I feel so honored to have been selected to be a part of the first Edition of Great Kitchens by Traditional Home. Here is the e-mail I received this morning!

Drum roll, please! Editor in chief Ann Maine and I are pleased to announce that our Thermador-sponsored Great Kitchens digital issue is now live:http://www.traditionalhome.com/greatkitchens/

Thank you so much for being a part of this exciting project. We look forward to your blogs, as well as your tweets and facebook posts! Enjoy!

Marsha A. Raisch
Executive Editor
Traditional Home

Thank you readers and friends for all for your support!

I also want to thank my photographer Marquette Bellinghausen with Simple Treasures Photography for taking such great photo's of the kitchen. She is incredibly talented and has a spunky, fun personality behind that camera that is contagious and loved by so many!

We had a fun day together and had some good laughs!

I also want to thank my client for allowing us to come in and invade her kitchen for the photo shoot. She has been so supportive and has been my greatest cheerleader!

Because of Grandma Lottie (see article), my client has a beautiful kitchen and can now make her famous brownies that everyone loves!!!

Grandma Lottie passed on a gift to all of us! I have a feeling she has been watching us from above and is feeling pretty blessed herself!

Have a great long weekend with your family and friends!

Known for creating luxurious, relaxed spaces where family and friends can gather, proving style and budget are not mutually exclusive. I make my clients’ homes look collected not decorated

Visit my website DecRenew Interiors to see my design portfolio.

Sneek Peek

Several months ago I received information about a Traditional Home contest and immediately felt it would be something I should enter. (see above).

They gave us an option to choose from 5 categories.

1. The Ultimate Kitchen

2. Entertaining Secrets

3. Favorite Kitchen Designer

4. At Home Event Theme & Menu

5. Best Dressed Table

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to enter for the "Best Dressed Table" or enter one of my Kitchens in the "Ultimate Kitchen" category.

As you know if you follow my blog, I'm not only crazy about decorating and design, I'm passionate about entertaining, food, parties, gathering friends and families together and all things beautiful!

I wrote a post last year about one of the Gourmet Dinner club parties that my husband and I hosted. See the Tablescape, Food & Menu that I thought would have been great for the "Best Dressed Table" or "At Home Event Theme and Menu" submission.

In the end I decided to enter one of my kitchen remodels that I am so passionate about. One of the main reasons is that it has a fabulous family story that I knew many would LOVE and enjoy if I shared it! The kitchen is absolutely gorgeous too because my client has great taste! I checked with her to make sure it would be okay to submit the entry and she was elated. My client and I shared fun & happy moments and as I worked on this kitchen with my contracting crew. My team grew to love their family and were sad when the job was over. She even made all the guys her famous "iced" brownies when the job was done and they devoured the entire pan. They said they were "off the chain", An expression that I had never heard!!

I collected my thoughts, pictures, etc. and submitted my kitchen with crossed fingers and held my breath, hoping that I would win......

Well, the other day I was notified by Traditional Home Magazine that my kitchen (my client's kitchen to be correct) did win in this contest!!!

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I am beside excited and so is my client! Thank you Traditional Home for this honor of being chosen.

My kitchen remodel will be a part of the Great Kitchens Digital Edition, full of fresh inspiration—from design tricks and cooking tips to entertaining must-haves that will be live May 24th so keep a watch out for it!

A sneak peek into the kitchen.

Traditional Home is also having a Great Kitchens Sweepstakes. Enter for a chance to shop, cook, eat, and enjoy California hospitality alongside Thermador chefs, Traditional Home editors, and the bloggers and designers featured in our Great Kitchens online magazine at the Thermador Design & Experience Center! One lucky winner and guest will have the chance to join the celebration, July 22-24, in Irvine, California.

YOU can Enter to win here.

Thanks for being excited for me!