I was thrilled to see that local kitchen designer Mick De Giulio designed House Beautiful’s Kitchen of the Year. De Giulio Kitchen Design has a showroom just a quick walk from my house, in Wilmette, IL (they also have one in the Chicago Merchandise Mart.) Talk about inspirational–I love wandering around and drooling over their gorgeous designs so if you’re local and thinking of a kitchen reno, I would definitely recommend popping in.
Unfortunately (for me!) the De Giulio/House Beautiful kitchen is being showcased in NY, not Chicago, so I’ll just have to settle for these pics. If you’re in the NY area, the kitchen is open to the public through Friday, July 20 at Rockefeller Center.
1,000 square feet of shiny beauty! Love the contrast of white and black with the metal accents
Note the use of white and stainless appliances that mimic the cabinetry. Also, looks like they’ve used stainless as the kicker below the cabinets…nice touch! Practical for wear and tear and again contributes to balance in the room
Using open shelving in a prep area breaks things up. Also digging the classic cabinetry by Kraftmaid with the lovely glass knobs (which remind me of the Anthropologie and Cost Plus World Market ones we featured a while back)
Check out the gorgeous navy Kohler sink (love the unexpected color in the mostly white kitchen!) and Ann Sacks white goldleaf tile
This walnut and stainless steel “metal boy” is brilliant–functional and beautiful way to keep pots
Check out the perfection of the butler’s pantry (a big trend as we discussed in our kitchen tour recap.) The gold Circa Lighting flushmounts pop on the navy ceiling (and tie back to that sink!)
And, of course, no luxury kitchen would be complete without a dining (where the contrasting chairs reflects the contrast in the kitchen)…
…and family room…
So, like it? Hard not to! The one criticism I’ve heard is that apparently a lot of people aren’t fans of open shelving–hard to keep clean and becomes a dust collector. I kind of agree that it’s not the most practical element of the design (but let’s face it, neither is 1,000 square feet for your kitchen!), but still wish that I were the kind of person who could manage to have that in my kitchen because it is gorgeous!
For more info and a full list of sources, visit House Beautiful’s site.
