We’re your speciality-hybrid interior design studio.

At CKID, we transform the awkward & non-functional into personal, contemporary & stylish interior spaces. We work with home & business owners, allied professionals & contractors locally and across Canada.

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e-design

Working on projects across Canada because everyone deserves a special order. Each room is $2,800 regardless of size.

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Designer On-Call

Hire your own interior designer starting at $500 for a design/ colour consultation. Featuring our Designer For A Day.

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full-service Interior Design

We work on residential interiors & commercial design projects with a speciality in kitchen & bath design.

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Free Design is Expensive!
Client Resources, Interior Design
Free Design is Expensive!
Client Resources, Interior Design

As an advocate for the right type of professional service solution for your lifestyle, budget, and timeline but when I compare free services to our professional interior design services, there are 5 noticeable gaps.

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Client Resources, Interior Design
Top 5 Reasons to Hire A Certified Design Professional
Client Resources
Top 5 Reasons to Hire A Certified Design Professional
Client Resources

There are 400 decisions per room on a project and hiring a Certified Design Professional is one of them. Some people may tell you that you do not need a Certified Design Professional, while the majority will swear by the efficiency and higher-calliper results that a Certified Design Professional delivers.

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Client Resources
Hiring The Right Certified Design Professional
Client Resources
Hiring The Right Certified Design Professional
Client Resources

In an era where reality decorating shows are highly accessible (and they’re backed up by what seems like authentic sources), it’s challenging to know what Certified Design Professionals are.

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Client Resources
High-Efficency Toilets vs. Dual Flush: The Controversy #ItsADirtyBusiness
Podcasts, Kitchen & Bath Design
High-Efficency Toilets vs. Dual Flush: The Controversy #ItsADirtyBusiness
Podcasts, Kitchen & Bath Design

Welcome to my first installment of “It’s A Dirty Business” topics where I explore the bathroom activities and building code regulations that affect what we do in our bathrooms. Hashtag #ItsADirtyBusiness

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Podcasts, Kitchen & Bath Design
Client, Contractor, Creative: Different Ways to Do A Project
Client Resources
Client, Contractor, Creative: Different Ways to Do A Project
Client Resources

Everyone has an opinion, but who has the right recommended path for your design project? Knowing what types of design to build business methods are available will help you decide the right way forward.

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Client Resources
A concrete sink I can get behind, finally!
Kitchen & Bath Design, Dispatches of Design
A concrete sink I can get behind, finally!
Kitchen & Bath Design, Dispatches of Design

BLANCO Canada launched their new SILGRANIT colour: Concrete Gray

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Kitchen & Bath Design, Dispatches of Design

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Have you heard? Free design is expensive. Swipe ↔️ to read & learn why 4 major considerations are critical to the outcomes of a project during the Project Discovery phase. 1. We have the right process 2. We help find the right product to solve the problem 3. Our professional insurance covers purchase (and mistakes) 4. Our certifications pre-qualify us for the job 5. Our work shows you we can do anything #interiordesign #vancouverdesigner #yvrdesign #yvrdesigner #canadadesigner #hireaprofessional #hirethisdesigner
Do you trust colour trends to build your home or business colour pallets? :: I’m all for colour to enrich our lives better, but after analysis for and creating this pallet today, in consideration of the Colour Of The Year (COTY) announcements from the brands, I have to ask: Are they all living under a rock? :: These colours have already been mixed together for a number of years now. It’s actually just like my (already completed last year) personal bedroom, to be honest, so it’s not new, but I do bet you can’t guess my wall colour. Comment below. :: COTY 2020 - Top to bottom, left to right: Pantone Bleached Coral, Benjamin Moore First Light, Valspar Bombay Pink (and others), Delux Tranquil Dawn, Graham & Brown Leafy Green, Sico Mystic Cobalt, PPG Chinese Porcelain (institutional racism prevails), Sherwin Williams Naval. :: #interiordesign #coty #2020 #yvrdesigner #vancouverdesign
MILLIONS OF DECISIONS::: A big shout out to @klassenedwin for building this deck in-front of their custom home - and all the other things. Not bad, right? I’m still waiting for an updated photo, but there’s no cell-service in town, and, the time they drive to their rental in another town they are wiped right out for the day. :: Dad keeps saying how much work this is: yup! :: Dad keeps saying it’s hard to keep track of orders and materials: yup! :: Dad keeps sending me questions whenever he can: yup! :: Even though he, his wife, and I worked relentlessly with video conferences, my Studio Platform, texts, phone calls and emails there are still things that happen. I do wish I could be there to make it all happen for them, but with 80% of our design work is in Metro Vancouver the commute is a bitch (it’s 8 hours, fingers crossed, from door-to-door.) :: #interiordesign #marchandmb #e-design #newbuild #manitobadesigner #vancouverdesign #yvrdesigner #winnipegdesigner
ACTIVE EN-SUITE BATH: I love a good statuario marble but I just can’t get behind the maintenance. Enter porcelain. \\\ I remember when marble-patterned porcelain tiles first started making it out into the market place. They were good, but not great. Now, it’s challenging to see the difference unless you’re 6” from the stone face. \\\ This is the wetroom part of the bath. It was the perfect solution to a problem and it turned out fantastic. My favourite detail is the niche, actually, because it has a quartz surround with a slight projection and a glass shelf. \\\ I love all of the details of this wall and I’m ecstatic that the Client has a beautiful space to start and end her day. Maybe she brings in the odd glass of wine? Maybe she sits on the edge of the soaker tub after climbing mountains all day? Maybe she thinks about coming home to this while traveling? (Maybe she’ll comment and tell us? No pressure!) \\\ #interiordesign #bathroomdesign #marble #yvrdesigner #vancouverdesigner #hirethisdesigner
KITCHEN FOR A VEGAN: Everyone loves a good before and after, but there’s so much work that goes into getting the happily ever after. Here are some of the changes we made in this vegan’s kitchen work: 1. Traffic flow was changed to accommodate movement around a preparation zone. Refrigerator Pre-prep Wash Waste Post-wash prep Prep Serve Consume 2. The spouse loves a good steak, but that wasn’t the priority. Sauces, steaming, and making nutrient dense foods needed landing zones that could accommodate all those veggies being squeezed down. 3. Easy clean-up was critical because vegan’s often make everything from scratch, meaning the kitchen had to be almost like a hose-down clean up. Need a vegan-centric kitchen? Book a Discovery Session now for design work starting mid-February. #vegan #vegancooking #veganbaking #yvrdesigner #vancouverdesign #kitchendesign
SEVEN BIG CHANGES // Allow me to re-introduce myself. It’s me, Corey Klassen. Kind of like a concierge of sorts for interior design projects in Metro Vancouver & across Canada. I’ve been in the industry for 20 years, owed 2 design firms (the 1st one flopped), and in addition to being a CMKBD I’m also enroute to complete the NCIDQ. Big words... but I’m also an educator and frequent co-guest on A Well-Designed Business Podcast™️. I’ve made some big changes to my design studio, and here’s just a few: 1. We launched Designer On-Call services for self-implementing homeowners. Our most popular being Designer For A Day. I just love doing these! 2. We launched real E-Design services with a flat fee for every room. We’re designing projects right now from Fort St. John to Southeastern Manitoba. 3. We’re toll-free! Call us from anywhere in North America without long-distance charges. 4. We do design concierge meetings by Zoom from anywhere for a short at 30 minutes, and WeTransfer you the recorded video after so you don’t have to take notes. Let us be your design coach! 5. Color Lux by Comfortex are window coverings we now handle directly! We’ll ship anywhere in Canada. 6. We’ve staked the deck with over 300 furniture & styling vendors for designer-only products. 7. Getting started with us has never been easier by scheduling a Discovery Session - telephone or video chat! It’s a transformation! Some colleagues are going criticize me for departing from only full-service projects, but I’m the captain of this ship and I like doing business this way because I am most happy when I can be helpful. We still do great full-service work and we know that free design advice is actually pretty expensive. So, how can we help you transform your spaces? #commercialdesign #residentialdesign #interiordesign #edesign #blocksofhours #designcoach #conciergeservices #renovation #kitchendesign #bathroomdesign #interiordecorating 📸 @justinjayvilleneuve
Here’s our Envious, small but bold, 2pc Guest Bath! Split Pea Green, actually, complete with texture tiles, marbles, and a whole lot of Art Deco. Truth be told, the term “Powder Room” comes to mind but this type gender bias terminology in interior architecture annoys us. Thank you to @westelmvancouver for their bath linen products! All vendors tagged, except the light fixtures which are lost in the abyss of discontinued products. 📸 @dereksfoto.ca #renovationdesign #condominiumdesign #yvrdesigner #yvrdesign #vancouverdesign #artdeco #interiordesign #inspohome #homesweethome #green #cabinet
Who knew that there was a furnace hidden in the dining room? #interiordesign #northvancouver #yvrdesigner #vancouverdesigner #paintthebrick #renovation
The Reading Room at the Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne was a highlight of my winter design inspiration trip. It cost nothing to get in but a friendly connection to get into this non-tourist spot. After a security sweep, we were in. The room is 203 ft / 62 m long with only 300 seats that have to be reserved well in advance. It’s since been retrofitted to allow laptops and tablets, but there is a strict no cellphone or talking policy. Standing among the books, black iron structure, encaustic hand-painted walls, and the very creaky floor was remarkable. As summer matures into fall, I’m planning the next trip back to KBIS and LVMarket for winter 2020 (can you believe the year) but it’s still a toss up between that at Mason Objet. What inspires you? #historyofinteriordesign #interiordesign #vancouver #yvrdesigner #inspo #travel #ckidtravels
We’re all off to the reveal party for this warming drawer, and the whole rest of the home, tonight. It’s a Gatsby-themed potluck and I’ve made some homemade Rhubarb Platz (flat cake with fruit) because it’s that time of year. I had considered making Rollkuchen and bringing a watermelon, but that was too much to coordinate with hats and suspenders. With a 1500 sf roof-top terrace overlooking the Port of Vancouver and city beyond, it’s sure to be one heck of a mixer! #interiordesign #yvrdesigner #vancouverdesign #artdeco #redkitchen #kitchendesign
I spotted the 607 TALIESIN 1 chairs by Frank Lloyd Wright at IMM Cologne this past January from across the hall, and I still want them. I don’t know where, I don’t know when, but I am obsessed with them. Where would you add them? #interiordesign #vancouverdesign #yvrdesign #edesign #canadiandesigner
Peek a boo, I see you. See our stories for more on the #ckidMarchandMB new build - and we’re doing it ALL virtually with ease. #interiordesign #newconstruction #manitoba #ywgdesign #winnipegdesigner #virtualinteriordesign

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