A gorgeous kitchen space with cabinetry, pantry, desk and outdoor window view with glass chandelier

View of copper pots and pans hanging over a high-end range with brass fixtures

Pantry with appliances and organized goods and glassware

ABOUT

our passion

KitchenLab has 20+ years of experience Doing What We Love - designing kitchens and adjacent spaces that combine lived-in, inviting ambiance with modern functionality.

What could be better than a background in hospitality and restaurants for a kitchen design firm? KitchenLab’s founders, Rebekah Zaveloff and Nick Nicols met while working in the hospitality business and discovered a complementary approach to design. They started building KitchenLab more than 20 years ago by combining design experience with hospitality know-how. Our projects range from expansive kitchen-plus-adjacent-room renovations to kitchen-only designs in historic homes as well as new builds.

The KitchenLab team designs every project to look beautiful, comforting, and inviting – like a great restaurant you never want to leave. The portability of working from home or kids doing homework while you cook means that today’s kitchens often serve multiple functions in addition to cooking, dining and entertaining. Designing integrated areas that serve a family’s needs, and problem-solving with innovative ideas, are KitchenLab specialties.

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gray marble counter and backsplash, floating gray marble shelf with gold hardware and a pitcher and glasses on top, long dark wooden bowl holding wooden spoons, and a black canister holding more wooden spoons

closeup of white cabinets with gold criss-cross metal grates and gold knobs, Jackson by Kitchenlab Interiors

OUR STYLE

Patina, vintage touches, pattern mixes, hand finishes and more make a space designed by KitchenLab One-of-A-Kind.

We notice things, like how we might enhance privacy by transforming a window with stained glass, organize a pantry into a second prep space, or add a powder room to save a trip upstairs. A kitchen should look beautiful, and our designs do, but KitchenLab never forgets the people who live there and how they want to live – comfortably, with ease and with a sense of anticipation for good things to come.

View Our Projects

Imparfait Design Studio finished beachy space with pinky peach velvet sofa

Imparfait Design Studio finished high-end bathroom with heavy wood cabinetry, freestanding tub and gorgeous patterned wallpaper

Imparfait Design Studio finished beachy space with wide view of seating areas and gorgeous ocean view

Imparfait Design Studio finished beautiful living room with seating area in front of a fireplace

KITCHENLAB INTRODUCES . . .

As KitchenLab celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024, founders Rebekah Zaveloff and Nick Nichols announce a new sister company - Imparfait Design Studio.

The new Studio came to life as a result of our clients requesting that KitchenLab design their complete home environments. And while Imparfait Design Studio offers full home design and KitchenLab focuses on kitchens, they share the same hospitality-based design principles - ambiance that invites people to linger in meticulously designed, unique settings. If your design needs extend beyond the kitchen, we invite you to visit Imparfait Design Studio.

Imparfait Design Studio

Looking back in time

1998/

KitchenLab founders Rebekah Zaveloff and Nick Nichols first meet working in the restaurant business. Sparks fly.
1999/

While dating, Rebekah walked into a gut rehab Nick and partners had purchased and something clicked. She left the film business and enrolled in interior design school.
2003/

Initial sparks grow into a flame, and Rebekah and Nick get married, heralding the beginning of a life and business partnership.
2004/

Recognizing a shared design perspective and business philosophy, Rebekah and Nick launch KitchenLab from their Wicker Park apartment.
2006/

As KitchenLab continues to deliver beautiful kitchens, in 2006, it also completes its first whole home interior design and remodeling project.
2016/

A KitchenLab design in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, is chosen as “Kitchen of the Month” by House Beautiful.
2017/

A second KitchenLab design in Geneva Terrace, Chicago, is chosen as “Kitchen of the Month” by House Beautiful.
2018/

KitchenLab continues catering to interior design projects that extend beyond kitchens, and “Interiors” is added to the company name.
2022/

KitchenLab Interiors opens a design studio in Lakeside, Michigan, and continues growing both its kitchen-only and complete home design projects.
2023/

In anticipation of KitchenLab’s 20th anniversary in 2024, Rebekah and Nick launch Imparfait Design Studio to service complete home design, while KitchenLab Interiors continues its love affair with kitchen-only projects.