When Kitchn reader Debra bought her apartment in the Marais district of Paris in 2007, the kitchen had not been renovated since the 1950's. Needless to say, it needed a lot work! But because it was small and opened into the living room, she also wanted it to feel integrated with the rest of the house, to have a bit of a bibliothèque feel. Here's what she did: More

Kitchen pull-outs are a dreamy feature of custom kitchens, making access to things like trash, recycling, and pantry essentials much easier. Here's a new twist on the pull-out theme: Basket drawers for root vegetables and fruit. Would you do this, if you had the chance? More

Arne Jacobsen's Egg Chair is an all-encompassing egg-shaped upholstered design that's typically set up as a comfy reading spot or a place to kick back with the matching ottoman and watch some TV. Despite its name, we have never—until now—seen it in the kitchen, of all places: More

How would you like to sink down into a comfortable, cushy armchair in the midst of a cooking marathon? How about if that armchair was right next to the stove or the kitchen table? We expect to see armchairs in living rooms and bedrooms, but the kitchen is more unusual—although not unheard of, as you can see from the photos above. What do you think? Is this a great idea, or a cleaning job waiting to happen?
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Brooklyn-based design firm Workstead isn't big on color. Founders Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith, both graduates of the architecture program at Rhode Island School of Design, don't rely on bright paint color to give their work its beauty. ("Too easy, no integrity.") Rather, their designs spring from "the poetic (but still very regimented) use of materials," according to Dwell. So for a client's kitchen redesign, they decided to use brass as their color. More

If you've already renovated a kitchen or are just beginning the process, you know how overwhelming the details can be. Our Fittings and Material Spotlights are quick guides to basic kitchen fixtures and materials to familiarize you with terminology, pros and cons, and relevant reader reviews. Today we look at the pros and cons of hardwood flooring in the kitchen. More

Otomi fabric is handmade by Otomi Indians of Hidalgo, Mexico. The Otomi patterns (which are hand-embroidered in the traditional fabrics and printed in the manufactured facsimiles) are said to come from the ancient cliff drawings of the region. We love the bright colors and bold geometries of Otomi fabrics and would welcome such a lively print to the tabletop in our otherwise plain-Jane dining room: More

I definitely have a morning coffee ritual. I'm a fan of the pour-over coffee method, and I look forward to that one perfect cup to jumpstart my day. But despite the formality of my brewing method, everything else about the process is pretty jumbled, with carafes, mugs, coffee beans, and electric teapot all stored in different parts of my small kitchen. Perhaps that's why I'm drawn to the pretty organization of a separate morning coffee area. Maybe it's set up in a cabinet or just arranged neatly on a sideboard, but it seems fitting to devote an area to such a crucial, enjoyable part of the morning. More photos below: More

If you can't already tell, Dutch-born Yvonne Eijkenduijn (the woman behind the blog Yvestown) loves white and pink. She currently lives in Lommel, Belgium in "an old gentleman's house from 1896," and has been busy updating her home in her two signature colors. The kitchen is particularly sweet, decorated in a mix of soft pastels, including mint green pendant lights, a baby blue refrigerator, and pink accent pieces. See more photos below: More

I've seen a lot of tiny kitchens sporting equally tiny islands, and if you're set on having an island, it is possible. But how can you tell if an island will work in your kitchen? There's one important dimension you need to know. More