On our way home from the tile store we popped into the Ultimate Bath and had the good fortune to…read moremeet up with April. This is our first bathroom remodel and it's fair to say that we were more than a little overwhelmed by all of the choices available. Thankfully, April is an old pro and understands the options inside and out. We booked an appointment with her for later in the week and within a couple of hours the decisions were made and we left with great confidence in the items we chose. One of the things we really appreciated was that the Ultimate Bath has a wet wall where they can demonstrate a broad range of fixed and hand held shower heads. There is no question that really simplified the process for us. If you're doing a remodel I would strongly encourage you to stop in and see April before trying to wade through the many, many, decisions on your own :)

This is a lovely, new showroom with a large selection of bath and kitchen items. I have been…read moresearching for a showroom that featured the Kohler toilet bidet combination. I was delighted that this toilet is actually in their public rest room and able to assess its features. The sales person/designer was very knowledgeable and helpful. There is a wet wall where you can actually sample different components (so helpful in selecting shower heads and faucets). The quote for the various pieces arrived in an email that evening. I would highly recommend Karen and this showroom to anyone undertaking a bath or kitchen remodeling project.

I am sitting here in my absolutely beautiful kitchen that was finished 12 months ago. I love it…read moreeven more today if that is even possible. From the design, workmanship and staff, I could not ask for anything better. The attention to detail was outstanding. Do not hesitate to consider KItchen Associates for your remodel.

Once we decided to add to our home rather than move, we also figured we'd knock out some walls and…read moreredo our outdated kitchen. The contractor suggested Kitchen Associates (KA), which was perhaps the best vendor on our list. The Sterling location isn't very close, but the service, personnel, and goods more than compensated for the extra miles we had to drive to get there. This two-floor establishment has sample kitchens set up with every type of cabinetry, hardware, counter covering, pantry, and hardware imaginable, so you could picture what your own space could possibly look like. We brought in pictures of our then-kitchen and asked for suggestions on how to modify it. Jay, the owner, took our paperwork and rough measurements, and in 30 minutes came up with a beautiful plan that would accommodate everything we wanted...at no charge. We chose the cabinets and layout, and were then directed to a granite place where we chose the slabs. Prices for the cabinets and installation, etc., were very reasonable, and the installer was fabulous, clean, and quick. The result is a great new kitchen with a large pantry closet and a center island. Edit: We also purchased our bathroom cabinet/sink from KA, and they put in a rush to have it manufactured and delivered (took about 2 weeks from the time we ordered) when I told them that our builder was anxious to finish. The original vendor for bathroom stuff screwed up and never ordered the cabinet (the salesperson I had spoken to also had an attitude). KA came through. Five stars for excellent customer service and product.

Update 11/8/20: see comments on my personal Facebook page…read more(Maureen Holmes) for comments on Robin Boyce after posting my review there. Unfortunately I am not the only one who has endured a bad experience with her. MH I warn anyone who will listen away from this unethical business and owner Robin Boyce. I had the misfortune to be her client and endure her careless, unprofessional, dishonest and ultimately abusive and vulgar treatment. My "custom kitchen" arrived without the custom elements and with a grossly oversized refrigerator. The kitchen designer blames someone else for a major kitchen error and refuses to fix it! (See photos) I had the exact same experience with the shutters and the custom stair-runner I ordered from her. They were both delivered with errors and missing parts, and Design West has done NOTHING to correct its errors. This is the worst experience I've ever had with another human being, period. I never received an apology on any mistake I swear to God. That's when I realized too late I had hired the wrong person. Robin Boyce/Design Center West scammed me by promising professional results and delivering dirt. Robin Boyce then turned verbally abusive when confronted with her easily disproved lies. (I have all documentation to prove my charges.) This last point deserves special mention. When I expressed my dismay at the errors, delays and lack of accountability, her demeanor shifted immediately from friendly to combative and borderline violent. It was a shock to learn the owner wasn't just a sleaze but mentally unhinged too. When I confronted her in her store after she ignored my contractor's emails and texts, she began screaming profanities at me while hurling insults about my appearance and character, which I presumed was an intimidation tactic. That felt sickening, but it worsened when she came at me with her arm pulled back as if to throw a punch, but thankfully she stopped herself before landing her fist in my face. I feel certain the only thing that stopped her was a possible assault charge. I would feel sorry for Ms Boyce if she wasn't a thief, and if her emotional instability didn't manifest in such an ugly manner. But no mental state excuses her dishonesty, mentally healthy or not. Not a word of this review is hyperbole. I lost thousands of dollars and was blindsided by a venomous verbal assault because I had the temerity to call out Robin Boyce on her mendacity and fraud. I could provide a colorful litany of her actions, but suffice it to say that it involved a lot of obscene finger, hip and hand gestures. Incidentally, her staff just sat there like dummies the entire time and let it all happen. Apparently they don't have an issue working for such a repulsive woman. Prior to my dealings with her, Robin was verbally abusive to my contractor on multiple occasions as well when he asked her about delayed deliverables. Following is an example of one the few correspondences between him and Robin that isn't littered with her F-bombs: "Shut up. Stop talking. Don't tell me what to do. Its not Maureen... its you. I'm surprised guys take your mouth, and the way you talk down to others; I suspect you've been punched a few times." This is the first---and I hope last--bad review I ever had to write. Let this brutally honest review serve as a public service announcement to warn others away from this troublemaker. Do not hire Design Center West. You will pay a premium for sloppy, mediocre results, and the owner will curse you when you express your dissatisfaction. This has been a yearlong nightmare that only ended after I hired someone else to fix all of her mistakes. Caveat emptor!

Robin helped me from start to finish with my new house build. She has done everything from the…read morekitchen (appliances, cabinets) to the tile for all bathrooms, to the stone veneer for the patio. Even during the pandemic she has been on top of things and instructing me to get things ordered prior to shipment delays. She and her team have been responsible, proactive, and truly professional. They are communicating with my contractor and his team and his cabinet installer told me it was such a pleasure working with them he would like to do more jobs with them. Any mistakes (Fedex dropped a vanity and it cracked) were handled quickly and replaced at no cost to me. Her attention to detail is incredible. Additionally, she was very focused on saving me money and making sure I was not buying things I did not need. It has been a true pleasure working with Robin and her team again. I cannot say enough good things about them!

Horrible experience overall. We went with Norfolk based on a referral from a friend who's husband…read moreworks as a cabinet / installer. From start to finish, nothing but trouble. First, our designer lost the design plans and tried to cover it up. This caused us to have to try to re-remember items that we had discussed prior. For example, we asked for no spice rack, then we get a spice rack, so we then had to improvise once the project was underway. Completely incompetant...no apologies, and our designer clearly didn't listen the first time, take notes, and honestly just didn't care at all about us. We should have known then, next time we will just walk away..... Next, our contracter was a complete joke. Never inspected the site for follow up / punch list items. Eletrical and Floor contracters were sub par, we still have a light switch that doesn't work properly. They destroyed our dining room floors relocating our refridgerator, with no full repair, just a touch up that looks like crap. They also damaged our mudroom floor and apparently have no idea how to fix what they broke, so I now have a gap in my floor that has never been addressed. Lastly, they never finished the final revisions to the trim. I told this clown several times what we needed to tidy up on, and several times never receieved follow up. In other cases, he did not properly relay instructrions to the sub contractors, so twice we had cabinet / trim people show up without the necessary materials to tidy up. The cabinent / trim guys were the only bright spot in an otherwise horrible experience. I truly felt bad for Bud and Shawn as their time was wasted by our General Contractor. As it stands now, almost 6 months since we were suppossed to be "complete" and zero follow up. I am embarrased to have people show up with incomplete instructions, and our general contractor has not visited the kitchen to address anyting since NOVEMBER of last year. Do not go with this place, over budget, zero follow up, horrible design team, bad sub contractors. Complete waste of time, and we never got the satisfaction of a final, complete, project....

Our beautiful new kitchen is a constant source of joy. It's beautiful. It's highly functional…read more It's a source of gratitude and happiness. We had long wanted a new kitchen. Earlier in the year, we had gotten a price from an independent kitchen designer. The price was horrifying. Nearly impossible. I had followed a friend's kitchen renovation on Facebook. Deb invited us to tour the finished room and to explore the many clever features. We promptly booked her designer, Steve Marchese. His design plan sold us. His guidance through many options and his spot-on advice were spectacular. The proposed cost and the final cost of the project were half of the cost from that first designer. Norfolk delivered for their cost estimate. Spot on! Dan Neeland, our project manager was superb. All of the sub contractors arrived oin schedule. They were all polite, professional and a pleasure to have in our home. At he end of the day, all crews left the work area clean and neat, The project finished on schedule. We are thrilled beyond words.

Let me first start off by saying that between this store and the other location in Salem NH, we…read morehave spend hundreds of dollars for kitchen items and were a pretty consistent customer. That being said, it only takes one time for me to be treated poorly and never go back to the place again. This christmas my wife spend a modest 7 dollars on a garlic keeper, amongst other things, and it was broken by a staff member while they were wrapping it for the bag after we purchased it. My wife made a comment to me that she hoped it wasn't broken by the way it was wrapped and handled as she too noticed it was handled roughly after it was purchased by the employee of the store. I assured her that it was probably fine and it sat on a shelf waiting to be wrapped for christmas. Fast forward to Dec. 24 and we unwrapped it to wrap it for christmas and noticed a crack running through the ceramic casing of the unit. We just decided to return it when we returned to the store a few days later when we were also going to buy a coffee maker and set of knives. Nevertheless, the employee called both my wife and I liars as there "was no way the unit left the store like that." She kept repeating the same thing and treating my wife like an ass so my wife just turned around and walked out of the store due to the way it was being implied that she was a liar and being treated so poorly. Since we were planning on purchasing other items and I was paying very little attention to the initial discussion I had to catch my wife as she was running out of the store and she told me what was happening. I then encountered the clerk over the situation and was treated the same way. I then asked for her name since she had no name tag and her managers name and phone number. She argued with me and told me that she didn't have to give me any of that information and simply gave me the phone number to store. I asked several times for the information and was told I was getting that information and if I asked again she was calling security. At that point I responded with, "why would you call security, I wasn't threatening in any way," she responded with, "yes you are," and began to walk away from me as if I wasn't worth talking to. It was at this point that I said some things that I regretted and walked out of the store. We have spent hundreds of dollars on both stores in Northborough and at Rockingham since we used to live in Andover. I have never been called a liar and seen my wife called a liar in a store before and have never been in a situation in a retail environment where I lost my temper. I will never return to either to these establishments again and will be spreading the word about how people are treated at the Northborough location for The Kitchen Place. Places don't know what customer service is any more...it was appalling how this woman acted.

I've always liked this store. The prices have been good, the selection of quality items has…read morechanged over time, but I always find something interesting. I've equipped my kitchen with a proper set of Wusthof knives and some NordicWare bundt pans and my favorite Swiss Diamond non-stick pans. They have a good selection of tools, too.

Hailing from Hudson Massachusetts (and not to brag, but one of the best small cities/towns in the…read moreUnited States, 2022... Just saying) BTB is a farmhouse, decor local home store. A little bit of everything you need to decorate, serve, decor for your bathroom or your bar. Candles, napkins, kitchen towels, and hand towels, lagniappe. I love my town of Hudson, and my town of Centerville on the Cape. So imagine my joy when I found out that BTB is also at the Mashpee Commons! I had to get me some of that! Just a lovely place to browse and shop, with incredibly helpful and lovely staff!

Fab, fun, friendly find in the heart of historic Hudson. Charming little downtown recently named…read moreAmerica's best old Main Street, as we learned from the pride displayed in the variety of a handful of boutique and specialty shops and eateries. Beyond The Barn Boston is a terrific example of the creative and unique decor stores perched in this brick-lined roundabout. Cottage core enthusiasts will love the rustic accents, local artist offerings, and unique accents for kitchen, bath, porch, and everywhere in-between. Personable, enthusiastic staff. There is something great in every direction, and even more downstairs. Truly a fantastic find. This shop has only been here a couple years, and you should call to confirm hours so you don't miss this very enjoyable shabby chic selection.

Customer service was awful. We set up an appointment, and the girl working there told us to "just…read morelook around." Then when we needed her, she announced she was going to the bathroom and disappeared for 15 minutes. Came back and wasn't helpful or personable at all. We decided to go to a store in Waltham and got great customer service and all our needs met there.

The store has a great selection of samples to see and try and Christine and Patrick were super…read morehelpful and knowledgeable about the products and how to style. They helped me navigate all options and bring various pieces from different collections together to have a complete look. Great experience! Thank you!

Everyone at Kitchen Outfitter's is personable, welcoming, helpful, professional, and knowledgeable…read moreabout their products. They take customer feedback and product reviews into consideration when deciding which brands to carry. There's very little that they don't have (or have access to), from fun gadgets to major cookware. Are there items that can be purchased for less at Amazon or TJ Maxx? Of course, but, supporting and shopping local businesses is important to us.

The Very Best has-everything-for-your kitchen store (even…read moreif you haven't thought of that one item!) in MetroWest Massachusetts Willa & her staff are fantastically helpful, knowledgeable, cheerful, courteous & patient! If they don't have it, they will try their best to order it!! Go‼ You will not rue the drive!

NE Hydro provides excellent service and the staff is knowledgeable on all of their products. The…read morestaff member here consistently provide great advice for my gardens and propagation set up.

Bryan (as well as the rest of the staff) were top tier in both their knowledge and patience with me…read moreas a brand new customer trying to get started in growing. All of my needs were satisfied. They carry everything from entry level to pro level in a very clean and organized storefront. Anything they don't have, they can get in pretty quickly. I highly recommend doing business with them for all of your plant care needs. Ask for Bryan, but anyone there would be thrilled to help you!