NKBA Announces the 2023 Design + Industry Award Winners

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The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), owners of the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) opened the 2023 live event with the highly anticipated National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) Design + Industry Awards on January 30, at the Encore Ballroom, in the Encore Hotel, Las Vegas Hotel.

The sold-out annual awards ceremony recognizes the design professionals and projects that are setting the bar for the way we live, work and entertain in our homes.  Each reflects the purpose of the Association – envisioning a world where everyone enjoys safe, beautiful, and functional kitchen and bath spaces. The program was generously sponsored by Beko appliances (platinum sponsor), 2020 Design Software, Ferguson Bath, Kitchen, and Lighting Gallery, and Vent-A-Hood (diamond sponsor), Hettich and Home Depot (gold sponsors), photo booth sponsor Duravit and special mobile bar sponsor, Perlick.

NKBA’s CEO Bill Darcy and EVP & CSO Suzie Williford hosted the ceremonies, presenting more than 30 awards during the evening, including the NKBA Student Design Competition winners as well as the NKBA Innovative Showroom Awards Competition winners.

NKBA 2023 Kitchen & Bath Design Competition Winners:

BEST OVERALL KITCHEN

Sarah Robertson, AKBD, Founder and Principal, Studio Dearborn

BEST OVERALL BATH

Mary Maney, CKBD, Crystal Kitchen + Bath

PEOPLE’S PICK KITCHEN

Henrietta Heisler, Owner and Director, Henrietta Heisler Interiors Inc

PEOPLE’S PICK BATH

Emily Miller, CKD, Kitchen and Bath Concepts

SPECIALTY KITCHEN

  • First Place
    • Rebecca Foster, Interior Designer, Welton Design Group
  • Second Place
    • Douglas Walter, CMKBD, Doug Walter Architect
  • Third Place
    • Lance Stratton, Principal, Studio Stratton Inc.
    • Co-Designers: Kate LeCount and Tom King

SMALL KITCHEN (Under 300 sq ft)

  • First Place
    • Sarah Robertson, AKBD, Founder and Principal, Studio Dearborn
  • Second Place
    • Svetlana Tryaskina, Principal, Estee Design Inc.
  • Third Place
    • Nar Bustamante, President, Nar Design Group

LARGE KITCHEN (Over 300 sq ft)

  • First Place
    • Lori Kurnitsky, Designer, Bluebell Kitchens
    • Co-designer: Michele Plachters
  • Second Place
    • Marla Nazzicone, Owner, Marla Nazzicone Design Inc.
  • Third Place
    • Lori Kurnitsky, Designer, Bluebell Kitchens
    • Co-designers: Olga Carlson and Michele Plachter

POWDER ROOM

  • First Place
    • Lori Carroll, Lori Carroll & Associates
    • Co-designer: Kat Saucedo
  • Second Place
    • Jaque Bethke, Principal designer, architect, and engineer, Jaque Bethke
  • Third Place
    • Jaque Bethke, Principal designer, architect, and engineer, Jaque Bethke

SECONDARY BATH

  • First Place
    • Gina D’Amore Bauerle, Partner and Interior Designer at D’Amore Interiors
  • Second Place
    • Nichol Hollinger, CKBD, and Senior Interior Designer, Henrietta Heisler Interiors, Inc.
  • Third Place
    • Nancy Finneson, CKBD, DeMane Design

PRIMARY BATH

  • First Place
    • Mary Maney, CKBD, Crystal Kitchen + Bath
  • Second Place
    • Kendall Ansell, Owner, Kendall Ansell Interiors
    • Co-designer: Katelyn Woods
  • Third Place
    • Sandra Diaz-Velasco, Principal Architect, EOLO A&I Design