I'm really digging this kitchen color combo. The dark olive green cabinets really work with the sky blue walls. A full-on olive kitchen would be too heavy and dark, but the blue serves to lighten the look just enough. It's a little retro feeling, but just modern enough. What do you think? More

If kitchen eye candy is your thing, we had quite the year for that. A number of our Kitchen Tours upped the ante in the glam department with sleek appliances, custom detailing, and other jaw-dropping elements that had us pinning them to our "Dream Kitchen" board post-haste. Here are 10 favorites to feast your eyes on: More

Aren't these kitchen cabinets striking? The owners hand-carved the tree pattern using an electric router. Stunning! More

If you live in a small home and still love to entertain, you know that hosting dinner parties requires a bit of space planning. Do you borrow a few extra chairs? Haul out a card table from your storage unit? Set up a few cushions on the floor? If you had Orla Reynolds' brilliant shelf, you'd have two tables and four dining chairs conveniently at the ready. Can you spot them? More

You see the multi-colored kitchen wall in the photo above? You'll never believe what it's made out of. Care to take a guess? More

Last summer an article the Wall Street Journal noted that "Moroccan tiles are to the kitchen what wallpaper is to the bedroom: They add so much depth and warmth." That is undoubtedly what could be said of this kitchen. The floor-to-ceiling tile pattern is simultaneously soft yet vibrant, and full of personality! More

This is definitely the most unique backsplash we've ever seen: it's made up of not one, not two, but three different ceramic tile patterns, each of them flowing right into the next. You can see two of the patterns above - jump below to check out the third pattern! More

Apartment Therapy's Room for Color contest is going on right now, and while we love checking out all the rooms, naturally we gravitate to the kitchen entries. The contest is organized around the type of palette used - warm, cool, light or dark. If you're afraid of color or don't know how to successfully bring it into your kitchen, this is a perfect way to gather inspiration and boost your color confidence! More

When we see open kitchen storage it's usually in the form of floating shelves. But for those who want the look without quite that much exposure, try this: cabinet cubbies! More

Dining rooms are a place to get dramatic. They're often used for entertaining and they're a room where we might take risks we would't dare elsewhere. That's where eggplant comes in. It might a a vegetable (a fruit, actually), but it's also a dark, rich, sexy color that would make a bold statement in the dining room: More