The Kitchen Place is pleased to announce that we are now an official dealer for Showplace Wood Products.  SWP is a semi-custom cabinet line from Harrisburg, South Dakota.  Here are a few interesting facts about this company:

• 100% Employee owned company.  Pride of workmanship goes in to each cabinet.
• Simplified selection of cabinetry:  Select any door and overlay, choose your wood and finally decide on the finish. 
• All Wood Construction!
• Add your choice of 6 glaze options to any finish at NO EXTRA COST!  Optional specialty finishes are also available, such as distressed, antiqued and vintage
• SWP offers a rustic wood option in hickory, alder and cherry.
• For the eco-conscious, SWP offers Lyptus wood, which is a renewable and sustainable material.  Lyptus is a beautiful wood and takes stain very nicely!
• Made in the USA.  The majority of materials originates in the USA.

We just received our dealer starter pack and  we're ready to go.  We have about 30 new door samples for you to see!   Click 'read more' to be directed to the Showplace website.  We think you'll be impressed.

Starting September 1, 2008, KraftMaid will upgrade your order to their top of the line "All Plywood Construction" (APC) for only 10%.  This upgrade is normally 15%.  With this offer, you'll also receive wood veneer interiors, instead of the vinyl clad interiors.  There is no engineered board if you do this upgrade on your cabinet.  Some miscellaneous parts are not applicable to this offer. Not available on Kraftline or Venicia orders.  Offer ends 9/28/2008.

Order any solid countertop and receive a free 18 gauge stainless steel sink.  This offer includes any granite, quartz or solid surface that we carry!  Your choice of sink:  single, double or offset double.  25 square foot minimum required to qualify.  Offer ends 12/31/08.

Showplace Wood Products will be offering their painted finishes -- such as antique, semi-opaque and opaque -- with NO additional finish upcharge on orders received beginning Monday, August 18th thru November 30th, 2008!  Distressed, Black and Charcoal finishes will not be free, but they are lowering the premium upcharge from 11% to 6%.

Now through September 12th, 2008, Medallion Cabinetry is offering a free sink base cabinet with the purchase of your new kitchen cabinets.  To qualify, a minimum of 13 cabinets must be purchased to receive this offer.  One free sink base per order.  Orders cannot be combined.  Offer applies to Designer and Designer Gold series.  Silverline series will not be included in the promotion.   See store for full promotion rules.

LG Hi-Macs introduces their "Eden Collection" which is manufactured from recycled materials, making it the only acrylic countertop that is easy on the environment.  Stop by today to see the 6 new earthy colors!

Purchase 25 Sq. Ft. or more of any LG solid surfacing and receive a FREE sink.  LG Hi-Macs and Volcanics customers will receive a free integrated sink in your choice of 4 colors. Viatera (quartz) customers will receive a free stainless steel sink.  Single and double bowls available.  See store for details.

The Kitchen Place will soon be offering an exciting new countertop material to our market.  It's called Vetrazzo.  Vetrazzo is 85% glass, and all the glass they use is recycled - so it really is good for the environment.  Available Fall 2008!

See the awesome colors at  http://www.vetrazzo.com/products_palette.html

After several months of planning, we are proud to debut our new and improved website.  We are excited about the new design and we think it will better help our clients understand how we work, what our products are and WHO we are.  New additions to the site include: an idea center, kitchen budget calculator (under construction), improved manufacturer information, designer bios, historical TKP photos, store announcements (sales and promos!!!)  and more.  Introductions to our install crews will be coming soon.  We hope that the site will be helpful to you as you begin your kitchen remodel journey.

The Kitchen Place would like to thank Karla (Osvath) Shelton for her hard work in designing and implementing our new website.  Karla is a former employee of The Kitchen Place and sister to Kelly.  And, daughter to our founders, Alec and Betty Osvath.  Karla is a pioneer in the internet marketing industry.  However, early in her career she was actually a kitchen designer, for The Kitchen Place and again in Chicago.  After teaching herself HTML, Karla started moonlighting as a webmaster for a chiropractic college in Chicago during the late eighties.  With a degree in marketing, she decided to make a career change from from kitchens to the high tech world.  Her first job was with USRobotics (now 3Com Corp).  Since then she has done work for Mercedes-Benz and Procter & Gamble.  In the last couple of years, Karla has returned to her roots....writing websites in her free time.  She resides in Lafayette, IN with her family.

 Note:  Parts of our new website are still under construction.  Thanks for your patience.