Look! Impressive Details at Giorgione

Blue wall. Fresco on plaster? Blue pigment changes from bottom to top and even water marks from leaks in windows add character.

Restaurant Style. We went to Giorgione for a friend's birthday and were pleased to see that Giorgio DeLuca's (of Dean & DeLuca) excellent sense of style was fully on display in his eponymous restaurant. The interior space is spare and elegant with details that impress and which we had never seen before.

What is particularly interesting about DeLuca's style is that he freely mixes high end and restaurant supply so that it feels luxurious but relaxed. An example of this is the custom nickel tables and the common glassware.

Here are a few details that we picked out for home inspiration:

The tables that were plywood underneath and a thin sheet of nickel on top (we THINK it is nickel - it's much warmer than stainless)

Closeup of the tables reflecting up throught the glasses

This is the main view heading to the back of the restaurant
Very nice wood counter stools
Tile on floor was very unique. Looks like it would seem dirty here, but it doesn't. Gives brightness and character to the room and hides dirt very well for a white floor. We think it is some kind of marble....
Cutlery was simple stainless. This knife had a very pleasing shape. Name on blade is Sambonet.
Brick wall painted a flat off-white. Keeps the character of the brick. Shows variation with shadow. Clean and bright.
This "mirror" actually was made of silver leaf sheets edge to edge behind glass. It reflected, but dimly. Very cool. Could easily DIY.
You always find interesting design touches in bathroom. These small scale "spotlights" are used over the mirrors.

(Thanks, Jen & John!)

(ReEdited from 2005-05-23 - MGR)

Comments (7)

Very nice! But one quibble - those wood counter stools.....my father has rattan chair versions around the dining table at our Fire Island beach house, and it seems to me they weren't designed for prolonged seating (and I'm sure that's why the restaurant has them, so people eat and leave as soon as they're finished eating). See the way the tops of the legs are exposed? They poke into the backs or sides of your thighs, and after about a half hour, everyone has to leave the table. Of course, Dad loves them, and refuses to change the chairs out, so that's that. I hate 'em, tho.

By the way, those little lights are called "pin spots". I don't know where to fid those ones in particular, but I'm sure you could do a good search on google...

This is also a restaurant where the cuisine stands up to the decor.

I'm sure the food there is amazing. I wish we had something similar out on the West Coast. I love the blue wall/ fresco and the thoughtful details.

Is the cutlery the baguette pattern? Is it the stainless version of the silverplate they sell at Dean & Deluca?

I'd like to know how that blue wall was painted.

Those tables are probably zinc...much softer (and more 'spensive) than stainless.