Top notch designer and proprietor of Kitchens on Montana, Lisa Schecter brings 30 years of experience to every project.

My wife and I met Lisa in 2004 when she remodeled a neighbors kitchen and it turned out great. After 10 years of living with a kitchen that neither of us liked, we elected to move forward in updating our long time family home.

That effort included a complete new kitchen / breakfast nook, along with minor tie-ins to the dining room and guest bath and service areas.

The look and quality of the cabinets appears today to look as contemporary and current as a kitchen completed in 2020. Fast forward, in 2018 we purchased a “small” but special ocean view condo on Ocean Ave in Santa Monica.

Knowing that we still loved the kitchen Lisa designed and completed 15 years earlier, there was no reason to meet with anyone else other than Lisa Schecter.

We met at the condo and shared our vision of bringing the outside in, lots of open spaces, using only natural materials and keeping all elements simple and basic . Lisa was able to execute exactly what we wanted. Looking back over the project now that it has been completed a year and we are now living full time in a small space, I have even more appreciation of Lisa’s skill set. Simple things like using a high gloss finish on a buffet cabinet or using horizontal grain rather than the vertical grain on a floating master bath sink set up make the difference between something common versus something special. Another example is Lisa’s choice in cabinet hardware, sounds simple but it makes or breaks the entire effort…

Lisa’s work on the condo project, completed in 2019, involved a demo plan, new floor plan, lighting plan and countless hours working with my wife in getting the interior cabinetry just “right”.

Most building projects experience one problem or another… and our project was no exception. This is where Lisa’s personality and experience pays off…

Lisa stood ready to make whatever the issue right. No matter what the issue, Lisa’s underlying goodness shines through.

In closing, anyone considering updating their kitchen or bath will not be disappointed in working with Lisa. She is a delightful person with a skill set to make it all happen.

David M. Santa Monica