Clients applaud Alison’s ability to listen to their wants and desires, and then create a space better than they ever envisioned. While she has great proficiency with period restorations, she also enjoys creating transitional and contemporary spaces. One of her Mid-Century Modern kitchens recently appeared on the cover of a major cabinet manufacturer’s 2008 national catalog.
Alison has been designing and building things since she was a child. She grew up surrounded by construction, and gained hands-on experience first with the construction of her childhood passive solar home, and then as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
While attending Mt. Holyoke College, majoring in International Relations, she spent the majority of her time sewing costumes for the college theatre department and taking fine arts classes. Rather than pursuing a traditional career in business or law, Alison moved to New York City, enrolling in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s fashion design program. For the following ten years, Alison created textile designs for the home furnishings and apparel industries.
Her transition to kitchen design started many years ago with the purchase of a 1918 Craftsman bungalow and the sketching of her dream kitchen, eventually leading to a job offer of designing kitchens as a career. For Alison, designing kitchens and other interior spaces has been a perfect blending of her love of design, construction and architecture.
To contact Alison Griffin about a kitchen. pantry or bath design,
call: 973-539-3339
fax: 973-539-2327
Email: AlisonG@CanterburyDesign.com
