy,
Texas. She is a design blogger and influencer and
has been an interior design business mentor to
a community of more than 3,600 interior designers worldwide.
She is a past president of the Interior Design Society Houston
Chapter and was the Show House Chair for ASID TGCC in
2017. Solomon has won many prestigious industry awards and
has been featured in numerous publications. Her design point
of view can be summed up as classic, bold, whimsical and timeless. The spaces she creates are known for their eclectic vibe and
masterful use of color, pattern mix and textures.
Armed with degrees in architectural design and
its history and theory, Laurie Haefele, associate
member AIA and member of NKBA, ASID and
ICAA, has been using her training to create upscale kitchen, boutique wardrobe and luxury bath
designs since 1997. She launched her own firm - Santa Monica,
Calif.-based Haefele Design Inc.- in 2002, and accolades began
mounting soon after. She has won a variety of industry awards
and was most recently awarded first place honors for Best Large
Kitchen and Best Wet Bar by NKBA Southern California in
2018. Haefele regularly speaks at events like Dwell on Design
and at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where
she was previously a professor.
As one of the leading experts in kitchen, bath,
and product design, Matthew Quinn has
worked around the world, providing his clients
with original, memorable living spaces. He is a
principal of the Atlanta-based Design Galleria
Kitchen and Bath Studio, a luxury kitchen, bath and architectural
hardware showroom, and founder of the Matthew Quinn Collection.Through residential, commercial, multiunit and hospitality
projects brought to him by top architects and interior designers,
he increases the design and functionality of kitchens and baths.
He has won numerous national design awards, is the author of one
book with another coming out this fall and is planning to open a
new showroom in Nashville, Tenn., later this year.

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