Jennifer Fordham Blanco

With a keen sense of design, Jennifer created a kitchen and a butler’s pantry for my new home with both stunning aesthetics and an ideal layout with a practical flow for cooking and entertaining alike. Through consistent, detail oriented involvement in the design process and installation phase, as well as continuous follow ups even after the project’s completion, she ensures total client peace of mind and satisfaction. Jennifer can be trusted with the dearest of projects and her service and design will exceed all expectations.

Jennifer is the consummate professional. I'm an architect and have designed many homes and large commercial projects but I will be the first to admit that I knew nothing about how to design a kitchen that is efficient, beautiful and fun to use. Jennifer took the mystery out of process and while the kitchen itself is remarkable and beautiful, it's what's behind the doors and in the drawers that stands as a testimony to her capabilities. And when things tried to veer off track, as is often the case on renovations, she stepped in to make sure that the final product was completed perfectly. My wife and I couldn't be happier!

Jennifer was the bright star in our building experience! Jennifer was knowledgable, professional, and driven to perfection. We love our cabinets. If we ever do another build we will use Jennifer and Pogen Pohl.

Working with Jennifer on the remodel of our kitchen was a pleasure. She understood our desire to blend the Poggenpohl clean style into our old tudor home in a way that was very respectful to the original features we wanted to maintain and brought in the best of contemporary design and convenience. We have been extremely happy with the result. We couldn't have asked for better results or greater attention to design and quality--and for making sure everything flowed smoothly and well. We recommend her most highly.

My wife's brother designed our kitchen remodel (he's a professional). Jennifer Fordham, at Poggenpohl, executed his design beautifully. (Others we spoke with "wanted to improve the design", which would have been a mistake.) She was helpful, accessible, professional, and fun to work with. There was a tiny problem with the countertop (we thought it was the countertop company that should have handled it, but they didn't). Jennifer stuck with us through all the negotiations, and brought her own people in at the end to make it right--we thought she went above and beyond!! I wish I had another job for Jennifer to do--I'd love to work with her again. Stuart Owen

Jennifer and her staff at Poggen Pohl did an outstanding job and I would highly recommend them. We ordered cabinets for three bathrooms. From the initial contact and throughout the order process and eventual install it was handled timely and with professionalism. There was contact all the way through the process, there were no delays and the install was professionally done. The cabinets are beautiful and I couldn't be happier!

It is with great pleasure that I recommend Jennifer Fordham in this review. Jennifer (and her Poggenpohl team) were instrumental in helping us deliver an optimal kitchen design in our new vacation home in Watercolor (a beach community located in the pan-handle of Florida between Destin & Panama City). Throughout the project, Jennifer was very helpful, assisting us with concept design, color review, counter top material selection, appliance package selection and overall kitchen layout & design. With her expertise, we were able to marry clean and contemporary cabinet elements with a touch of coastal charm. Kitchen Description: Adjacent to our kitchen (is our breakfast area) where we incorporated floor to ceiling windows, which captures the beautiful view to Western Lake (off the back of the house). The light (that pours in from these windows) looks fabulous set against our Poggenpohl Designed Kitchen. The wall cabinets (of our Poggenpohl kitchen) are finished in a highly polished aqua color laminate, contrasted with a large 5' x 9' island cabinet, which is made of a dark brown walnut wood. The wall above the main sink area of the kitchen is covered in a beautiful Ann Sacks off-white and aqua trimmed penny round tiles. We also choose a beautiful white Quartz material (by Cambria) for our counter tops. These counter tops look great with the Poggenpohl colors and coordinate nicely with the ceiling of our kitchen, which is made of large sheets of polished white porcelain tile, adding yet another unique design element to this room. Add to this kitchen wonderful decorator lighting which includes a large chandelier over the breakfast nook, five slimline stainless steel pendant lights hanging over the snack bar… and two additional contemporary chandeliers hanging over the main sink area and you add a bit of sparkle to this cooking oasis. Finally, add in wonderful stainless steel appliances, including a 36" Miele Island electric induction cook top, a fabulous stainless steel butterfly designed Miele DA 5000 D Island ventilation hood, two Miele built-in dishwashers, a Miele built-in stainless steel coffee maker and a separate Miele stainless steel steam oven, a Sub Zero built-in refrigerator & freezer (with Poggenpohl cabinet covers), a large Sub Zero Wine chiller, and finally two Kohler stainless steel sinks and four very unique Kohler Karbon® sink faucets in silver and stainless steel …and you have a kitchen to die for! Since being built this kitchen as received many favorable awards. In 2013 our kitchen was featured in Coastal Lifestyle Magazine and this same kitchen will soon be featured in the Spring/Summer edition of "Better Homes and Gardens - Kitchens and Bath's " (the April 2014) edition.

In the past two years I have worked with Jennifer on two beautiful Poggenpohl kitchens. Our first project together was an out-of-town project for a clients' second home and the other is in-progress here in DFW. She was and is a pleasure to work with during the entire process from schematic design to installation. She is knowledgeable about every detail of her product and gives guidance for the designers and clients about budget considerations and practical design details of kitchen organization and functionality. Her team had the layouts and elevations done and revisions made in a timely manner which made the design process run smoothly. Jennifer is a great asset to the design team and works well with the contractors and clients on each project. I look forward to working with her again in the future and would highly recommend her to any of my clients or colleagues. If you are looking for a beautiful and functional kitchen, she is a wonderful resource and great designer.

It is with great enthusiasm that I write a recommendation for Jennifer Fordham in regards to kitchen design and construction. I have worked with Jennifer over the past 3 years on 2 of my residential design projects and hope to work with her on many more in the future. She is an absolute pleasure to work with and is always a joy to meet with. She accomplishes all tasks in a timely manner and has helped my clients create the kitchens they have always dreamed of. Her knowledge of design, both kitchen and interior related, is paramount in her field. I know that when I work with Jennifer that I won't have to worry about the job being done right or on time, because I know she will do whatever it takes to get things done and make my clients happy. It has been a delight to work with Jennifer and if you are looking for a kitchen designer, look no further, you'll get everything you want and more.