We lived with our grandparents until I had married by ex-boyfriend. In a usual house set-up, the interiors would be in line with the owner’s personal style. In our case, it was my grandparents’ style. This did not stop my mom to dream of having her own style of house, after all, we are free to dream and such dreams may come true. I, too, looked forward in having my own dream house even until this moment. One particular location in the house that I would have wanted to be my next haven aside from my bedroom is the KITCHEN. So, if I were to dream BIG, I would have chosen my kitchen to look like this (below) so I’d be more convinced to practice my cooking and baking skills I learned.

Interesting cooking area with concealed storage space behind the easy-opening sliding marble door that can surprisingly open with such ease even if it is visually massive and heavy. Ideal for moms in creating an alternate hiding location (aside from your bedroom) of treats for kids (only until they are in such age where they are hesitant to go near this area) and even husbands too!

Next is my center working table. I loved the idea of this modern design of center island that has an eating bar and Japanese Tepan-yaki griddles. Not to mention the way they created away to separate the so-called working area for cooking and for eat or work. I could imagine myself wearing an apron, loving my time inside the kitchen while preparing food for my family and never wanting to leave the kitchen area because it would also be a place where family and friends chat without even realizing that it has been hours since they’ve finished eating their lunch or dinner.

I would love my kitchen to have an Asian look — Chinese Wedding Cabinet, situated at the far left of the photo. They say, “Does kitchen furniture have to look like kitchen furniture?” I agree, it doesn’t have to be thus, the Chinese Wedding Cabinet is just appropriate in my kitchen. Who would’ve thought that behind that decorative exterior conceals a convenient state-of-the-art Sub-Zero refrigerator-freezer combination? Indeed, a combination of new and old: modern design with antiques; or modern furnishing elements with your existing favorites.

Similar to our home back when I was in my single blessedness stage, we had our wash area with a view but not your ideal one because it was facing our neighbor. So, for my dream kitchen, I would want a view that would let me forget that I am doing the dishwashing chore at that very moment. During daytime, I would love to face our lawn and watch my kids play with their Poppa. While in the evening, it would be lovely to see the moon shining with its dark background. But on second thoughts, I would just put a curtain to close out my imagination of what I might see there especially when I’m alone with the kids.

Having handmade wall tiles would be definitely provide shining accents that I would like in my kitchen. There should be no boring area inside the kitchen for me.

All above photos are courtesy of SieMatic BeauxArts (www.SieMatic.com).

With Siematic BeauArts, you can choose from their wide range of their stylistic designs and elements that allow you to create your own menu of style. Mix and match, materials, shapes and colors. Dark and light, matte and glossy, cool and warm, traditional style elements with high-tech devices, classic with modern, romantic with purism, Asian with Mediterranean elements, urban clarity with rustic charm. So, let me not limit you to my choice of Siematic BeauArts designs for they have endless design concepts for you to choose and mix & match, that until now, they continue to create new solutions to cater today’s international tendencies in architectural and interior design.

Follow your feelings; free yourself from conventions, and discover more freedom to shape your world. We call it “the new composition of the kitchen.”

Here are some photos I took during the event and some information I gathered while looking around. The photos are not as good as my HB’s but this would do for the meantime.

Stephen Sy, President of Focus Global with Volker Betsch, Managing Director Siematic for Far East Office.

I was surprised to really see that refrigerator behind that Chinese cabinet. I didn’t expect but I was glad Siematic BeauxArts really took the plunge into playing with unexpected combination of designs.

Oh, did I tell you that I love their drawers? This is the first time I’ve encountered the damper system for drawers. Just perfect for our household! It is the (bad) habit to never close the drawers properly in our household so when I knew about this (or am I the only one so ignorant?!), I got quite excited. There was such a thing! Damper system would close the drawers automatically when it is nearing the closure , approxiamtely one-(1) inch. Cool, isn’t it? Ideal set of furniture especially since half open drawers can be hazardous with kids running around. If only I had budget…I’m sure I’ll have one…as soon as I hit the road to purchase a Lotto ticket today. For the meantime, I’ll dream of my SieMatic Kitchen design. What about your dream kitchen? Care to share with me?

showroom may be visited during 10:00am to 7:00pm from Tuesdays to Saturdays, and from 1:00pm to 6:00pm on Sundays.

The SieMatic showroom can be found inside the Focus Global Showroom along Pioneer St. corner Reliance St., Mandaluyong St. You may contact them at (+632) 634-8587. For more information, you can visit their website, www.SieMatic.com or www.focusglobal.com.

Incidentally, Focus Global Inc. also carries 7 of the best brands in the home and furnishings industry, namely, Ethan Allen Furniture, Pella Windows and Doors, SieMatic Kitchen, Miele Premium Home Appliances, Sub-Zero Built-In Refrigeration, Wolf Cooking Equipment and Tempur Mattresses & Pillows.  They are also the exclusive distributor of DMC, Coleman, Oster and Kitchen Aid.  Now you know where you can have a one-stop shop for your home!  Focus Global!

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