The walk-in pantry. It’s an amateur chef’s best friend, helping to release creative kitchen organization skills and bring a functional but beautiful aesthetic to the hub of the home. With 80% of home buyers saying this is a storage solution they’d love to have, it’s well worth considering adding one to your kitchen.

In this post, we chat with Amy Jones, our purchasing manager, expert negotiator, and 2022 honoree in Woodworking Network’s 40 Under 40 awards. Read on as Amy walks us through her Bakes & Kropp journey and how her innate curiosity is piqued every day in the shop.

In February, we unveiled our new, state-of-the-art showroom in West Palm Beach, Florida. This marks the sixth dedicated space for the Bakes & Kropp brand, further solidifying and expanding our national presence. We talk to our West Palm Beach designers Russell DeBose & Amanda Napier.

As part of our “Women in Woodworking” blog series, we are highlighting the women of Bakes & Kropp, bringing insight from those keeping the books and purchasing hardware to those walking home with sawdust on their boots. In this post, we chat with Lisa Lekki, our cabinetry finisher.

This post highlights Jaime Lancaster, our Michigan-born-and-raised Shop Floor Manager who came to Bakes & Kropp from a career in retail. In this conversation, Jaime talks about how her upbringing drew her to the woodworking factory, and what keeps her coming back to work everyday.

Bakes & Kropp has long been known for providing the highest quality of transitional luxury kitchen design, thoughtfully blending classic and contemporary elements. As the market shifts with evolving consumer interests, so too do our offerings. In recent years, we have developed an aesthetic style we call “soft modern.” Soft modern is a response to a growing client desire for modern-leaning designs, balanced by more classic elements.

#theperfectevening Bakes & Kropp Fine Cabinetry kicked off the opening of their latest showroom and 2023 Kitchen Design House earlier this month, hosting top Home & Houseware professionals across South Florida. Our team celebrated in style amongst industry partners and the beautiful Palm Beach community. Cheers!

On Thursday, February 9, Bakes & Kropp Fine Cabinetry hosted a grand opening celebration to debut its latest US showroom in West Palm Beach. The luxury kitchen company welcomed the local South Florida design community to the expansive showroom at 3085 South Dixie Highway with the help of its event sponsors, Florida Design, Armac Martin, Compac, Fisher & Paykel, Mecox, Primestones, Central Marble, and Miller’s Fine Hardware.

From custom cabinetry to one-of-a-kind backsplashes, homeowners today want kitchens that combine function and beauty. A luxury kitchen is often the showpiece of a modern home, but just what does “luxury” mean? The truth is, there’s no one definition of what makes a luxury kitchen. Here are 3 of the top must-haves most interior designers agree are necessary for creating a seamless, luxurious space where form follows function.

Modern, innovative….artful. During the final days of summer 2021, The Galerie House of Art & Design in Sag Harbor, NY opened to the public, featuring artwork and designs from some of the top names in the industry. Our team was honored to be chosen to spearhead the kitchen design and to help bring the overall mission — Live Artfully— to life.

The kitchen desk was once a revolutionary idea where homeowners envisioned themselves working, making grocery lists, organizing recipes, or planning the week ahead. This trend became a staple in most new homes built in the 80s and 90s; however, for most, it turned into an inefficient use of space where clutter took precedence. The kitchen is the heart of the home, and as our lifestyles have changed, so too do our needs and designs. Here are a few innovative ways to repurpose the kitchen desk for a more contemporary lifestyle. 

The New Year is looming, and the Bakes & Kropp team is continuing to add novel designs to our timeless portfolio. With over 50 years of experience in cabinetry and kitchen design, we’re often asked for predictions on upcoming trends, but the secret is, we continue to offer evergreen designs that our diverse roster of clients always come back to! With that said, it's no secret that new styles tend to take center stage each year. Continue reading Bakes & Kropp’s prediction on 2023’s most sought-after kitchen designs.

Bakes & Kropp Fine Cabinetry, a premier luxury kitchen design and manufacturing company, is excited to announce its expansion to the West Palm Beach area. With multiple projects already underway in some of the most luxurious homes in Florida, the company is finishing the renovation of a 2,500-square-foot showroom to serve local clientele better. Located at 3085 South Dixie Highway, the location will officially open in February and will serve as a space for the community to gather, network, and interact first-hand with the brand’s vast selection of offerings.

With the holidays near, we are all preparing to welcome friends and family into our homes, but is your kitchen equipped to host? Even in sprawling homes with dedicated living and dining areas, your guests will always find themselves drawn to the heart of the home. As such, some of Bakes & Kropp’s most common requests are for bespoke entertaining kitchens. Read on to learn how we custom-design our cabinetry to host a lifetime of holiday gatherings.

At Bakes & Kropp, we’re always looking for our next challenge and opportunity to design spaces that meet our client's needs and surpass expectations. When the homeowners decided to knock down a wall in this beautiful Leesburg, Virginia home, they were left with a wide open space. Seeking to expand the kitchen area for cooking and entertaining and to employ an open-concept design, they turned to Bakes & Kropp to execute their vision.

As a premier kitchen design and luxury cabinetry company, Bakes & Kropp is known for creating unique and functional spaces for our clients, providing a deep understanding of the whole kitchen - everything from the layout to integrated appliances down to distinguishing design details. This wealth of knowledge and expertise extends to a reemerging design trend: The butler’s pantry.

Bakes & Kropp is proud to announce our expansion to a new showroom in Bay Harbor, Michigan. This new location is part of a thoughtful and intentional expansion into new markets around the nation and broadens our footprint in Michigan, joining our Plymouth showroom and our Mt. Clemens custom workshop. The grand opening will take place on June 30, and in the meantime, our talented team is already taking on work in the area!

While Bakes & Kropp may have been founded by Bob and Paul, we take great pride in our commitment to gender diversity and the number of talented women that make up our team. Bakes & Kropp is made, in part,  highly successful by our women in the thick of it, being elevated to the highest positions within the company structure from the woodworkers, business managers, and project leaders who make every day in our Michigan factory a rewarding day.

Bakes & Kropp was engaged for the design of a 658-square-foot kitchen and accompanying butler’s pantry in a newly-built home in Setauket, New York. Our challenge was to transform the vast area into an elegant and digestible space and to blend beauty with functionality. Led by Senior Designer Mary Dimichino, our team tackled this directive by dividing the room into distinct areas for cleaning, prepping, cooking, and entertaining. Accented with unique design elements including decorative hutch cabinet grilles and a built-in coffee maker, the resulting space is a transitional, fully-customized kitchen for the serious home chef.

When Bakes & Kropp was enlisted to renovate a 900-square-foot kitchen and dining room in a Southampton home after flood damage, we were tasked with incorporating the client’s existing appliances with all new cabinetry in our signature style. The client was inspired by some of our previous kitchens, requesting several hallmarks of our aesthetic.