2025 Design Contest Winners


Modern kitchen design with waterfall counter and wine cooler

Profile image of Danielle Schroeder By Danielle Schroeder

Chief Architect has monthly contests for customers to show off their work. People with various backgrounds and styles compete in the following categories: Kitchen/Bath and Interior, Residential, and Remodel/Addition. Please help us congratulate the winners!

Kitchen,Bath, and Interiors-March


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Ksusha Olson

1st Place: Ksusha Olson

“I have been learning and loving design since I was a little girl. I grew up going to design stores with my mom looking at tile, wall coverings, and furniture. It is thanks to her that I learned to pay attention to things like colors and textures, patterns and shapes, balance, and function. 

Fast forward 20+ years, and it is this love of design that called for a career change! An opportunity came up, and I found myself in kitchen and bath design – my first-ever official job in the field!  Enthusiastic to learn everything I could, empowered by my boss and mentor, I dove right in. Now, 5 years into it, I am still loving every single day I get to do what I love – help people design and build their dreams!

The best part of my job is being able to show my clients exactly what their new space will look like. Thanks to Chief Architect, I am able to communicate the most complex design ideas to my clients efficiently and effectively. 3D visualization puts trust in my clients, facilitates projects, and helps avoid costly mistakes. Not to mention, it is just plain rewarding to see people’s faces light up when you open the 3D view of their future space and walk them through the design!”

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Matt Dowell

2nd Place: Matt Dowell

“While the Dowell Agency has only been open for a year and a half, our owner, Matt, has no lack of knowledge and experience. Matt has been drawing blueprints for over 10 years, and after owning a full design-build company since 2017, he decided to set building aside and put all his efforts into his passion for architecture and design. 

Experience matters to us, and knowing what happens in the field is key for any architectural designer. Matt has built over 10 million dollars in residential houses and brings that knowledge to his designs every day. He has studied at The University of Louisville and has degrees from Jefferson Community and Technical College as well as Western Kentucky University. Matt’s main joy in life is his wife and kids. You might see them joining him on job sites, holding a tape measure, or getting to know Samantha for your interior design selections! We want to serve you and your family for one of the biggest investments you will make in this life.”

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Justin Neeley

3rd Place: Justin Neeley

“I work for Serenity Kitchen and Bath designing bathrooms and kitchens.  I’ve been using Chief Architect for about five years now.  I absolutely love turning a client’s dream project into a beautiful rendering and then into reality.  When not working, you can find me in my garden, reading high fantasy books, defending the San Jose Sharks (it’s a rebuild year, folks), or diggin’ through the stacks at the local vinyl shop.”

Thank you to everyone who shared their designs with us! Learn how to enter our upcoming contest for a chance to win.

4 comments

John M.

It’s always nice to get insight on the winners of these design contests, especially hearing about their educational and experience backgrounds which have made them successful. However I think Chief Architect is missing a huge educational opportunity by not explaining what key aspects of each of the designs made them the selected “Winner”. This insight could sharpen the focus of the designers and their design entries, on potential areas needing improvement, thereby allowing them to be more successful in their careers and possibly becoming future winners of your design contests.

Chief Architect

Hello John!

Thank you for your feedback. Winners are determined by vote through our social channels, we will be sure to include this information in future posts.

Best,

Chief Architect Sales

Anthony Vogel

Pictures of the winners are nice, but I have no doubt that pictures of their designs would encourage more people to actually read their words.

Chief Architect

Hello Anthony!

Thank you for your feedback. You can click each contest label to view the full album of entries. We will bring the feedback to include more design images within the article to the team.

Best,

Chief Architect Sales


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