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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While we love the eye candy our weekly Cook's Kitchen Tours give us, our favorite element has to be all the creative storage solutions! Whether it's finding a clever way to make use of every last inch of space, or developing a way to keep appliances and utensils neat and organized, we live for those aha! moments when we see something we know we can implement in our own kitchen. Here are 15 smart storage solutions from our Kitchen Tour archives:

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I hinted earlier this spring that I might be headed into a kitchen renovation, and sure enough, we are in the depths of kitchen planning right now! We've moved past the basic layout, and the budget (see our readers' real-life stories of how much they spent on kitchen remodeling), and now we're thinking about finishes. Personally, I'm almost settled on wood cabinets and some kind of white countertop (quartz? white granite? marble?). I love this look, and I wanted to share some of my favorite pieces of inspiration with you. Here are 10 lovely white and wood kitchens. More

We normally see penny tile in the bathroom; it's much less common in the kitchen. But how fun and playful are these little round tiles? Spread on a wall, we think they make a space look bigger—and they're a nice, still-classic alternative to the ubiquitous subway tile. More

Take a peek at this utterly loved kitchen that's been rehabbed by its occupants to function once again. The home, having sat empty for two years, is located in South Pasadena, California in an area called Caltrans, which had once-upon-a-time been planned for a freeway extension that never came to fruition. Putting love and time into their home, Fi and Livvy transformed this 700 square feet into a space that's warm and livable, and above all, theirs. More

Our sister site Apartment Therapy is running their Room for Color contest, an annual celebration of color in the home in all its incarnations, from soft and subtle to bold and bright. And of course we're most interested in the kitchens, so we went looking for our favorite kitchens in this contest. Want to see what we found?

There's a bright, modern kitchen done up in chartreuse, and a sleek space with a pop of red in the kitchen rug. There's a bold blue and brown kitchen, and another inspired by a Tiffany jewel box. Another kitchen reminds me of a Penguin paperback book. All use color in interesting ways; it's amazing what a little paint can do! Come take a peek into all 10 of these colorful, real-life kitchens. More

Today we announced that we're going to launch this year's Small Cool Kitchens contest next week! So here's a look back at the previous times we've run this contest (2007 and 2010), and some of the inspiring winners and finalists. From a bold little kitchen in Minnesota, to a classic renovation in Cambridge, take a peek at some of the past favorites. More

Recently Apartment Therapy featured the digs of Monica in Kansas City and her Plaza apartment plays host to some serious Hollywood glamour. Her kitchen is long and skinny with fantastic light and a beautiful color palette that's just begging to have a meal cooked in it! More

Apartment Therapy's biggest event of the year, Small Cool 2011 just wrapped, and the winners were announced. It was a complete festival of inspiring compact homes this year — nearly 200 entries from teeny-tiny to small. We took this as an opportunity to dig through this year's entries and pull out the most inspiring small kitchens. From sleek, all-white modern kitchens to simple and homey spaces, here are 30 small kitchens to inspire. More

Our sister site, Apartment Therapy, is in the final stretch of one of our favorite yearly events: Room for Color! It's a wonderful celebration of readers' own homes and the ways they bring color in! Here is a look at the kitchens from this year's contest — gorgeous yellow, blue, aqua, and even purple! More