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“ Gail has an amazing talent or utilizing space to itsullest potential. What impressed us most: How every-thing came together and ended up being more beautiulthan we imagined. She really understood our needs andwas patient with our decision making process.”

- Homeowners

Drury Design Kitchen & bath stuDiOFall

2009

Gail Drury, CMKBDPresident and Studio Director

Things do not change; we change.

Henry David Thoreau

Economic Trends AdvanceDesign Innovation

There is one thing or surein today’s economy: nothingis standing still. The marketsare constantly moving up anddown. This has given pauseto homeowners’ notionsabout kitchen design andhome renovation.

MOdernizing TradiTiOn

Call for a no-cost in-home consultation,

630.469.4980

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Evanston, Illinois

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Gail Drury, CMKBD

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Kitchen, Master Bath, Interior Updating

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The traditional environment o this career couple’s recently acquired home didn’tt their lively and entertaining liestyle. Design solutions included modernizingthe eel and look throughout the home, with an emphasis on renovating the kitchenand the master bath. Expanding the kitchen made room or both cooks andremoving walls opened the space to the existing amily room. Coordinated colors,materials and cabinetry enliven the space. The simplicity o the adjoining living areasemphasizes the home’s beauty and lends a signature backdrop or entertaining.

“I I were to use a one word description o my new master suiteit would be ‘wonderul’ or perhaps ‘heavenly.’ It is so warm andinviting to walk into, and the colors and textures o products areso earthy and natural eeling.”

- Homeowner

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Cindy and Michael Rowsey o Aurora, Illinois

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Gail Drury, CMKBD

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Master Bath Remodel

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This Aurora homeowner knew exactly what she did and did not want in hermaster bath. Cindy’s overall vision or remodeling her home’s master bath was acasual rustic look. The color and texture o the materials selection was extremely important to her and key to the overall design. Along with the redesign and theaddition o natural materials, updating the vanity, tub and steam shower trans-ormed this bath into a magically relaxing retreat.

ruSTic reTreaT

Everyday use can take a toll on your kitchen and bathrooms. Periodicproessional maintenance, like the cleaning and sealing o your stoneand tile suraces and regular adjustments o cabinetry doors anddrawers, protects your investment and keeps your Drury Designkitchen or bath looking and perorming like new.

Revitalizing Tune-Ups

Schedule your tune-up now and welcome your guests intorenewed spaces.To schedule services or make an appointment or an estimate,contact Rick Windgassen, project manager at 630.446.7646or email rick@drurydesigns.com.

Meet Jack Bartoski

assistant Designer

“Everyone on the Drury team is so helpul. Theteam approach benets us – and our clients.”Jack Bartoski, an assistant designer, is the newestaddition to Drury Design’s team. A graduateo Columbia College with a degree in interiorarchitecture, Jack’s experience includes bothresidential and commercial design as well asurniture manuacturing.

Meet Brigitte Fabi,

CKD/CBD

Designer

“I was thrilled to come work or Drury DesignKitchen & Bath Studio, as this company is truly adestination place. Being an all-inclusive showroom,this atmosphere allows me to provide a completedesign or my clients, including fooring, countertops, tile work, appliances and xtures. It alsogives me complete control over all the aspects o each project, which inevitably leads to smooth andstress-ree installations.”Brigitte C. Fabi, CKD/CBD, Drury’s newestdesigner is also an adjunct proessor o kitchenand bath design at Harrington College o Design.With more than 15 years o design experience,Brigitte won the 2007 Design Vision rst placeaward in the medium kitchen category.

Drury Design WelcOMes neW Design staFF MeMbers

Eight Finalists in DesignVision Awards Competition

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Kitchen Design in the new marketplace

Design trends seem to fow with the samewave o movement as the economy. In recentmore prosperous times, along with thebuilding boom, came larger kitchens andthe introduction o many new appliances…warming drawers, steam ovens and ullyintegrated appliances rom washers anddryers to rerigerators. Heavily carvedmoldings, glazed and distressed cabinetinishes and large two and even three cookkitchens were in vogue.

Simplicity: Contemporary witha Classic Flair

With the change in economic times we areseeing a movement to a more understateddesign trend. Simplicity and “less is more”are the phrases we are hearing today. Weare seeing more kitchens with clean crisplines illed to the brim with unctionalelements in eiciently designed smallerspaces. These designs are anything butordinary, using exciting new materials thatgive each kitchen the homeowner’s ownspecial signature. These new design trendsare bordering on contemporary with aclassical lair. Heavily carved moldings arebeing replaced with simpler trim details.

Efficient, Eclectic and Green

It is still desirable to have dierent inishesand many textured suraces mixed in onekitchen. The eclectic kitchen intermixedwith urniture type pieces is deinitelyhere to stay. Gone orever are the days oentire kitchens made in one wood speciesand one color coordinating countertops.These new eicient design solutions seemto better it the liestyle and budget otoday’s consumers. Green has also takena irm hold with the use o products romrecycled glass or recycled paper countertopsto more energy eicient appliances andother renewable resources. New excitingtechnology in reconstituted veneers givesaccessibility to exotic materials like zebrawood without destroying our rain orests.Homeowners have come to realize theyneed to do their part to preserve the naturalresources o our planet. I eel the marketplace o the past year has driven this newdesign movement and it is a positive thing…as change can be good.Call us to arrange a complimentary designconsultation, 630.469.4980.

NKBA’s [National Kitchen and Bath Association] Chicago Midwest chapter will announceits 2009 Design Visions Contest winners this all. Eight Drury Design entries will berecognized as rst, second or third place nalists. Three completed Drury Design clientprojects are up or awards in the large kitchen category.NKBA’s Chicago Midwest chapter sponsors the Design Vision contest in partnershipwith

Trends

magazine. Judged by NKBA Chicago Midwest chapter members, the con-test recognizes outstanding kitchen and bath design. Competition is open to designersthroughout the Midwest.In 2008, thirteen Drury Design projects received NKBA Design Vision Contest recognitionincluding rst, second and third place in the large kitchen category along with awards inthe small kitchen, large bath and small bath categories.