The Graceful Spaces Rancic Reveal
Join Graceful Spaces on one of our favorite Austin home tour’s, The Rancic Reveal, featuring Giuliana Rancic!
Giuliana wears many hats—she's a mother, entertainment journalist, author, fashion expert, and television personality. We wanted to create a warm and welcoming space to come home each day through intuitive and sustainable systems the whole family could follow.
PHASE ONE: The Kitchen, Pantry, & Laundry Room
PHASE TWO: Giuliana’s Closet, Bill’s Bar & Duke’s Closet
Phase One: Kitchen, Pantry, Laundry
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The Kitchen
What's for breakfast? Every morning the Rancic’s start with the fun question, "what cereal should we have today?" We made the answer a no-brainer by decanting their top six kinds of cereal into a breakfast zone in the kitchen right next to the refrigerator, making it easy to grab a bowl from the cabinet and milk from the fridge.
DID YOU KNOW?
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Entertaining
We love finding ways to support our clients' desire to entertain by balancing everyday essentials with guest-friendly products. The Rancic’s wanted to be inspired to cook more, so we decanted spices in a drawer with acrylic risers, making it easy to see what flavor you needed and keeping it close to the stove.
A "Comfort Zone" was something that they had enjoyed in a previous home, with easy access to snacks and candy when watching a game or having their son's friends over. We created a whole shelving unit of candy and snacks, purchasing bowls from Crate and Barrel with small acrylic scoops for easy access to treats.
PRO TIP: Do you entertain frequently? Create a grab n’ go cabinet or drawer system with entertaining staples to simplify party prep.
On-The-Go
Giuliana and her family love to travel, so easy access to sporting equipment was a must. We hung up seasonal ski apparel in the laundry room in labeled garment bags and used bins in a nearby cabinet to categorize ski gear by use.
Pro Tip
Using garment bags creates an aesthetically pleasing look while keeping your wardrobe grouped and ready to use at a moment’s notice.
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The Pantry
The best pantry setup will support your daily kitchen routines. Giuliana loves to embrace her Italian heritage when cooking, so we created an “Italian Zone” stocked with supplies for pasta prep—her go-to weekday meal. We loved how The Home Edit pantry canisters allowed us to beautifully display all of her pastas.
Pro Tip:
Intuitive meal prep starts with your pantry layout. Put essentials front and center, storing occasional-use ingredients up top.
Take the guesswork out of weekly shopping trips with clear containers that make monitoring supply levels a breeze.
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PHASE TWO: Giuliana’s Closet, Bill’s Bar, & Duke’s Closet
The Approach
The Rancic Reveal is the perfect example of our Signature Home Organizing service. We take a whole-home approach to organization, creating systems that flow throughout the house and make maintaining a stylish and functional space a joy. We take the time to know your family's preferences, goals, and routines to bring harmony and function to the home in a way that works for everyone.
Giuliana’s Primary Closet
Giuliana's closet is just like her—timeless, elegant, and effortlessly cool. From the Gucci wallpaper to the gold accents, this space has a lot to love.
The CHANEL Jacket
Giuliana shared so many wonderful stories of pieces that held memories and one jacket that she was excited to share with us was a gorgeous sequin jacket by CHANEL.
For those that don’t know, before starting Graceful Spaces 7 years ago, Rebecka worked for CHANEL corporate in Manhattan. Long story short, this VERY JACKET is a piece that Rebecka shared with buyers many many years ago!
For the full story, visit the saved “Rancic” highlight on Instagram!
Handbags
Our team designed every corner of the closet to tell a story. In past closets, Giuliana relied on clutch organizers to store purses, but we wanted this new space to be more of a showcase where the bags served as functional decor.
Game-Changing HANDBAG Products
Giuliana has a large collection of cutches, wallets, and small handbags so we opted for this acrylic organizer. Not only does this solution allow you to see what you have, making it easier to shop from your collection, it also offers the added benefit of preserving the form of your most cherished bags.
Investment handbags should be stored with meticulous care to safeguard the structural integrity for years ahead. These handbag shapers allow you to beautifully display your favorite pieces in your closet, while maintaining the shape.
We love using acrylic stands for handbag display. If you have open shelving in your closet, this is a great way to display your favorite, most memorable pieces.
Shoes & Sneakers
One of our favorite moments in Giuliana’s closet was when she shared tons of amazing stories from the red carpet! Each pair of shoes holds a special memory and what an experience hearing G tell us about some of her favorites!!
Our favorite story? Giuliana was gifted a pair of Nike’s for her wedding day (the same wedding day as Christina’s!!!) that are engraved with the date. They are incredible and she completely lit up telling us about them!
While Giuliana has an incredible collection of stilettos and heels, it's the sneakers that truly have her heart. She’s a sneaker gal and you can tell by her amazing collection. The Graceful Spaces team highlighted a few of her favorite pairs of sneakers in the front of her closet for display, while more everyday, activewear sneakers were stored in the back of her closet where they can easily be accessed but aren’t as visible.
AN ELEVATED SOLUTION
Giuliana has a beautiful, and large, shoe collection, which meant that the Graceful Spaces team had to maximize every inch of her closet. Under the hanging clothing, we opted for acrylic shoe shelves, which not only gave us space for additional shoes but also they complemented her super chic closet perfectly.
Jewelry & accessories
We love using Stackers to maximize drawer space and keep micro-categories front and center. Our goal was to make everything—from readers to watches and fine jewelry—visible and easily accessible during busy morning routines. Bamboo inserts finish the drawer space, offering additional organization while maintaining a custom look.
Statement Pieces
One of the best parts about working with an entertainment icon? The clothes. Giuliana has an incredible wardrobe of pieces worn to the Met Gala, red carpet events, and her most recent book cover. We designed the hanging space throughout to give each piece plenty of breathing room, making every trip into the closet a walk down memory lane:
Everyday wear items such as active and loungewear were placed in built-in drawers with bamboo drawer dividers to create boundaries between categories.
Did you know?
Giuliana has a must-see clothing line!! G by Giuliana had a record-breaking debut on HSN in 2012. We had the pleasure of getting our hands on many of her pieces and we fell in LOVE! Our favorite piece? This belt bag is amazing!!
The Bar
Giuliana has her own Prosecco line (yes, we’ve tried it and yes, it’s AMAZING!) which meant the bar area had to be in tip top share to prepare a glass at a moments notice!
We channeled a seamless and sleek look in the bar with stylish, functional decor. Acrylic trays continued the clean design into the drawers, while a bar basket, by Neat Method, helped create micro-categories for barware essentials.
Simple was key in this space, therefore, we opted for The Home Edit drawer organizers and tall inserts for bar essentials and napkins. To create boundaries for the liquor and wine decanters, we opted for these beautiful acrylic trays.
PRO TIP: Who says function can't be fashionable? Functional decor like baskets and trays are an excellent option for storing items you frequently move from room to room.
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Duke’s Closet
Giuliana's preteen son needed a closet space he could grow into, so we focused on creating sustainable systems. We love the little touches throughout this space. The closet is bright and minimal, making the blue ladder a perfect pop of color.
We're all about empowering kids to take ownership of their space, and this age is the perfect time to introduce categories. Led by organizers Debbie and Georgina, the team sorted items into categories, hanging clothing wherever possible to make maintenance a breeze. Baskets with magnetic labels from the Neat Method offer easy storage solutions to swap out as needed. A desk—one of our favorite ways to add function and maximize closet space—was the perfect place to store school supplies, a guitar, and fun decor.
The Graceful Spaces team had a few goals for this space:
Create empowering systems that allow Duke to participate in the upkeep of his closet.
Transition organizational product that better fits a pre-teen. (Ex: Swapped kids hangers out with adult hangers)
Create clear categories to ensure everyone (including Duke) can keep up with the systems put in place.
Leave room for growth! As he adds to his collection over time, the systems will not need to be reconfigured but rather provide a natural transition.
PRO TIP: Are you looking to reduce clutter and give your closet space some breathing room? Create Memory, Donate, or Seasonal bins and store them up top.
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