Hey!
I just got an advance copy of the Summer Issue of Beautiful Kitchens in which our kitchen was featured. It was so much fun to read the article, look at the photos, and remember all the craziness of the shoot. I hope you run right out and get the magazine. It looks like this:
And because I want you to buy the magazine, I am only showing an image that they didn’t use below.
That’s my kitchen, as shot by the uber talented Tria Giavan. As soon as the magazine hits the stands, I promise to do a full story on the kitchen, breakfast room, where I found what, and I will dish any inside scoop that I can think of. In the meantime, I am so grateful to the former editor, Luann Brandsen and current editor Samantha Hart, and wam and wonderful Bonnie Broten who scouted the kitchen and styled it. And of course, none of it would have happened without Joni Webb and Cote De Texas.
All of us need to keep supporting national shelter magazines, as they are really facing tough economic times. With changes in the chief editor’s post at House Beautiful and Veranda, two of the stalwarts remaining, let’s hope that there remains a deep commitment to keep publishing them. While the digital revolution allows me and other bloggers to show images even as we take them or find them, the reality is that nothing can compare to the quality of photography that magazines are giving us. And I don’t know about you, but for me it’s much more satisfying to reach for a magazine to gaze at a picture for the umpteenth time than it is to call it up digitally.
I love blogging and I love showing images that might not be seen anywhere else, but I see blogs as an adjunct to a thriving magazine business, rather than as a competitor or replacement. And as a designer, I believe that magazines will continue to play a great role in educating the eye and shaping trends. So go out there and buy, buy, buy!
Kristin
