A MESSAGE

Welcome, and thankyou for taking thetime to read our firstnewsletter. Ourintention is to pub-lish this newslettertwice a year, inMarch or April, andagain in September

or October. What do we hope to accom-plish with this endeavor? A few things.First, we want to be your primary andregular source for what’s going on in ourindustry in the Sarasota area. Second,this is part of our ongoing effort toremain Sarasota’s premier cabinetry pur-veyor. Constantly changing our show-room to bring you the latest in cabinetryideas and offerings is only part of theconcept. Bringing the changes and freshideas to your attention and remindingyou of how we can assist you compli-ments those efforts. I hope you find thenewsletter both educational and interest-ing. I look forward to hearing from youand seeing you in our showroom verysoon. �

David Asher

As with any industry, the popularity ofmaterials and styles grows and wanesover time. As we publish this newsletter,here’s what’s hot and what’s not:

WOOD SPECIES Exotic veneers are veryhot in kitchens and baths. Rift-cut whiteoak, zebrawood, figured maple and lacewood, are all popular. Here in Florida weare still seeing an increase in cherry andmahogany. Maple continues to be strongalthough slowing a bit. Birch is pickingup while red oak, ask, hickory, and pineremain flat.

For custom-built furniture, we are begin-ning to see a lot of Wenge, Sapele euca-lyptus, and Purple Heart, Bird’s Eyemaple, Figured maple continue to be afactor as well as plain sliced maple (stillpopular for paint and glaze and stain andglaze finishes).

STYLE AND DESIGN Contemporary designis coming back strong in kitchens, baths,and furniture. Exotic veneers, simulatedwood laminates, metal laminates, and trimare all very popular right now. Sleek, cleanlines, floating shelves and floating base cab-inet are all a part of this trend. Zen design,incorporating natural materials such asstone, metal, and wood, is also very popularnow and can be a beautiful mode of con-temporary design. Another idea in currentcontemporary design is the running of woodgrain on flush cabinetry horizontally asopposed to vertically. Instead of accentuat-ing height, running the wood horizontallyhelps make smaller spaces appear larger.

A new design idea from Europe is thecombination of cabinetry with and with-

out hardware. As opposed to incorporat-ing the hardware-less “channel” through-out the kitchen, the channel is used justbelow the countertop only (At the tops ofall doors and top drawers.). All otherdrawers have a piece of hardware thatcompliments the color of the channel.

WHAT’S NEW FOR COUNTERTOPS? Quartzsurfaces such as “Cambria” and“Caesarstone” are approximately 95%stone and 5% pigment and epoxy. Theyhave a granite look, but don’t require near-ly as much maintenance as granite andhave a more consistent pattern than gran-ite. Lots of colors/patterns are availableand you can see them on display at ourshowroom. Quartz surfacing is becomingmore popular as the popularity of solidsurfaces (Corian, Avonite) is declining.

APPLIANCES In the area of appliances,built-in coffee/espresso makers arebecoming part of more and more kitchens.They are very attractive and convenient, inthat you can brew just one cup at a time.Steam ovens will become more popular asconsumers move toward healthful cook-ing. Warming drawers, which have beenaround a long time, are now becoming asmuch a standard as microwaves. We seemto be putting one or two in almost all ofour kitchens. Another great convenienceitem is a pot filler, a faucet installed closeto a large professional-style range, usedspecifically for filling large tall pots.Finally, we will start to see “smart appli-ances” such as Internet refrigerators withthe screen built into the refrigerator door.It won’t be long until our appliances andcomputers are networked together! �

TrendsWHAT’S HOT / WHAT’S NOT

VOLUME 1 APRIL 2004

FUNCTIONAL ARTWORK FOR THE GALLERY YOU CALL HOME

from David

CABINETRY INCORPORATED

Sarasota, FL, 2-19-04 – EuroTechCabinetry has been awarded First

Place in the National Kitchen & BathAssociation's (NKBA) 2004 Design

Competition’s "Open Kitchen" category –as well as winning the James H. Foster, Jr.,CKD Memorial Award for overall excel-lence, which is chosen from the first placewinners in all 11 categories of the competi-tion. This year, the competition received334 entries from throughout the UnitedStates and Canada. EuroTech produced thewinning design for a client of AnneFolsom Smith Interior Design.The space, designed byTracey Scalzo CKD CBDwith co-designer DavidAsher, was a combinedk i t c h e n / b r e a k fa s tarea/family room.Material and colorselections were direct-ed by Anne FolsomSmith.

In the past 10 years,EuroTech has received 9awards at internationaldesign competitions. Theawards have been for kitchens,baths, bars, family room entertainmentunits and even a kid’s fantasy room withtrees, a swing, a slide and bunk beds.Only a select handful of kitchen and bathcompanies across the country have beenas consistent as EuroTech Cabinetry, Inc.in receiving these design awards.

The NKBA Design Competition providesnational recognition to kitchen and bathroomprofessionals for their exceptional ability todesign award-winning kitchens, bathroomsand other spaces. A panel of 12 NKBACertified Members judged each entry basedon a safe, functional use of space, innovativedesign solutions, professional presentationand overall aesthetic statement.The NKBA is the largest trade associationin the kitchen and bathroom industry. It

provides top quality training to memberfirms in the area of business management,design and installation. It is also theproud owner of the Kitchen/BathIndustry Show and Conference (K/BIS),the largest event dedicated to the kitchenand bath industry. The 2004 DesignCompetition awards will be presentedApril 1, 2004 at K/BIS in Chicago, IL.

EuroTech has been publishednumerous times in local, stateand national publicationsand their designs arealmost always featuredin homes that have gar-nered awards for interi-or designers. Havingworked with the bestinterior designers intown – as well as forprominent authors,politicians and sports fig-ures – EuroTech’s creationscan be found in all ofSarasota’s most prestigious homes

and neighborhoods. They have installedas much as $1,500,000 worth of cabinetryand furniture in a single residence.Reaching beyond the Sarasota area,EuroTech has installed projects in NewHampshire, Ohio, Washington, DC andthroughout the state of Florida.

EuroTech specializes in the design andinstallation of complete kitchens and bath-rooms. The firm also designs and fabricatesall types of custom furniture including bed-rooms, libraries, home offices and enter-

tainment areas. EuroTech maintains ashowroom at 1609 DeSoto Road

in Sarasota that features fullkitchen, bathroom and cus-

tom furniture displays in avariety of styles featuringthe latest in equipment,accessories and designideas. The showroom isopen 8:30AM-4:30PMMonday through Friday

and 9:30AM-2:30PM onSaturday, and you are invited

to visit and inspect these out-standing displays.

For further information about theawards, contact EuroTech Cabinetry at

(941) 351-6557.�

AwardsEUROTECH WINS TWO FIRST PLACE AWARDS

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This completely remodeled bayfront pent-house was quite the challenge. The entirecondominium was broken up into smallspaces with very little flow from one spaceto the other. An Architect friend of theVarano’s had the idea of introducing anangle wall and tucking in a shower bathbehind it with a small bedroom where thebreakfast room and part of the kitchen hadbeen. This would allow for a larger com-mon area combining the kitchen, livingroom and dining room into an open plan.

After the concept was born, the next chal-lenge was dealing with the structural col-umn that fell in the middle of everything.The Varano’s request was for a contempo-rary space that felt like a New York pent-house. Judy decided to clad the structuralcolumn with stainless and worked off of it.Instead of trying to hide it she made it afocal point with another shorter columninterlocking it at a tangent. This smallercolumn became one side of the support forthe glass breakfast bar, which tied to theisland. The island also wrapped the struc-tural column. This unity made the islandbecome sculptural and a center anchoringthe open plan.

As with most remodels, especially condo-miniums, the challenge didn’t end there.The HVAC ducting needed to run throughthe kitchen. Judy was able to create a pat-tern with this drop area that made it appearthat there was a dropped soffit over theentire kitchen to accent the shape we hadcreated. In the entry we popped the ceilingup in a tier and lit it’s perimeter withstarlight’s. We repeated this detail on theoutside of the kitchen area.

After completing the space planning weselected warm brown tones with metallicaccents. The open floor plan had the addedadvantage of 2 complete walls of glassoverlooking the Bay front Marina and thenew Ringling Bridge. With the Varano’sexcellent taste, we were able to make thespace extremely contemporary yet verywarm and inviting using an earth tone colorpalette as unity throughout the open space.

T H E VA R A N O R E S I D E N C EProject Spotlight

We have recently installed five new dis-plays in our ever-changing showroom.Two of the new displays feature rift-cutwhite oak (see our “Trends” column).

One display is manufactured by ArtcraftKitchens, our Canadian supplier of hi-tech,contemporary cabinetry. This display fea-tures a ”driftwood” finish on the cabinetryalong with a new countertop product called“ Cambria” (see our “trends” column).

The other display featuring rift cutwhite oak is from Rutt Custom Cabinetry,manufactured in Amish Pennsylvania.The display shows off Rutt’s new contem-porary style, “Aris”. A beautiful combina-tion of colors and textures makes this dis-play a real eye-opener.

Another new display from Rutt is called“Tamuir” and highlights the Asian look.This display utilizes stained mahoganyalong with black trim and rice paper glass.The perfect look for that special powderroom or bar, Tamuir is sure to be a winner.

The fourth new display is also fromArtcraft Kitchens. The design combines nat-ural maple and rift cut walnut cabinetry withan iroko wood countertop. This display fea-tures a new look from Europe, a semi-hard-wareless look (see “Trends” column).

The fifth display, manufactured here inour shop, is a bedroom suite. Again, we’reshowing a new look by utilizing “Wenge”veneers and by running the grain of thewood in a horizontal direction (see“Trends” column). It is a warm contem-porary/ Zen look.

Please stop by and let us know what youthink of these displays. We are eager tohear your comments.

ExcitingNEW DISPLAYS

5DESIGNER: JUDY ADAMS HUNT

NewEUROTECH PRODUCTSWe have recently added Cuisine Laurier to our line up of fine custom cabinetry. Cuisine Laurier, a medium price-range product, is manufactured in Canada and is a custom product. (Yes, we design the project around the client’s needs, not a manufacturer’s standard offerings.) Standard features include dovetail wood drawers with the new Blumotion drawer guides (a drawer that closes itself slowly and quietly), solid construction and mag-nificent finishes on an impressive number of wood species and door styles.

Also new to Eurotech is Executive Kitchens wood cabinetry. We have been carrying Executive Kitchens for a few years, utilizing their numerous foil wrap offerings. Now, you can have a competi-tively priced, good quality wood product as well. Executive Kitchens has a wide range of finishes on maple and cherry in eighteen door styles.

Events CONGRATULATIONS TO TRACEY SCALZO!

In addition to her professional accomplishments (see our feature

you and we will miss you.

article), Tracey was married on April 3, 2004. After dating for about three years, Tracey is convinced that Gary Inganamont is her soul mate and he’s a “keeper”. Gary, a sonographer here in Sarasota, has three chil-

dren ages twenty-seven, nineteen, and fourteen. Everyone is in agreement that this is a great match. Tracy, we love you and couldn’t be happier for you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EUROTECH!On March 14, 2004 we became twenty years old. Our success is a

great source of pride and a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. Watch for our open house next year as Eurotech Cabinetry, Inc. turns twenty-one and EUROTECH CABINETRY COMES OF AGE.

FAREWELL TO PRISCILLA LINDSAY!Finally, and with some regret, we announce that after seven years at Eurotech, designer Priscilla Lindsay will be leaving at the end of

April to spend time with family and work on personal projects. Priscilla wishes to call this a “sabbatical” because she plans to stay

involved in the industry and resume working in the future. We wish her great happiness and fulfillment in her future endeavors. Priscilla, we love

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