EXPERT KITCHEN & BATH DESIGN EDUCATION

NEW COURSE:
CHIEF ARCHITECT FOR BEGINNERS

Are you an interior designer new to Chief Architect? Want to improve your skills? Join me in a 2-day immersive class for beginners and advanced beginners.

This Course Will Cover:

  • Preferences/defaults

  • Saved Plan Views

  • Construction Documents and 3D Renders

  • Interior Design Templates for .plan and .layout will be Included

Date: August 19 and 20th
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Lawrence Gallery in Lake Oswego.
Cost: $750. Breakfast & lunch included. Limited seats available.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Robin Fisher, CMKBD, CLIPPS, CAPS is a national educator with Chief Experts with 38 years as a practicing designer. She is an author for the NKBA, a contributor to the current NKBA guidelines and Department Chair of the Interior Design Department at PCC.

Looking for additional support? Robin offers one-on-one Chief Architect mentoring!

  • Work on specific challenges you are experiencing with Chief Architect

  • Get your questions answered immediately

  • Customized one-on-one support from Robin

CHIEF EXPERT COURSES

Chief Expert strives to give you the best training, tools, and resources you need to complete your plans as quickly and accurately as possible using Chief Architect. The following list of Robin’s courses are available through the Chief Architect website!

KITCHEN DESIGN MASTERY with CHIEF ARCHITECT

Kitchen Design Mastery with Chief Architect

In this 6 week course, Robin will share with you her experiences of the principles and best practices for designing kitchens, Dan will show you how to take your ideas and create great-looking and accurate plans using Chief Architect!

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Design Theory and Information Gathering

  • Introduction To Chief Architect for Kitchen Design

  • NKBA Guidelines and Conceptual Plans

  • Gathering Project-Specific Information

  • Kitchen Design Principles and Plan Layout

  • Using Chief to Create the Plan

  • Making Selections – Plumbing, Appliances, Etc.

  • Customizing Your Chief Architect Plan

  • Adding Lighting and Specialty Items

  • Adding Electrical and Details Using Chief

  • Materials and Specifications

  • Layout and Presentations

BATH MASTERY with CHIEF ARCHITECT

Bathroom Design Mastery with Chief Architect

By the end of this 3-week Bathroom Mastery Design course, you will have an applicable knowledge of bath design! You will be able to identify your clients’ needs and apply this information to their design practice. You will also be able to incorporate time-saving CAD skills into your Bath Design/Construction Plans.

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Shower construction details: linear drain/curbless showers, sizes, steam showers

  • New NKBA Bathroom Guidelines and Accessibility standards and how to apply them to your designs

  • Custom Symbols

  • Learn how to create dormers and vaulted ceilings, shower curbs, shower walls, niches, benches, and more

  • Review and breakdown of shower sizes & functionality 

  • How to create a shower in Chief Architect

  • Vanity storage, design, heights, functionality

  • Selecting toilets for your client

  • Lighting/ventilation

  • Custom cabinets and how to create a library

  • Saving custom schedules to your template

  • Creating multiple layout page sizes in one layout template

REAL WORLD LIGHTING DESIGN FOR KITCHEN & BATHS

Real World Lighting Design for Kitchen & Baths with Chief Architect

By the end of this three-week course, designers will have an applicable knowledge of lighting design.  Students will understand watts, lumens, and candle power and how this knowledge will determine their lamp and fixture selection.  They will apply this knowledge to their kitchen and bath designs. Students will be able to incorporate the time-saving cad skills in their Bath Design/Construction Plans

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Read and understand photometrics from lighting suppliers, apply this knowledge to your kitchen and bath designs

  • Understand how lumens and candlepower apply to good lighting design

  • Lumen and candle power requirements per room

  • The Math and design layout

  • Lamp and fixture selection

  • Lighting for kitchens, baths, and more

  • Lighting controls

  • Creating an electrical plan in Chief Architect

I’m a Better Designer

I just completed the Kitchen Mastery Program with Chief Experts. The design education with Robin Fisher helped me become a better kitchen designer! And the training I received on Chief Architect has made me become more efficient and to work smarter. I invest in education because knowledge is power!

—Rebecca Steinberg

Design Advice Borne out of Experience

Robin Fisher is a perfect choice for this class. She is very conversant with Chief Architect, giving advice borne out of experience. Her goal of making a complex program understandable was met.

—Annonymous

Very Knowledgeable!

Robin is a very knowledgeable instructor who is always willing to answer questions and give help when needed.

—Annonymous

I Learned a Lot!

I learned a lot in this class. Robin is very informative and knowledgeable re kitchen and bath and design. She is friendly and helpful.

-Anonymous