Washington Spaces Early Spring '07
Big Concepts, Tiny Details
By Emily Lyons
Washington Spaces Winter '07
Keeping Order
Home & Design Jan/Feb '07
Ahead of the Curve
Jennifer makes the cover of Home and Design
Kitchen & Bath 2007
Compact Classic
By Nancy A. Ruhling
Veranda 2006
Counter Culture
Undercurrents in Kitchen Design
By Keith Flamer
HGTV Annual Kitchen Issue Fall 2006
Small Kitchens Big Style
By Amie Parnes
Washington Post Home
& Garden Oct '06
What a Kitchen Pro Knows
By
Terri Sapienza
After Two Decades of Designing
Kitchens, Jennifer Gilmer Just Did Her Own
J
ennifer Gilmer's name is practically synonymous
with high-end kitchen design in the Washington area.
For 21 years, the Maryland native has been advising
clients on the advantages of custom cabinetry, the
differences between granite and quartz countertops
and the importance of not skimping on appliances or
table space. Her Chevy Chase showroom is a one-stop
shop for kitchen designs large and small, budgets
fat and, sometimes, not so fat.
So
when time came to renovate the kitchen in the
Bethesda bungalow she shares with her husband, Bill,
she knew precisely what she wanted. Until she met
architect Amy Gardner.
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Home & Design Winter '06
Ahead of the Curve
Kitchens & Baths September '04
Dinner for Two
By David Masello
Washington Post Home
& Garden Feb '03
Little, but Loaded
By Julia Watson
Kitchens That Make Up in Sizzle
What They Lack in Size
When
Phyllis d'Hoop (a Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath, Ltd. client)
stands gazing at the Washington National Cathedral through the kitchen
window of her 1910 Mount Pleasant house, she will be able, almost
without moving her feet,
to reach into her under-counter dishwasher drawers, her scaled-down
Sub-Zero refrigerator, her freezer drawers,
her microwave oven, her steamer oven and
her double sink.
The
Washingtonian Aug '02
Managing the Stress
by Sara Wildberger
Once your plans
and professionals are in place, it'll hit home that you'll be living
without a kitchen for at least several weeks.
Designer Jennifer Gilmer is thinking of creating a portable
kitchenette to bring to those who are remodeling. In the meantime, she
says, "set up a space that's comfortable to you–not in the
basement or someplace dark and dingy" for a temporary kitchen
with coffeepot, microwave, and maybe a toaster oven. You can usually
leave your refrigerator plugged in where it is through much of the
job.
"What creates a lot
of tension is when there's dust everywhere," Gilmer says. Tell
contractors that the area being remodeled needs to be sealed off so
you can avoid constantly cleaning the rest of the house.
Whatever your choices, once you've made them, stick with them.
Changing plans in the middle of a project is a sure way to up your
expenses and your stress.
"In every job, there's a point when the work is about 75 percent
of the way done, and the countertops are about to be delivered, when
the client starts having doubts about everything she has picked,"
Gilmer says.
"I warn clients: You're going to have this period of total
anxiety until everything is in and the picture is complete."
