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 Designing the layout for the kitchen was something that I thought could be so easy. I was like hey I'm not paying anyone to do that when I can do it myself. Trust me you want and NEED a professional architect to do this work. The architect knows all of the building and health codes and will file all of the permits for you.

So this is how I went about it. I got a basic floor plan from the landlord and sketched out where I thought all of the equipment should go. I sent over all of the cut sheets from the manufacturer. I put the architect in contact with all of the equipment vendors, oven company, hood installation, fire suppression etc.. He then takes all of the specs and puts them into a computer program called CAD and voila! out comes a floor plan. Functional, in code, my vision.

All of the plans have now been sent over to the town building inspector and electric company. I'm told it can take up to 2 weeks to approve the plans then construction can start.

So with a few weeks of lag time how about a little research and development? Italia anyone?!!