Gourmet Food Packaging Exhibit in a Fantasy Kitchen

The esteemed graphic designer Louise Fili's exhibit "Elegantissima", a retrospective of some of her gourmet food packaging work (amongst other retail consumer product and book design work as well) at Farmingdale State College  (part of the State University of New York – "SUNY" – system) showcased her work in faux kitchen and pantry-style settings. I visited it late last fall with a fellow designer, Liz Pop–she's a gifted illustrator too! Retro appliances in monochromatic color schemes perfectly offset her cleverly detailed, obsessively ornate style. http://www.farmingdale.edu/news/news-2013/louisefili.shtml

Liz can cook!!

 

Check out Smeg fridges – a retro revival brand to do this!

Baker's rack

Dinette Set

Cup pulls and woven basket storage.

Soffit Trouble

One way to handle a unique, fixed soffit situation: top the wall cabinets with finished panels for a thin, clean line in a Shaker-style kitchen. The customer wanted this solution so she can easily place decorative items along the tops of the cabinets.

Tidy Tops

Before & After Effect

Last year I worked with a customer to incorporate her purchase of an L-shaped cherry species showroom display into her new home by adding some additional cabinetry pieces to create a new, two-tone kitchen. She kindly furnished me with these "panoramic" before and after images which capture the vast improvement from a homely and outdated existing kitchen to a pretty and practical space.

"The Excruciating Headache" BEFORE

"The Exquisite Pain Relief" AFTER

Cottage Island

A nice add-on to an existing kitchen featuring angular Mission-style corbels to accent the strong lines in this Kitchen Craft raised panel door style.

Dollhouse Kitchen Epehemera

I spotted this set of dollhouse kitchen hutch and sideboard furniture in an antique shop window in Chestnut Hill, PA a couple of weeks ago. Very tempted to buy, but I'll have to settle for the photo until after the holidays. Maybe it will still be there, who knows? (sorry about the heavy reflections in the shot)

Finished AOK Umber Showroom Kitchen Display

The finished display, from the plan done in August, with some modifications/deletions. Brightened up with a mixed glass tile backsplash that picks up the German Bronze tones in the knobs and pulls of the hardware. It works nicely too with the beautiful, genuine butcherblock countertop. Shown with open base cabinets:

Pots & pans pullout left; "Super cabinet" right; wastebasket pullout, center.

…All closed up and tidy.

NEW Showroom display coming soon…

The DuBell Medford NJ showroom is in the process of getting three new kitchen displays. I put together this version for the small L-shaped Aristokraft which will showcase upgrades, organization, super base cabinets with pullouts and so forth. Our manager is considering butcherblock for the counter surface, which has been trending lately. Real photos to come, once the install is complete.

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