Marianne Gailer is one of the highly qualified and experienced designers who work with Kitchens By Design. She is also the ‘face’ of Kitchens by Design in Takapuna and you can meet her most days by calling into the showroom.

Marianne is of Hungarian descent, but was born in Germany. In 1993 she married a Milford boy and her family now all live on the North Shore.

She began designing kitchens in more than 20 years ago, and has worked for the past several years in Sydney as an independent designer. Throughout her career she has stayed in touch with Richard Cripps, Kitchens by Design owner, as his career moved from cabinetmaker to owner of a kitchen design studio. She recently returned to the Shore, that move serendipitously coinciding with the move by Kitchens by Design to open its new Takapuna studio.

Marianne is a Certified Kitchen and Bathroom designer in both New Zealand and Australia, a member of the National Kitchen & Bathroom Association (NKBA), a member of the Certified Designers Association (CKDNZ), a member of the Kitchen & Bathroom Designers Institute Australia (KBDI) and has been a judge on the KBDI Awards Panel.

Marianne is particularly proud of her latest entry in the Australian Certified Kitchen Designer of the Year Awards, the winner of which is announced this month. Should she win an award, it will join a number of others Marianne has won during her career. To name just a few:  New Zealand Kitchen Design Award winner for Bathroom Designer of the Year, and for Creative Excellence; finalist in the Certified Kitchen Designer of the Year Australia; and three times finalist in New South Wales kitchen design awards.

“A great kitchen starts with the best layout and footprint for your space,” she says. “The kitchen can seamlessly integrate with your home or make a definite statement. I love working with my clients every step of the way. My many years in the kitchen, bathroom and interior design industry have given me the opportunity to work on many exciting projects with beautiful results.

“I love space planning and looking at the total concept and flow of a home. Very often this includes the entire interior design,” says Marianne. “I love a challenge and I always provide several options for the client to consider.”

Marianne, like the other Kitchens by Design designers, focuses on designing beautiful kitchens, but she also enjoys designing and space-planning bathrooms and laundries with the same attention to detail, and can coordinate storage solutions, such as wardrobes and entertainment units, for other parts of your home.

“Marianne has been associated us for over 20 years,” says Kitchens by Design owner Richard Cripps.  “We watched each other’s families grow up, and while she was in Australia we always stayed in contact. The timing of her coming home to New Zealand as  the new showroom opened was perfect.”

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