When you choose Better Kitchens and Baths, you also choose professional pride, attention to detail, care, courtesy, and an appreciation for perfection.

Dave & Huguette Johnson opened Better Kitchens & Baths in 1982 at its present location.  While Dave handles the day to day operations at the showroom, Huguette does the accounting at home. Dave began his career in the remodeling industry in 1970 when he became manager of Sears  Installed Home Improvement Divisions at the Oxnard Esplanade.  In 1974, He left Sears to open Kitchen Queen Corp., the first independent retail kitchen and bath remodeling showroom in Ventura County.

In 1982, he sold his interest in Kitchen Queen Corp., and opened Better Kitchens and Baths.

Over the years, Dave has attended numerous kitchen and bath design schools and seminars.  In 1982, he completed the NKBA's "Kitchen Designer Correspondence Course: and in 1987, was accepted into the Society of Certified Kitchen Designers (CKD).  Dave is also a licensed General Contractor Lic. #458724.  In 1994, he became a charter member of Signature Executive Network (SEN), the first national kitchen and bath buying group in the United States.

Dave's kitchens have been published in several national magazines and the Ventura County Star.  He has also remodeled several kitchens for the Design House Chapter of the New West Symphony League, the 1999 Design House Kitchen is featured on our home page.