When Jessica Koslow quietly announced to her friends last year that she was starting a business called Sqirl, making fruit preserves from organic, locally-grown fruit using only natural pectin, nobody blinked an eye. Jessica knows how to make things happen, and nowhere is it more evident than in her remodeled mid-century kitchen, where big marble countertops give her plenty of room to experiment with flavors (blood orange and Campari marmalade, yum) and deep blue cabinets store ingredients gathered during her travels around the world.
We have the deepest admiration for cooks who remodel their own kitchens. The mess, the dust, the terrifying tangles of pipes and wires — it looks like a traumatic process. But when that process turns out a kitchen as stunningly beautiful and pristine as Josh and Maria's — well, it's downright amazing. Josh and Maria (of the food blog Two Peas and Their Pod) live in Salt Lake City, and with just a little help, Josh took this kitchen from plain and dated to sleek and white. Read on for before photos, and more! More
Haewon is a working mom who lives in Forest Hills, New York, with her husband and two daughters. When they bought their very first home, she had a lot of requirements for the kitchen, since she loves to cook with her girls. This kitchen had it all. She did add a little cabinet space so she can squirrel away all her appliances, since she admits that she has nearly every kitchen small appliance you can think of! Come see how well she uses her kitchen, and the sweet details that make this such a great place for her to cook with her little girls. More
You've met Ivy Manning, here at The Kitchn — we reviewed her wonderful book, The Adaptable Feast, which is full of satisfying meals for vegetarians, omnivores, and everyone else at the table. We love Ivy's cooking and writing, so we were cheering her on this past year while she and her husband remodeled their 1940s bungalow kitchen. Here's a peek at their kitchen, and some thoughts on remodeling a kitchen for a professional. More
Ariana is a long-time Kitchn reader who shared her sweet Portland kitchen with us in last year's Small Cool Kitchens contest. Since then, however, she has moved with her husband and daughter to a 300-year-old rental home in Bavaria, Germany. Here's a peek into her charming German kitchen! More
















































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