According to their website, “the contest aims to make over the kitchen most in need! The ugliest kitchen will win a $35,000 custom makeover, including new cabinets, countertops, flooring, lighting, appliances, and other amenities of the perfect kitchen. All products and services will be provided by top area businesses.”

Click here for a 3D tour of the existing kitchen that is about to be completely remodeled!!
(You may be prompted to download a plugin in order to view it.)

For more info, and to keep up on the progress of the project, visit the Ugly Kitchen Contest website.

Representatives from J. Scott Smith Visual Designs, Inc. appeared in booth #422 at the Church Solutions Expo in Phoenix, AZ from February 13-14, 2008.

The purpose of the show and expo, according to their website, is as follows:

Learn. Build. Grow. For a church, it happens in that order. And that’s where we step in: the Church Solutions Conference and Expo, the premier learning destination for leaders of expanding houses of worship.

Produced by Church Solutions® Magazine (formerly Church Business®) in conjunction with founding sponsor National Association of Church Design Builders (NACDB), the Church Solutions Conference and Expo teaches all church leaders from executive pastors to building committees how to grow and develop their houses of worship with exceptional education and the latest innovations.

This brand-new, dual-focus conference and expo will take church construction projects from funding to fruition, as well as offer intensive education on the most pressing leadership issues facing modern churches including:

• Pastor-to-Pastor Panels
• Multi-Site and Satellite Churches
• Web-Based Ministry, Sanctuary Technology
• The Green Church
• Architecture and Construction
• Stewardship and Financing
• Leadership Challenges and Motivation.

More info at http://www.churchsolutionsexpo.com/

Somehow we lost all the real photos from the show that were taken with an actual camera. One semi-tolerable image remains from my cameraphone. Here it is….