While in college in 1984 Kevin West began proving house plans for building contractors and individuals in Stark County, Ohio.  In the fall of 1984 West founded K.B.West Design.  He operated the small business part-time while he completed college and started his career in the construction industry.  In the fall of 1986 West joined the Schneider Lumber Company where worked during the day and drew house plans for contractors at night.   In 1989 West began to upgrade his small business to respond to the increased building market in Stark County.  K.B.West was one of the first residential designers to utilize computer aided design technology in the state of Ohio.  West also incorporated his business and changed the name to K.B.West Company, Inc.










In the winter of 1992 West left the Schneider Lumber Company to pursue his own business on a full time basis.  West moved his business offices into a small storefront on State Route 212 in Wilkshire Hills (Bolivar, Ohio).  K.B.West grew rapidly and soon employed three full time drafters.   The company provided plans all over northeastern and east central Ohio.  K.B. West proved more than 350 house plans annually.  In 1994 the company moved into its new office building on Welton Road next door to his personal residence just outside of the Village of Zoar. 

K.B.West design began to offer more than just house plans.  The company provided contract drafting services for commercial projects preparing construction documents and presentation renderings.  In addition, K.B.West provided working shop drawings and detailed woodwork and fixture designs. 

Over the years K.B.West has had to adapt to changes in the economy and building markets.  The company specialized in more elaborate and complex designs for high end custom homes.  West also provided facility planning and large project construction consulting.  

In 2013, West restructured the corporation and returned the company’s original 1984 name  K.B.West Design.  In the winter of 2015, West moved the offices from Bolivar to their current location on Fulton Road in Canton near the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Over the years K.B.West has provided more than 4,000 design projects and continues to provide one of the most detailed and creative services in the industry today.  

Our History 

About OUR TEAM

2223 Fulton Road Northwest, Canton, OH, United States   |  330-456-2642  |  kevin@kbwestdesign.com

Photo to the left is the restored sign that stood for 20 years at our Bolivar office. Today the sign is retired to the indoors and hangs in our Canton office conference room.

More than Just House Plans

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Along with our home design services, K.B. West provides a variety of services to meet your needs.  The common thread between all our services is DESIGN.   Each service is based around designing the best solution possible for your project.   K.B.West provides six primary services. These are described in detail on our services page.  The following is a brief description of each service:

Home Design Studio
Our Custom home design services provides detailed residential plans for 1,2, and 3 family homes.   Whether your project is small or large we draw on our experience to make the most of each square foot. 

Construction Management

Commercial Facility Planning & Consulting Design Service
K.B.West provides consulting services for facility planning.  We can help you develop an operational plan for your business or facility that fits your specific need and provide construction options that best fits your situation, site, and budget.  K.B.West has a network of design professionals to take concept drawings to finished working submittal drawings for bidding and construction.  We have provided consulting services for:

Medical facilities
Warehouses
Retail Development
Store Design and Fixture Design  
Restaurants
Commercial production facilities
Foodservice facilities

AEC Support Services
K.B.West provides support solutions to the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.  From contract drafting services to color artistic renderings, we provide a number of services available for contractors, architects, and engineers.  See our services page for a full listing of services available.  

Commercial Cabinetry and Architectural Millwork
New in 2015!  K.B.West now provides commercial cabinetry (or casework).  We design, manufacture and can even install custom commercial grade cabinets in your office or facility.  Our shop is located in Bolivar, Ohio where we manufacture the cabinets and millwork.  We provide high quality casework suitable for medical, dental, retail and food service industries.  We also provide plastic laminate, solid surface, quartz and granite counter top materials.  

We service the following markets in Ohio:

Canton
Akron
Cleveland
Youngstown
Dover / New Philadelphia
Zanesville
Columbus and Delaware County   


Custom Kitchen Cabinets & Counter Tops

Based on our commercial cabinets, K.B.West will soon offer a complete residential kitchen cabinets custom designed to your specs.  We offer a verity if hardwood door and drawer fronts and virtually 1000’s of door profile options.   Our drawers are made of laminated plywood with dovetails joints for life long durability.   Our cabinets make excellent foundation for quartz and granite counter tops.  


Custom Closet Systems

K.B.West will be offering a complete line of closet shelving and organizing system.  We will have a verity of materials available and the system can be installed in any standard or walk-in closet configuration.   We can install or just provided the materials if you would like to install D.I.Y..