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Learning Benefits

At Sarah Reep Associates we are your kitchen and bath industry allies, providing access to seasoned experts with a wealth of design, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and educational experience. We leverage and cross-relate our deep work experiences, knowledge, resources, skills, techniques, and tools to support your business and customer strategies and help you execute your go-to-market plans successfully.

Sarah Reep Associates offers the Vestabul Learning platform, providing progress tracking, industry-specific content, and coaching support to help your business grow with well-equipped kitchen and bath professionals. Whether you're a seasoned expert or new to the industry, we deliver essential, high-quality training without the need for costly, time-intensive travel away.

ELEVATE YOUR K&B EXPERTISE

Vestabul Learning

On-Demand K&B Learning Platform Features:

Comprehensive learning tracks: Getting Started, Appliances, Design Solutions, Sales Skills, and more.

Personalized progress tracking & tailored K&B industry learning.

Exclusive resources, forums, and webinars from proven experts.

Learning Benefits

Coaching Services

Sarah Reep Associates + Vestabul Learning Kitchen and Bath Coaching

Personalized Coaching to Drive Success

Discovery meetings to assess your business needs.

Customized training and coaching aligned with your goals.

Sales & design development for profitable projects and referrals.

Coaching Benefits

Industry Leadership

Sarah Reep Associates + Vestabul Learning Kitchen and Bath Industry Leaders

Expert Insights & Proven Strategies for Success

Stay ahead with insights on K&B trends and market shifts.

Apply best practices in business, sales, and design.

Strengthen sales and design with expert-driven solutions.

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Elevate Your Kitchen & Bath Expertise with Online Learning

Explore Courses & Exclusive Memberships

Sarah Reep Associates offers a range of expert-led online courses designed to enhance your kitchen and bath design skills.

Start your journey with Identifying Common Kitchen Design Errors, a FREE course that uncovers how common design mistakes impact functionality, safety, and overall enjoyment. Learn how to avoid these pitfalls and create better-designed spaces.

With Learning Management Support (LMS), individuals and teams can track progress and enhance their expertise at their own pace.

Begin your learning experience today!

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About Us

Professional Development Designed for Kitchen & Bath Success

At Sarah Reep Associates, we’re transforming how kitchen and bath professionals grow and succeed. Our Membership-based Learning Platform and expert coaching services provide industry-specific training to strengthen your team’s sales and design skills, helping your business thrive.

Finding fully trained talent is a challenge. Success in kitchen and bath sales requires a blend of sales expertise and design knowledge—without both, client engagement and project management suffer. Mistakes, miscommunication, omissions, and ineffective sales approaches can quickly hurt your business and your sales.

We offer real-world experience and deep industry insight, combining practical education with expert coaching. Our goal is simple: to equip you and your team with the knowledge and skills needed to sell, design, and succeed in today’s competitive market.

Meet Our Industry Leaders

At Sarah Reep Associates, we are proud to be led by two of the kitchen and bath industry’s most recognized and innovative experts, Sarah Reep, CMKBD, and Jan Rutgers, B.S. H.Ec. With decades of experience, they bring unparalleled knowledge, leadership, and passion for design excellence.

Sarah Reep, CMKBD

Founder & Principal Consultant

A 2024 Kitchen & Bath Design News Innovator of the Year, Sarah Reep, CMKBD, is a nationally recognized thought leader in the industry. Sarah is the main contact person who will help you identify your interests and needs, define your requests, establish the project scope, and apply design and educational resources. She provides consulting, coaching, and problem-solving through research, analysis, planning, design discussions, and project deliveries to help you meet your business goals in client-facing projects and spaces. She is honored to work with many talented and skilled professionals to bring success to your plans.

Jan Rutgers Vestabul Learning Kitchen and Bath Learning

Jan Rutgers, B.S. H.Ec

Vestabul School of Design

A 2020 Kitchen & Bath Design News Innovator of the Year, Jan Rutgers leads Vestabul Learning. Jan is passionate about sharing the benefits of her multi-level kitchen design courses. She brings her sales and design experiences to her project work, focusing on delivering projects that lead to higher profits. Jan guides you in maximizing showrooms and design tools, products, and services through consulting and coaching leaders and their teams. Her goal is to ensure functional success and to provide clients with the necessary sales skills to make informed buying decisions. She is excited to share her knowledge and "secrets" for success with you, too.

Industry Recognition

Explore the latest news articles featuring Sarah Reep & Jan Rutgers, honored as Kitchen & Bath Design News Innovators of the Year for their outstanding contributions to the industry.

Sarah Reep Kitchen & Bath Design New - Innovators 2024

MANUFACTURER SPOTLIGHT

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

“I watched “Common Errors in Kitchen Design” today. Very concise and informative! I’m fairly new to the kitchen design game so I was captivated to see what your changes were going to be. I enjoyed it. I think the format and process of teaching works very well. I actually used the tip about the uppers with my shop manager today!

by Design

Charlene Smith, Kickstart