Designer brings the magic of the movies to her clients’ kitchens
Award-winning designer Elina Katsioula-Beall infuses cinematic drama into each of her kitchen and bath designs, helping clients to live in their very own movie set. Prior to designing kitchens, Katsioula-Beall studied classic art in her native Greece and then obtained a master’s degree in theatrical design from Yale. The next stop was Hollywood as an art director for stage and television, including the Academy Awards.
Continuing along her design journey, she co-founded DeWitt Designer Kitchens with her husband, DeWitt Beall, in 2002. After her husband passed away in 2006, Katsioula-Beall moved the showroom to Pasadena from Studio City, and again in 2015 to Hollywood Hills. While working in a “disposable economy,” Katsioula-Beall attempts to maintain a more sustainable design practice by taking cues in using reclaimed and repurposed materials from the “avant-garde” European market; she spends four months abroad in England, France, the Netherlands and Greece.
“Refined taste meets resourcefulness in less privileged societies, which feeds my imagination and fuels my creativity to be innovative when I design in Los Angeles,” notes Katsioula-Beall. “As a designer, I believe that innovation means ‘creating faster than they can copy.’” It is certain that her journey will continue to be compelling and full of accomplishments – in addition to the 17 NKBA Awards already received.
