Manufacturer: DANZA
Single handle, pull-down spout, Ceramic disc valve, 2 function spray/aerated stream spout, Quiet running hose, Single hole mount
Manufacturer: KWC
Suprimo Pull-out 7″ Spout
Manufacturer: Grohe
Dual-Spray Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet With Single Lever Handle. Ceramic cartridge. Variable handle positioning
Ebony Wood
Massacar Ebony is found in Indonesia. This is an exceptionally heavy, dense hard wood. The heartwood is dark brown to black, streaked throughout with bands of grayish brown, yellow-brown or pale-brown. The grain is mostly straight, but sometimes it can be irregular or wavy. The texture is fine and even. The black heart tends to be brittle, and this species is used mostly for decorative purposes, where strength properties are of little importance. Ebony is hard to work with hand or machine tools, as the wood is of a brittle nature. There is severe blunting of cutting edges. Pre-boring is necessary for nailing and it is difficult to glue. The wood takes an excellent finish. Selected pieces are used for cabinet work, brush backs, walking sticks, and sapwood used for tool handles, etc. Also used for snuff boxes, musical instruments, inlay work, billiard cues and excellent for turnery.
Known for its jet-black color, ebony varies from deep black to dark red, with a variety of rich dark shades. Heartwood may display dramatic and irregular striping of bright brown, gray or greenish black on a deep black background. It is genetics that determines the shade, along with moisture, mineral content of the soil, and age/growth rate of the tree. Generally, the darker ebony is found at higher altitudes and from older trees. Ebony with more red tones has its origin at lower altitudes and from soil with greater iron content. Ebony is a scarce and costly wood.
Zebra Wood
With its very distinctive grain, Zebrawood comes from West Africa and is mainly found in Cameroon and Gabon. Commonly know as a veneer, it now is sold as a lumber stock. Zebrawood has a wavy and interlocked grain with medium texture. Used in projects for turning, inlay, cabinetwork and decorative paneling (veneers), it finishes satisfactory because of the grain. Zebrawood is also very unstable, so keep this wood in a controlled environment when using it to add a distinct feature.
Zebrawood is used in a limited way for veneer, wall paneling, custom furniture, furniture trim, inlay bandings, specialty items and turnery. Because of its hardness, it can also be used for skis and tool handles. It is a decorative exotic wood, and as such has only a small following that even knows it exists, but those that do venture to use it, are awed by its dramatic color banding.
Wenge
Origin: Found in Central Africa, especially throughout the Congo and southern regions of Tanzania and Mozambique. Appearance: When freshly cut, the heartwood of wenge (millettia laurentii) is a yellow-brown color, but then in a few months it darkens to a deep, uniform brown, almost black, with alternate layers of light and dark tissue, forming a decorative figure. So it is important to buy well-aged wood before laying the floor. Clearly demarcated from the heartwood is the yellowish-white sapwood. This coarse-textured wood has a straight grain. A related species from East Africa, panga-panga (millettia stuhlmannii) has similar graining but does not darken as much as wenge. One of the best known of the exotic dark woods, wenge is used primarily where a bold dark color or contrasting light and dark accent strips are desired.Properties: Wenge is very hard, heavy, and durable, with an excellent dimensional stability. Actual installations may show significant movement in use, however.
Janka Hardness: 1630 Wenge makes for a hard and durable wood door. It is nearly twenty-six percent harder than red oak, is just under twenty percent harder than white oak, about twelve percent harder than hard maple, and is roughly eighty-nine percent the hardness of either hickory or pecan.
Workability: Because of its hardness, wenge is difficult to cut and machine. Carbide tooling is recommended due to rapid dulling of tools and cutting edges. This wood sands well and has good holding ability; because of its hardness, however, pre-boring nail holes is recommended. Some solvent-based stains do not dry well when applied to this wood.
Italy large kitchen cabinets industrial ( companies such as Dada, Snaidero , Aster Cucine , Arclinea , Valcucine &Boffi ) capable of organizing a complex production process that enables it to create Italian design kitchens of high quality value, for households of all cultures and taste, at competitive costs, it is the Italian kitchen design models best succeeds in satisfying the consumer’s most varied, concrete demands in terms of styling, functionality, safety and durability: qualities recognized and appreciated by many households .
Italian kitchen design is adaptable to the different needs of space of your house. The Italian design is conceived not only to be functional but, as today it often happens, to join the kitchen with the living room, and to recreate the typical welcoming and familiar atmospheres of a living room
Some Italian kitchen cabinets models offer the possibility to coordinate the Italian kitchens design with the furniture of the living room. Italian kitchen cabinets are the ideal target for people looking for a unique and luxurious design, where every detail fits perfectly.
Aster Cucine Stunning and innovative designs from Europe 
bring a whole new approach to thinking about work space in the kitchen The Aster look is clean with defined lines and hidden hinges. Revolutionary hardware made this type of cabinet possible. The use of full overlay doors draws your focus directly to the door’s style. Often European styles have a more contemporary look. However, traditional door styles can still offer the sophistication of European styling. Aster Cucine bring three things to design in general: innovative design, unusual materials and innovative technology.Because they are so passionate about food, European designers really focus on function and ergonomics.
Aster Cucine is one of the unique and luxurious Italian kitchen cabinet manufactures in Italy. our Kitchens is an Italian crafted cabinet design company Established in 1983, Aster is today a young and dynamic company, always ready to interpreter the new trends in the market in terms of product and service.The firm is deeply pervaded by a “service oriented” philosophy that has developed a comprehensive company-product-distribution system geared to meet fully the aesthetic and functional requirements of each individual customer.
Unless you’re a designer yourself, you’ll need to hire one.
Kitchens are far and away the most complicated room in any house;
a good guide is worth more than money.
Steps:
1. Take some time to educate yourself and refine your tastes.
2. Learn what goes into a kitchen. Research magazines, books, television shows and Web sites.
3. Learn as much as you can first. The more you know, the easier the process will be.
4. Ask for referrals from friends, contractors and craftspeople.
5. Look for designers among the following groups (listed in no special order): kitchen cabinet showrooms, architects, interior designers, kitchen design companies, design/build general contractors and local cabinetmakers.
6. Ask for qualifications - how much experience they have and what references they can provide.
7. Ask to see photographs. You can gather a lot of information just by looking.
8. Hire someone you feel comfortable with. You’ll be spending time together for the next several months (at least), and not all of it will be fun. Like any relationship, it requires mutual respect.
9. Be prepared to pay well for a design, from several hundred dollars (for minimal plans and no follow-through) to several thousand dollars, depending on the scope of the project. As with anything else, you often get what you pay for.
10. Pay separately for the design. Many designers work in showrooms; if you want to commit to buying the cabinets from them, fine, but if you have a separate contract for design, you can go somewhere else later if you want to.
Tips:
Many local schools offer classes on kitchen building and remodeling. These can be a great introduction to the process.
When interviewing designers, ask the following: how long you are in the kitchen and bathroom business? What are the payment arrangements? How many drafts of a plan will they provide? Do they use sub contractor or the own employees ? Will they help pick out appliances, floors, countertops, plumbing fixtures, wallpaper? Will they supply electrical, plumbing and lighting plans?
Warnings:
If a designer - or anyone, for that matter - tells you the process is easy, stress-free and will be complete in two weeks, they’re either lying or stupid. Or both. Don’t hire that person.
Cabinets your options
The Box
First you should understand what lies behind the cabinet door—the cabinet box. Your response may be a smug, Duh! But cabinet construction can get complicated rather quickly. There’s more going on than you might think. It breaks down by:
• Framed construction
• Frameless construction
In framed cabinets, wood joinery holds the parts together. Horizontal rails and vertical stiles secure the door to the box. In frameless cabinets, special hardware fittings do both jobs. Because no rails or stiles block the way, frameless cabinets offer slightly easier access to their interiors.
You might be surprised to learn that solid wood rarely forms the cabinet box. It’s more often used in face frames and doors than in the larger side panel parts. That’s because it tends to warp—a special concern in the kitchen where the moisture level changes frequently. But in the doors, using multiple strips of lumber in a variety of sizes can reduce the warp factor. A “floating” panel might also be used. The panel floats because instead of being glued to the doorframe, its edges sit between wooden grooves, allowing the wood to move more freely with changes in the kitchen’s humidity.
Box materials typically contain wood chips, other wood by-products, and synthetic additives to make them especially strong and warp resistant.
Your options for box material include:
• Plywood
• Particleboard or furniture-grade flake board
• Medium-density fiberboard
All have solid reputations for durability and screw-holding power, particularly plywood. Medium-density fiberboard has gained a following for its ability to be formed into door and drawer heads and other decorative features. Furniture-grade flakeboard offers a stronger alternative than particleboard, which you’ll pay the least for.
Often the door and box will be constructed of different materials. A cabinet door might be solid maple and the sides plywood covered with a maple veneer. The same finish would be applied to both, unifying the look. Or you may decide you want different tones on the door and the sides to add contrast.
You’ll want to make sure you know if the finish you like requires a certain base material, and you’ll want to check out examples of your manufacturer’s work. Beware of staples! Staples will pull apart. You want cabinets with thick panels that have been corner blocked and glued or fastened with screws.
How the cabinet door fits over the cabinet box determines its basic type.
Your options for door type include:
• Inset
• Lipped
• Partial overlay
• Full overlay
Inset doors sit within the rails and stiles and lay flush with the front edges of the cabinet box. Truly inset doors are only available with a framed construction, but designers can achieve the same look using vertical pilasters on frameless cabinets.
Lipped doors are routed with a slight wooden groove to fit over the face frame. Partial overlay doors somewhat conceal the frame, while full overlay doors have less than one-eighth of an inch between them. Frameless cabinets have full overlay doors but some framed cabinets have them as well. You can tell for sure whether a cabinet is framed or frameless by opening a door and checking for rails and stiles.
Besides door type, you’ll want to consider different door shapes. One cabinet manufacturer may
Door Styles
How the cabinet door fits over the cabinet box determines its basic type.
Your options for door type include:
• Inset
• Lipped
• Partial overlay
• Full overlay
Inset doors sit within the rails and stiles and lay flush with the front edges of the cabinet box. Truly inset doors are only available with a framed construction, but designers can achieve the same look using vertical pilasters on frameless cabinets.
Lipped doors are routed with a slight wooden groove to fit over the face frame. Partial overlay doors somewhat conceal the frame, while full overlay doors have less than one-eighth of an inch between them. Frameless cabinets have full overlay doors but some framed cabinets have them as well. You can tell for sure whether a cabinet is framed or frameless by opening a door and checking for rails and stiles.
Besides door type, you’ll want to consider different door shapes. One cabinet manufacturer may offer hundreds of door styles in an endless array of finishes.
Your options for door style include:
Recessed panel
Raised panel
Curved panel
Beadboard panel
Flat slab
While the door’s type and shape may supply the backbeat, its color and decoration add rhythm and harmony. A flat slab, oak door stained with a light color, for example, will sing a much different tune than a flat slab, MDF door covered in stainless steel.
Like the finest furniture, the highest quality cabinets are finished in multiple steps, which might include hand sanding, rubbing with steel wool, and hand buffing. Compare it to painting: You want to apply several thin layers so that if it chips it won’t all peel off. The multiple steps also help create a smoother texture and a deeper color.
Your options for how to decorate the door include:
• Stain
• Wood veneer
• Paint
• Polyester
• Plastic laminate
• Stainless steel
• Glass
Stain
Manufacturers use all different names for stain colors. One company’s “amber” may not look anything like another’s with the same name. Think in terms of tone. Choose the wood you prefer and then decide whether a stain with a light, medium, or dark tone will best achieve the effect you’re after.
Your choice of wood will have the most impact on the cabinet’s ultimate look. If you want a light look, for example, you might start with a light wood like ash, beech, birch, elm, oak, maple, or chestnut. In the mid-range, consider cherry with a natural finish. Or you can stain maple to be darker than its natural color.
For a dark kitchen, you’d want to start with a wood that has a little color to it. But don’t start with a dark wood like walnut and try to lighten it. You can always darken the color of lighter woods, but it’s hard to go the other way.
You can also consider clear finishes rather than stains on cherry, walnut, and other woods rich in color, such as butternut, mahogany, rosewood, and teak.
A stain shouldn’t be confused with a finish. A finishing coat is applied over the stain to protect it. Typically, a stain will be coated with a catalytic-conversion varnish to give it durability and sheen—whether matte or high-gloss or anything in-between. When it’s baked on, the varnish catalyzes into a hard, protective finish. You don’t want to top the stain with oil, lacquer, or wax because those substances won’t hold up and will yellow over time. Glazes can be used as an overcoat to achieve certain effects, such as an antique look.
Wood veneer
Wood veneer is made from peeling strips of wood off a tree like you pull paper towels off a roll. As a result, it’s much thinner than solid wood and is typically applied to plywood or particleboard to give it strength. It has two main advantages over solid wood: It can cost less and its grain can be more consistent.
You can stain wood veneer to match a solid wood door and use it on the side panels. Make sure both the veneer and the door are made from the same wood species.
Wood veneer also makes an attractive option for cabinet interiors visible through glass doors.
Paint
With paint you certainly have an endless palette of colors to choose from. You can also achieve a range of special effects. Paint can look smooth and glossy or it can be sanded, rubbed off, or dented with rocks to look distressed. But you should be aware up front that hairline cracks will appear at the joints of solid wood doors as the wood expands and contracts. You can avoid cracking if you apply paint to MDF, a solid material that doesn’t move with humidity changes.
Polyester
It isn’t that big of a leap to cabinets from cars, on which this finish has been commonly applied. The same durability and quality needed on the road is also appreciated in the kitchen. There, polyester can be found on appliances as well as modern-style cabinets, in a glossy or matte finish. It fills the pores of the door more fully than paint, giving it a solid look and feel.
The technique might involve more than 20 steps of sanding and finishing. There’s even a step where a special topcoat is applied in a dust-free (!) room. The finish goes through numerous oven curings and hand sandings with extremely fine abrasives. Special glazes and polishes applied at the end help achieve the final, mirror-like sheen.
Perhaps not surprisingly, all that elbow grease makes this one of the more expensive finish choices.
Plastic laminate
Plastic laminate comes in all kinds of colors, patterns, and textures. It’s durable, stain-resistant, and easy to clean. But it can be hard to repair if it chips because it’s made of layers—sheets of kraft paper (like that used in grocery bags), a decorative paper, and a plastic coating. The layers are all pressed together under high heat.
The kraft paper leaves a brown edge that can be covered and dressed up with a stainless steel, brass, or wood trim. Solid-color laminate offers a slightly more expensive alternative that uses plastic sheets of the same color throughout so that no dark edges show.
Stainless steel
Stainless steel can be found on just about every design element in the kitchen these days. On cabinets, it’s typically formed around an inner core material to give it substance and keep it from sounding tinny. While you can get a very sleek look from stainless steel, it shows fingerprints and scratches.
Glass
Glass presents yet another option for the look of the cabinet door. Mixing glass in with other door fronts in the kitchen can add interest to any design, particularly to stock cabinets that might otherwise lack unique touches. Some glasses are ribbed or etched so that the colors—not the messy details—of the dishes or cereal boxes sitting behind them show through. The ribbing may be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. Other glass doors may be clear or colored
Drawers
The drawers will likely be made of solid wood or MDF; have framed or flat slab fronts; and be held together with either dovetail, mortise-and-tenon, or butt joints.
Your options for drawer slides include:
• Full extension
• Ball bearing
• Track and roller
• Wood
Full-extension slides attach to the bottom or the sides of the drawer and provide full access to the drawer interior. Their ball-bearing system adds stability and strength. Stronger versions can be used to store heavier items, such as files or cookware.
Ball-bearing slides attach to the bottom of the drawer sides. Usually standard on high-end cabinets, they offer smooth, quiet operation. Their concealed runners mounted to the bottom of the drawer don’t get as dirty as those mounted on the
side. They allow for a wider drawer box with a more usable interior space.
Track-and-roller slides attach to the drawer sides. Their epoxy-coated steel tracks and nylon rollers offer quiet operation but are less stable than ball-bearing ones.
Wooden slides work as slots in the drawer sides or bottoms and move the drawer along a wood runner. This option has fallen out of favor because the drawers tend to stick as the wood expands and contracts
Pulls & Knobs
Even the most beautiful, most expensive cabinets won’t be worth much if you can’t get into them. That’s where the hardware comes in. But it doesn’t have just a practical value. Regarded as the jewelry of the cabinets, it’s a detail that can make a strong statement.
You’ll find hardware in all different kinds of materials and finishes, from brushed chrome to plastic to ceramic to glass to forged iron, and in all shapes and sizes. You’ll want to decide if you want your pulls to blend in with the cabinets or become a decorative accent. Or you can make them virtually disappear: You can select a touch-and-release style or doors that hang slightly below the cabinet so that all you do is pull on the lower edge to open them.
Practically speaking, make sure your choice:
• Doesn’t pinch your fingers
• Attaches firmly to the cabinet
• Is in proportion with the size of the cabinet doors
• Is easy to grasp, especially if located above the refrigerator or vent hood
Accessories
You don’t have to be an organized person to have an organized kitchen. The right interiors and shelving accessories can do most of the work for you.
Spending some time up front thinking about how you use your kitchen and what space and storage needs you have can save you time not only during the installation of your new kitchen but also during the preparations for your first dinner party in the new space.
With a little planning now, you won’t have to think twice about where to find the ice tongs or the corkscrew. Consider everything that’s in your kitchen now and where you would put it in your newly configured space. Note on your new-kitchen blueprint what you plan to store in each cabinet and drawer.
Don’t be content with just adding rollout shelves in your base cabinets. Check out the growing number of options for how to make drawers give you more storage space. They’re being used now to store plates, pots and pans, and snacks—not to mention all the appliances, including refrigerators, wine chillers, and dishwashers, that now come as drawer units.
You can also gain storage space with the narrow, 4-inch-to-10-inch wide slide-in shelves that look like posts when they’re pushed in. They can give you extra room without taking up whole sections of the cabinets. They can hold spices or soups by the range, cleaning supplies by the sink, or wine bottles by the glassware.
And remember that the standard dimensions for cabinets are becoming less and less so. Find out from your designer or cabinetmaker how much you can push it. Maybe you can add 6 inches of storage to your base cabinets, making them 30 inches instead of the standard 24 inches deep. Or you could make your upper cabinets a foot taller and add 3 to 4 inches to their standard 12- to 13-inch depth.
Your options for storage solutions include:
Shelves
• Rollout shelves
• Foldout banks of shelves
• Swingout shelves
Baskets
• Pullout wire baskets
• Under-the-sink pullout wire baskets
Bins
• Pullout trash and recycling bins
• Trash receptacles under butcher blocks with cutout holes
• Grain storage bins
Drawer dividers
• Cutlery compartments
• Spice drawers
• Utensil dividers
Other
• Tiltout panel in front of sink
• Lazy Susan shelving
• Corner wall cabinet with open shelving
• Diagonal wall cabinet with rotary shelves
• A spice door rack
• Vertical slots for trays and baking sheets
• Open shelving for decorative or commonly used items
• Undercabinet wine rack
• Plate rack over sink
Cabinetmakers
Once you get some ideas for the style of your cabinets, look for a manufacturer that can deliver your dream door. The main types are:
• Custom
• Semi-custom
• Stock
The decision often comes down to:
• Your design requirements
• Your time frame
• Your budget
Perhaps not surprisingly, you’ll wait longer and pay more for special sizes, finishes, and decoration. Custom offers the most choices; semi-custom provides some flexibility in the cabinets’ dimensions and finishes; and what you see is what you get with stock.
Be sure to consider who will be using the kitchen. As one cabinet expert noted, “When the kids pull the drawers out and use them as a ladder to the cookie jar, they won’t last long whether they’re custom or stock.”
The Europeans considers the kitchen as the continuation of the “living” space of the house. The following is a list of Europe’s leading kitchen cabinets companies.
Snaidero Italy’s leading manufacturer of high-quality kitchen cabinetry .Keeping the 
tradition of design collaboration alive, Snaidero partners with world-renowned artists, architects, and industrial designers, such as Ferrari designer Pininfarina, international architect Massimo Iosa Ghini and renowned Italian designers Lucci and Orlandini http://www.snaidero.com/ .
Dada has been producing kitchens at Mesero in the province of Milan since the 
early Seventies. It offers a wide range of kitchens, each one designed with the same attention to detail and manufactured to the highest quality standards - so as to meet all modern cooking requirements http://www.dadaweb.it/
ASTER CUCINE is an Italian crafted cabinet design company. Aster is today a young and 
dynamic company, always ready to interpreter the new trends in the market. The firm is deeply “service oriented” ready to meet fully the aesthetic and functional requirements of each individual customer. Italian kitchen designs are sleek and ultramodern. The cabinets come in stainless steel, high gloss lacquered and wood finishes. Italian designers are known for unique and durable design and it is apparent when viewing their products. Aster’s designs may be viewed in English at http://www.astercucineusa.com
Arclinea Technology and creativity are the complementary concepts at the heart of 
Arclinea’s kitchen philosophy; a philosophy that incorporates the highest quality in the mastery of materials, processes, and technologies.Arclinea was established in 1925 in Vicenza, Italy by Silvio Fortuna as a craft carpentry workshop that became ‘Arclinea Cucine Componibili’ in 1960. http://www.arclineaboston.com/ .
Valcucine Technology and creativity are the complementary concepts at the heart of Arclinea’s kitchen philosophy; a philosophy that incorporates the highest quality in the mastery of materials, processes, and technologies.Arclinea was established in 1925 in Vicenza, Italy by Silvio Fortuna as a craft carpentry workshop that became ‘Arclinea Cucine Componibili’ in 1960. . High technology, formal simplicity, pure and essential lines are the main 
features of Artematica. The high quality level derives from the technical innovation used to create the first single-block door in dematerialized layered laminate http://www.valcucine.it/
SieMatic. SieMatic’s success can be attributed to the wide variet of styles which it can offer, catering for all tastes, and the many innovative technical details which it has 
developed and patented. company has nThe ow become established as one of the leading international brand names in kitchen design , known in more than 50 countries worldwide. http://www.siematic.com/ .
Boffi It is the top Italian kitchen manufacturer in Italy , founded in 1934 near Milan, by 
brothers Dino, Pier Ugo and Paolo Boffi, chose to take a path of experimental design and advanced manufacturing. The specialty is kitchens and baths http://www.boffi.com/ .
Schiffini was founded in the 1920s as a company which specialized in the furnishings of military and civil 
ships. With the decline of the shipping industry towards the end of the 1940s, Schiffini re-oriented itself toward the kitchen furniture industry and became the first Italian company to start the series production of modular kitchens.At the beginning of the 1960s, Schiffini was among the distinctive Italian companies which were instrumental to the creation of “Italian Design”, which was born and developed in this period.
Euromobil, was set up in 1972 at Falzè di Piave (Treviso) by the Lucchetta brothers. lt celebrated its 
twenty-fifth anniversary last year. lt is a key company in the Euromobil Group, which also comprises Zalf (modular furniture) and Désirée (upholstered furniture). It uses state-of-the-art technologies .
The kitchens are made from veneered melamine in full conformity to standards and confirm Euromobil’s commitment to product quality and complete customer satisfaction.
Sira Sira was established at Treia, in the Marches region, in the early 70s, as a living room manufacturer. It was only afterwards, with the assistance of expert designers and using 
the very latest technologies that the company managed to make a name for itself in what is a very competitive industry - that of kitchen furnishings - by manufacturing dynamic, diversified and functional products distinguished by excellent value for money
Lube Cucine The company was founded in 1967, thanks to the initiative of two partners, entrepreneurs with a long experience in the carpentry sector.It was, however, in 1974 
that the company, after having expanded, became the “LUBE cucine componibili” and began to grow technologically, until it reached its present dimensions. Then in 1993 a new company was formed, the LUBE.Today the heart of the company is a modern factory, which covers an area of 79.000 squared meters, of which 59.000 squared meters are covered and is the work place of over 350 employees. http://www.cucinelube.it/
Bontempi Cucine is part of an industrial group whose 40 years of history and success have ranked it among the leaders in its field, not only in Italy but the world over. Group sales come to Euro 100 million and are achieved thanks to a diversified range of top quality products for the home (these include tables, chairs, beds, fitted kitchens, interior furnishings and living room furniture).
http://www.aegbontempi.it/
Binova since 1958 Binova has been making kitchens, exploring the potential of wood and mechanical engineering, keenly aware of the breakthroughs and opportunities afforded by progress, but reverently respectful of timeless values
like experience and tradition. Quick, punctual and precise when it comes to production, controls and business management, Binova guarantees total, comprehensive quality: a guiding principle and commitment that accompanies every kitchen from design conception to daily use.
SCIC is one of Italy’s kitchen manufacturers and a global ambassador that defines the
standard for quality Italian kitchens. The SCIC kitchen concept today is the result of 35 years of continuous innovation and adherence to the highest levels of quality .a staff of qualified and well-trained engineers and operators are dedicated to the creation of your dream kitchen, with over 30 models and thousands of variations to choose from.
Composit cucine offers the top quality and functionality of Italian kitchens furniture 
suitable to a classical, modern or avant-guard taste. www.composit.it
INTEGRATION by Poggenpohl represents uncompromising aesthetics and a totally new understanding of the kitchen. Innovative front design, optimised architecture, an enhanced living function and intelligent integration make the perfectly designed, fully functional kitchen an area for living and entertaining, a concert hall, cinema, library or home office. The kitchen is the communications hub, bringing together an open-plan architecture, modern materials and multimedia furniture, with smooth transitions to all the other living areas
“Opera by Aster Cucine is a true stage for passion.The dignity and the richness 
of the artistry of cabinetry inspired by the Italian renaissance. All of the world is inspired by the Italian renaissance – truly an artistic and cultural point of reference. “Opera “ by Aster Cucine is a technical masterpiece surfaces ,grains and colors blend together with unique, practical accessories .
Snaidero “Acropolis is the concentric kitchen, designed to be in the center of the room,
to meet the needs of the man who wants to have everything around him, 
who feels the need for a really modern approach. Ergonomics, dilated forms,
a new way of thinking of socializing, living life full circle.” Snaidero
Acropolis was designed by Ferrari stylist Paolo Pininfarina for Snaidero,
BMT Vanity Collection is a new design concept open to many different interpretations,inspired by a freedom that expresses our innermost
identities, reflected in the most intimate, private room in our homes,
where we pamper our bodies and rediscover ourselves. Sky.Tech is a range opento vast freedom of expression, with two distinct yet related personalities:Sky.Tech lacquered and Sky.Tech wood. Doors and boxes can be lacquered in all BMT range colors, in both mat or gloss versions. Four metallic colors are alsoavailable: red, blue, dark coffee and coal grey. Three colors are available for the Sku.Tech wood series: bleached oak, rope grey and wenge.
Danze Sirius Single Handle Vessel Filler Style Faucet Displayed In Chrome Finish
Fits 1 Hole Applications Features12″ High-Rise Swivel Spout Includes Metal Lever
Style Handle Includes Danze Ceramic Disc Valve Mechanism For Smooth Turning Action
& A Lifetime Of Drip-Free Service Covered By Danze’s Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Aster Cucine New cabinet line For 2006 
The “PALLADIO “The “PALLADIO” (available fall 2006) is Available in Cherry ,16 lacquered colors ,10 lacquered paint on wood (transparent paint),16 antique finishes and a exclusive Door thickness of: 15/16”( 24cm).The cabinets box is available in light natural, dark cherry or off white laminate with an option of stainted cherry plywood .The drawer system implemented the new drawers and deep drawers in wood with Blumotion .
Native Trails 
The kitchen is today’s living room. The place where your family and friends gather to talk, laugh and enjoy each other over the preparation of a great meal. The kitchen is where memories are made. Set off your kitchen area with the custom look and feel of our hand hammered basins.
These gorgeous kitchen sinks will be the center of conversation as the distinct hammer marks enhance the natural warm look of copper. Also, the anti-bacterial qualities of copper will help keep your kitchen clean and sanitary.
Molteni Podium
Tradition combined with the most innovative technologies created a new star in the world of cooking: the Molteni Podium. Podium is the creative expression of the most famous chefs in the world who put their expertise together at the service of technology to make their dreams come true.Podium is more than just a fabulous piece of equipment: it is the protagonist of the kitchen scene together with the main star, the chef! Podium makes it possible for the artist to create real entertainment directly in front of the customers who will, no doubt, enjoy the passion behind it.
HOW TO CHOOSE A KITCHEN SPECIALIST
Try googling kitchen designers and you’ll get over 15 million listings—so many names, so little time.
To find a specialist who is right for you, you’ve got to do your homework. Ask friends, relatives— there’s nothing like word-of-mouth from satisfied customers. If you’ve moved to a new state and don’t know anyone, then study websites/yellow pages for local kitchen designers and visit their showrooms.
How do you tell a professional from a salesman ? Look at their portfolios and ask for customer referrals from photographs that you find appealing. Clients happy with their results will be thrilled to showoff their kitchens and a professional designer will have phone numbers. Scam artists may have wonderful pictures of dream kitchens but they will NOT have actual customers to go with these photographs.
Do you feel comfortable with the designer? If the rapport between you isn’t good, don’t expect your new kitchen to be either—go with gut instinct. Get three-to-four references and check them out.
Get information about a kitchen specialist’s reputation. Ask to see professional certification and state licenses.
Though Internet prices may seem lower, do you really know from whom you’re buying? Will they be there if a part is missing or if you have a problem? Websites can be extremely attractive but did they actually design those gorgeous kitchens or download pictures from other sources. Also, reputable manufacturers sell to authorized dealers with actual showrooms.
Get bids from several kitchen designers. If their price ranges are in the same ball park, you can be assured that they are honest…if one of the bids is too low, do NOT do business with him/her—in the long run you will wind up paying way too much for a substandard job.
If you cannot understand your designer/contractor do NOT hire that person. Residential construction can easily be explained to the lay person. Clear communication and interaction with the design professional is crucial. A kitchen specialist understands all the intricacies and hidden booby traps that can undermine any project. Once your kitchen is under way, the designer will effectively communicate with vendors, installers, contractors and, most importantly, you.
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Location: Manhattan NYC Cabinets : Custom
Countertop : Granite .
Backsplash: Ceramic tile.
Redesigning a 1920s kitchen
This pre-war kitchen was so cramped and inefficient; the client was barely motivated to make a cup of coffee in it. The client wanted a new kitchen that would also reflect the architectural style of his 1920s apartment. The budget did not include the expense of knocking down walls, so we moved the doorway instead, which became the key to the renovation. Centering the doorway on the tiled wall created more of a balance in the room and allowed the new refrigerator to fit neatly behind the passage that extends from the doorway. Without changing the layout, the out-of-date appliances and plumbing fixtures were removed and replaced with stainless steel models. This kitchen features custom, yellow-painted cabinetry with custom glass-pane doors, similar to the kitchen’s original style. The counters are honed black granite that contrasts with the 3×6-inch ceramic white tiles on the walls. Lighter colors on walls and ceiling draw the eye upward making the room appear larger.
Location: Loft midtown Manhattan
Designer: Urban Homes kitchen showroom NYC
Cabinets : Luxor
Countertop : stainless steal / stone.
Backsplash: 1” x 1” stone.
“Originally a textile factory built 120 years ago, the building was converted to residential several years ago. The original kitchen had four walls and a door. The client wanted a more contemporary, open feel, so we removed one wall, opening the space toward a living room 
with a sitting area perfect for entertaining. With a more open flow, we concentrated on getting the maximum space. We used two levelsof cabinetry that reached 9 1/2 feet. The white cabinets and commercial lighting add brightness and whiteness, which opens it up. Because there is so much cabinetry, we used frosted glass to further emphasize the open look and to provide a break in the white. The client wanted stone countertops, but based on the amount shecooks and entertains, stainless steel was a more practical choice. Stone was used in the peninsula with bar sink, under which additional
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