3 Interior Designers Transform The Same Dated 60s Kitchen | Space Savers | Architectural Digest

[@00thaiscastro]

This is my favorite thing to watch on KZbin

[@nightingalenef1764]

Mine too! doesn't even matter if I like the result or not. I just love the passion, ideas and see spaces change character!!

[@LeahIsHereNow]

Have you had a lobotomy recently?

[@trekon2023]

Same here. Please do once a week or fortnightly.

[@JoannaChrys-b9n]

Mine too! It’s actually become one of the only AD contents I watch now. I love this intimate dive into the creative process and the whole thinking behind each decision. Wish they’d post more often!

[@kristinadutton3259]

Same!

[@GSutton]

The best part of these videos is how supportive the designers are during the roundtable - and how genuine it appears to be. It's so nice & refreshing when so much on the Internet is aggressively competitive and cruel.

[@trekon2023]

Yes, love their supportive attitudes, too. 😊

[@DiamondBodyHealing]

you know they are pretending to find something nice to say for 5 mins and then they wrap? its not sincere.

[@GSutton]

@@DiamondBodyHealing I choose to be a bit less cynical than that. These are professionals who've attended design school, so they're far more willing to see the aesthetic value of each unique take on the same space than someone with a different background may be. There's always room for kindness.

[@San1984]

​@@GSutton they start screaming before their gazes even landed on the other pictures 😂 but then I'm European and this is just "American fakeness" to me.

[@gardenjoy5223]

@@GSutton No, you choose to be a bit less realistic than that. Whilst giving yourself a holier-than-though sign. Yikes.

[@SmallBlogV8]

Now that Noz's designs have started meeting reality halfway they're really interesting whilst still invariably being the most fun.

[@juliaostlund9360]

Booo she's always been brilliant

[@pinchofsalt4566]

The end result is always too chaotic

[@pragmatic_dreamer]

@@pinchofsalt4566 Agree, it was super cool half-way, but then everything ended up being a statement piece and became too much.

[@greengirlsp13]

Hope this series never ends!

[@rodney4740]

Me toooo

[@AP12360]

I would never block a window with a shelf! The kitchen is already small and adding a shelf in front of the window blocks out some of the light.

[@TheSnortler]

Yeah, I agree. I think if she ended the tiled shelf on both sides of the window and then put a tinted glass shelf in the middle, it would solve the issue and keep her vision. I would go for a dark pale pink, like in the flooring, to make it seem coherent - and break up the slightly monochromatic scheme the kitchen has.

[@pirateeagleofficial]

I thought the same

[@becac1655]

Mainly for fire safety in my mind

[@jpp7783]

@@AP12360 also, it breaks up the wall. Makes it look messy, janky.

[@jvantgarde]

Yeah that was crazy

[@lavenderdblasio1578]

Love Hema's colors, Kat's layout and the kitschy-ness of Noz's kitchen. All 3 ladies did great!

[@justinabean94]

That little red sconce looks like a baby bell cheese and I love that about it.

[@inesds2848]

Anyone else think the before was kind of cute?

[@Jsarmy87124]

Not kind of it was cute

[@lavenderdblasio1578]

Yup but not a genuine 60s kitchen

[@chloeuntrau4588]

no...but I don't like "cute"...lol

[@dr.100purrscent5]

That's exactly what I was feeling too. No shade to the designers. The previous design was actually very nice and could be updated with additional decor pieces added, and not to wipe away the original base of the design.

[@mysewingfactory_]

I like the original

[@FONZIEZ]

This is my favorite series on the internet and Noz is my GOAT Please keep making these forever.

[@jpp7783]

Some of these ideas are a touch impractical. Removing upper cabinets in a small kitchen and “regaining” space with a tall pantry cupboard means losing counter space and still not getting back as much cabinet space as you’ve lost. And the plan with upper cabinets as deep as the lowers means you’ll never use that counter (you’ll smash your head on the uppers every time; and also, you’ll never reach deep into the back of the uppers so they’ll become a wasteland of lost sippy cups). Finally, travertine in a kitchen? I’m sure you’ll seal it and seal it well, but we’re talking about a material that has more holes than cork.

[@katanyajason3316]

And did you notice the handles on the orange kitchen? Literal sharp blades sticking out, waiting to gouge your thighs and hips! And how many times does one use a pot filler? It would be so costly to install too (bringing the plumbing over to the cooker and digging into the walls) Also that fragile Japanese style plant that takes up a lot of counter space in a kitchen that is already on the small side has little chance of surviving.

[@GlobalCitizen55]

Lots of cool ideas, but I was thinking the same about the travertine. Doesn’t seem the least bit practical for a kitchen. Also don’t see the point of spending money on a pot filler that you don’t need (plus it takes up space unnecessarily). I also don’t know how easy it will be to grasp and open the kitchen doors in Noz’s kitchen.

[@jpp7783]

@@katanyajason3316 I have always thought pot fillers to be silly. I don’t want water dribbling (and there are always a few remaining dribbles after you shut it off) onto my stovetop. And when it’s over, you’ve got to carry the pot of pasta water back to the sink anyway so if you’re strong enough for that, you’re strong enough to fill it and carry it over.

[@Damali5610]

Hema's is my favorite except for the shelf going across the window. Kat's is cool and minimalist and the door is begging for a cookout. Noz is Noz what can you say 😊😊. I could watch this series every day. More please

[@roar5853]

making glass door was genius🎉

[@calebarsenault382]

Since the Bus episode Naz's designs have been knocking it out of the park without losing any of her usual quirky design choices

[@Trilingualeks]

I think what Hema did with the travertine countertop by bringing it down only in front of the sink as an 'apron' is such a great idea!!! I am definitely using that idea in my next kitchen ❤

[@FunkyColdify]

Despite appearances, a pot filler in a small kitchen is super practical if more than one person is in there at a time. It saves having to try to dance around each other every time someone needs water at the stove. I put one in my last kitchen (a galley measuring 6’ x 10’) and it completely changed the functionality of the space

[@19mx]

I love Hema's, sunset themed one. I would definitely want that for myself 😍

[@Floruisse]

I love Hemas floor, wow stunning idea with lovely color and pattern choices. 🤗👏🏻👏🏻

[@suhailahmedshaikh6254]

Kat has the best design and she used the small space well, by giving large windows and removing the sink makes the kitchen look bigger

[@iwtpiwigo]

I really like her layout, but I think the upper cabinets could better not be full depth, except the one above the fridge. And imho the stove doesn't really suit the style theme. It's like a farmhouse stove in a modernist / minimalist kitchen.

[@meesamedusa]

I too would love to cook eggs in Noz's kitchen! Her kitchen looks like it would instantly cheer someone up on walking in. Would love walking into it every morning and after a long day. The best of the lot for me.

[@katherineschexneider585]

I really like Hema's ideas. I'm not even keen on gold, but the way she creates a color scheme and layout makes it very attractive.

[@bluedrummajor2876]

I think that all three of the designers are so creative, and I find their designs well thought out. Needless to say, since I'm not the client, I don't agree with all their choices, but I do see elements I like in all three designs. Kat Bell's is my favorite of the three.

[@IJNIP-sb4tu]

Hema Persaud is the winner for me, hands down. 🏆 I loved the cleanness of Kat Bell's design. As a 70s baby, I am all too familiar with the vegetable wallpaper/tiles motifs along the kitchen walls and wish not to relive it. All three women are talented. This reminded me so much of the show, Designer's Challenge, that used to air on HGTV. I ❤️ that show.

[@pilarposada2804]

I loved Kat's design, opening the window make the space look more inviting.

[@jackieclark817]

lime wash on kitchen walls? hard pass. who's cleaning grease off those? NO ONE! other than that, pretty cool spaces....

[@bodie1098]

I thought the same thing but then remembered that lime wash can be sealed. That'd be necessary in a kitchen.

[@EL-be_real]

Love Hema's design!

[@manditakay]

okay they all kinda slayed with this

[@cupnoodles201]

Yeah, Noz always worries me a bit, but I love what she did here!

[@peaceandcalm6928]

Love all three of these but I am a little obsessed with the vegetable kitchen! 💚

[@Trilingualeks]

Same!! I never thought I'd like it so much, but it makes me sooo happy!

[@meisyapuspita]

kat's design is top notch! 💯✨

[@madibrianna]

I'd remodel my kitchen using Kat's design in a heartbeat!

[@sussubadger]

Bravo all 3! My personal fave is Kat's one, but they all have something. Thanks for a fun watch :)

[@lightformoon]

My favorite thing to watch on KZbin. Please never end this series ❤

[@DiamondBodyHealing]

the tiny window turned into a big glass door was a winning thought.

[@peadar-o]

Hema for the win.

[@malgaa3655]

Kat's design is beautiful, timeless, spacious and appear less clattery.

[@KookaburraCrumbs]

What. I thought the "BEFORE" was one of the remodeled designs. It's why I clicked, haha!

[@pettybee3860]

Same

[@gardenjoy5223]

Well, of all 4 it was the best (minus the wallpaper).

[@felipeballestero2139]

Please never stop making these!

[@MalachiVanHaynes]

Noz is pretty amazing. I love how she highlights other artists with every design.

[@ellen2239]

might as well start giving them actual blank spaces if they’re allowed to change this much every time

[@Leocalamb2]

I absolutely love this series on AD. My favorite features; Kat's layout, Hema's colour pallette & Noz's 🤔. Overall though, Kat for the win 🎉

[@EggSaladSandwich719]

Love love LOVE Noz’s design in this one!! Especially that carved cabinetry!

[@gardenjoy5223]

Enjoy cleaning that. In a kitchen no less.

[@deniseanneafricano8489]

PLEASE KEEP THIS SERIES RUNNING FOREVER!!

[@janicester]

I would've loved to see one of them take it back to the 50s, and give it a Diner look. Coca-Cola and all! Straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. ♥♥♥

[@Qute12u]

I genuinely love each design. Each one is meant for someone.

[@rxoryn4874]

y’all need to make this series a forever thing

[@manuela8474]

All nice ideas but I actually liked the before more 😅

[@KookaburraCrumbs]

Same! I clicked to see how they'd done it!

[@ettajfan5882]

The "afters" were all a fail.

[@marta150]

I agree. Nice MCM kitchen for an MCM house. "Dated" is such a pejorative term.

[@malakattif4214]

This is my favourite thing to watch on the internet!!! Please keep making more! 🙏 ❤

[@ChineloMark-gd7nl]

Pls don’t ever end this series❤ And I love the new designer

[@SheriLynNut]

The cupboards in Noz’s kitchen would be so hard to keep clean (but they’re cool 😎)

[@margaretames6522]

Less is more in a small kitchen. The kitchen will never look like it’s clean and efficient if there’s too much going on. Also, two handle faucets are a pain. And, I want to be able to open the window. Easy to guess which one I like!

[@TheGreatWerebear-ge7uh]

I've been watching these for a while, and this is my favorite so far. The vegetable kitchen and the Miami kitchen are both awesome!

[@TheCat-d5k]

Noz's kitchen has a very strong 70s vibe. So cute. All three did a banging job!

[@eszterkun9638]

Noz's kitchen is so great, it is inviting, someplace I could actually see cooking for a bunch of friends, who would then all congregate there instead of the living room. I would ditch the pot filler and the wall mozaik, but that is all.

[@NimrodTargaryen]

Worked with a designer on our kitchen. I prefer eliminating all corner cabinets… not functional, not useful, difficult to access. For that reason the big door design is winner in functionality. Love the red floors, but I like the vegetable them, love the yellow design with lighting. What a follow up series wheRE these three compromise and come with final design?… it would be entertaining to see he compromise taking place 😊

[@jackdmurphytube]

I never, ever, EVER (!!) thought I would say this but… Kat’s is my fave 😂

[@tamaraberchuk454]

I like the one before and the red concrete floor one

[@ExtraNope]

Tell me that light didn't look like a babybel 😂

[@heatherloffelmann3547]

Like the 3rd one the best with full glass on the sink wall . Modern slick and full of light

[@DRGBTL23]

4:54 love it when decorators play Afchitects…

[@herbalistkristen]

I love this series AND sometimes it feels like the designers are literally messing with us.

[@06-shreetdave21]

Hema:My style is livable. Also Hema: drops 5 different colors of tile in flooring.

[@johnpeetube]

Not a fan of Kat's design. A lacanche range and a door would've taken up the entirety of that original space. I don't like when the designers manipulate the scale like that, it defeats the purpose of the exercise. Also, keep your impractical tripping hazard chair out of my tiny kitchen!

[@damienclark-n1u]

Yes this! I immediately noticed how out of scale her design was. The door, as displayed, would have been maybe 5-6 feet tall and wouldn't actually be useful basing it off of the scale of the rest of the kitchen and the range is WAY smaller than it is in real life. That design was interesting but completely unrealistic

[@bobg19842]

Concrete floors? A shelf that goes across the window? Subway tile floors? Removing a functional wall with a door? A pot filler?!? The before is more thoughtful, understated, attractive and useful.

[@katanyajason3316]

I agree.

[@Junebuuf]

The before looks better than the after

[@sharonkaysnowton]

I like Hema's kitchen the best. It was a small space, but she did not have a lot of clutter. It was very restful considering it was an orange kitchen. I could see myself in this kitchen. Kat Bell's kitchen is too "restraunty" to me. Although I did like her door leading to the outside. As for Noz' busy kitchen- she wants to make eggs in that busy kitchen, I want to go lay down. Her kitchen is sooooo busy it gave me a HEADACHE. All the junk she put on the walls, the appliances, the windows, etc. It is hideous!!! (Just my opinion of Noz' kitchen- Sorry Noz.)

[@LostInSpice]

Remove the wallpaper, paint the walls a complimentary color, change out the window treatments in the original and you're done. Nothing else needed.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Exactly. And the winner is.... The original kitchen! Yay!

[@Blvckvelma5]

I need this to never end. So much variety and creativity!

[@Dracalis]

Usually there's one design that I gravitate towards, but this time I really like all three! I could nitpick a few of the choices, but overall I think all three designers did excellent jobs.

[@LineAndVine]

Wow what a trio!!! They’re all incredible

[@fredsalfa]

I like Kats design the best it’s clean and simple and looks like it was designed that way originally. Unfortunately I don’t think knocking the whole wall down would be realistic as maybe it’s a load bearing wall? Hemas is probably the most realistic and Noz’s is just totally crazy

[@saulgoodman2018]

You can remove a load bearing wall easily with a header.

[@cindymoore5005]

I enjoy this series and each of their personalities ❤🧡💚

[@laurenpouyet2971]

gosh noz is a crazy grandmother on the inside and i love it

[@mini9415]

For the first time ever I really liked all the designs. Love this series ❤

[@JillWhitcomb1966]

For those of us who grew up in the 1960's and 70's....I think the 'before' is charming and pretty. I'd keep that and enjoy it far more than anything modern.

[@chrysophilous3702]

I didn't think I'd like a shelf in front of a window, but the idea of having a shelf full of fresh herbs really appeals to me

[@glendabanta4832]

I like the original best of all. Really the only thing I don't like about it is the curtains, but I'd consider changing the wallpaper to something a little lighter and more period appropriate. Love the cabinets and stove!

[@mariochezdesign]

Hema always knocks it out of the park 🧡

[@CL-lo4wd]

This is, IMO, a case of “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. The original kitchen was adorable!

[@gardenjoy5223]

Though I don't like anyone of these kitchen, I LOVE that floor-to-ceiling door and windows at 5:07. Saving it in my folder, just for that!

[@TimothyRobert93]

I think Kat Bell has my favorite design

[@rouxtube550]

Concrete floors, lime wash, open shelving-all trends on the way out, if not already out.

[@saulgoodman2018]

Concrete is not going away.

[@rouxtube550]

@@saulgoodman2018 As a TREND, it has already gone out of fashion.

[@saulgoodman2018]

@@rouxtube550 Not everything is about trends. Forgot about trends.

[@rouxtube550]

@ The TOPIC is trends.

[@saulgoodman2018]

@@rouxtube550 no it's not.

[@chiaragiangrande]

It always makes me laugh how different Noz's and Kat's definition of "fun touch" is

[@andresdominguez6925]

Oh how I love Noz’s creativity

[@AP12360]

Noz's designs are too crazy and chaotic for me.

[@hintex487]

I loved all three designs

[@Clear_Night4]

Noz: fairytale book kitchen Hema: retro Barbie kitchen Kat: forgettable kitchen with baby bell cheese light Kat's design while simple is still beautiful but I would be kinda nervous/uncomfortable in that kitchen at night with the floor to ceiling glass. If there was a curtain option or glass affect so it's not 100% clear..idk

[@vleavy]

Before was pretty cute. I could live there if I couldn’t redo it. I’d maybe do different wallpaper, but it was cute as is. When I first heard the designer say vegetables, I was like, what? That’s so done. BUT, I ended up loving that space! Really loving it. It was happy, fun, whimsy. I could see myself making my morning tea and cooking eggs, too! I really loved the cabbage light! So very cool! I actually have some cabbage stuff. Big bowl and plates. The one with the door to the outside was WAY amazing, as long as there is something nice outside the door. I think the veggies and door would make a great combo. The one with warm pinkish colors was fantastic! I would probably have stopped the shelf just short of the window on either side, but the rest was amazing! I guess I’m still a little too inside the box. I’m thinking window washing. BUT, fantastic color choices! The cabinets are amazing! I really LOVED them. A super retro vibe. Any of you are welcome to redo my spaces anytime! 😄 IF I had to pick just one, which is impossible to do…it’s the vegetables! I had some cool veggie stuff in the late 80’s early 90’s. I thought I was done until I saw that killer cute kitchen? I would be thrilled with all of them.

[@Toucan11]

I don’t know how anyone thinks Noz is a designer, it’s always a nightmare

[@winniemachaki7140]

Breaking the window into a glass door was brilliant 🎉

[@ItsTheBaroness]

I absolutely love the original kitchen

[@gardenjoy5223]

That's my winner too (minus the wall paper).

[@annemichellejohal3974]

So seventies the mustard one… the one with the door design and layout is very easy to use to cook in and simplicity personified

[@theshypersistence]

Hema: "Keep your color pallet simple when accessorizing a small space" Noz: 🥵

[@jfrunnerCanada]

The kitchen with the red floor is really the best, and its designer is the less annoying too! 😅🎉 In the yellow kitchen some drawers won’t open in real life! 😱

[@robertclarkson6064]

I really like all the designs. Great job y'all 👏

[@kenna_tv]

Can we bring back Darren in these videos? Please and thanks 😄

[@charlotte-m5d]

I love the vegetable kitchen, so happy with a slight 50s vibe.

[@idancealways4ever440]

My ideal kitchen is a mash up of Kat & Hema’s. Love the through to the outside of Kat’s and love the drawers & color of Hema’s. I liked Noz’s floor.

[@aWorkInProgress11]

i need many more episodes of this series!!!

[@laurettecarolyne8599]

When Noz Nozawa is one of the Space Savers, I say to myself " The genie in the bottle". At times, after I have seen her designs, I shake my head and utter "WHO let the genie out of the bottle!". At other times, like for this design, I say" Fly genie fly!" Whatever. She is always exciting, and watchable. The one to watch,

[@KookaburraCrumbs]

Okaaaaaaay, I still quite adore the BEFORE kitchen, and I don't like any of the newer versions (other than the tall door-window).

[@gardenjoy5223]

Exactly the same. The before kitchen is my winner. But I love that tall door-window!

[@egiziaphoto]

Kat, omg I love her design!!

[@kristinnelson-patel442]

More kitchens please!

[@greenbrown7776]

I liked the before kitchen and all three of the makeovers. If I actually had the before kitchen and the money, I'd ask Noz to spruce up what was already there vs. doing a drastic alteration. I love classic '50s and '60s bathrooms and kitchens. Just something more functional for today.