Textile designer Rachel Craven's Los Angeles home is an ode to her craft. Everywhere you look you see the evidence of her handiwork: the handmade linens and curtains, the accessories and artwork she obtained by bartering with other creatives. The home is cozy and warm, a little "bi-coastal beatnik" as she described it in this Apartment Therapy House Tour. The kitchen is particularly homey, with its vintage Wedgewood stove, packed pantry, and shelves of linens, china, and ceramics. More

Rebekah Carey McNall's sweet cottage kitchen in Oakland, California has tons of personality. The kitchen retains a lot of the original 1920's detailing, made all the more charming because of the colorful accessories dotting the space: a yellow vintage shelf, a 1940's rooster tin, and gorgeous vintage glassware from the 60's (bought in France). More

Alan's Hollywood Hills home is a dream: fantastic view, an office with a fireplace, a speakeasy (yes!), and a newly remodeled kitchen with an oh-so-pretty blue backslash. See more photos below: More

You see it over and over again: people get a house and they immediately jump in and start changing it, ripping things out, buying furniture, redecorating. "Everyone wants the big reveal of a finished house as quickly as possible," said designer Jason Martin in this Apartment Therapy House Tour. But "that just never works." He and his partner Jon live in a 1932 two-floor apartment duplex in Longwood Highland, Los Angeles, and rather than change/update everything, they're letting the space develop a personality of its own. And the vintage kitchen is a result of this "letting things alone" philosophy. More

Love bright colors? Go for it if it's your thing, but use it sparingly so you don't get sick of it. That's the advice of Austin-based stylist Laurel Kinney, as told to Apartment Therapy in this recent House Tour. She admits it was a risk to install a chartreuse kitchen counter in her kitchen, but it works: "The rest of the kitchen was kept neutral it doesn't fight so much for attention and blends in nicely with the rest of the house's vibe."
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The first thing I noticed about this Lake Hollywood kitchen is the tremendous copper hood above the stove. Come to find out it looks so lovely because its owner, Chay, scrubbed the old ugly varnish off herself to reveal the gorgeous natural color beneath. The rest of the kitchen is warm and woody, with butcher block countertops, dishes from Heath Ceramics (her biggest indulgence), and polished concrete floors. More

This Georgetown kitchen has so much to love in it, starting with the fact that it extends through the dining room and straight out into the lush green garden in back. Anna and Joe say it's "heaven" to entertain in their "kitchen/dining room/garden," especially with the extra long table extension Joe built from wood and steel pipes, which goes from the inside all the way out into the garden. More

Susan is an entertainer extraordinaire, an expert at bringing together an eclectic group of people for an evening (or morning, or afternoon!) of delicious food, cocktails, even live entertainment. And all the magic starts in her San Francisco kitchen, where she admittedly cooks "all the time" for entertaining friends a few times a week. Comfortable, cozy, homey - who wouldn't want to sit at her countertop and breathe in the delicious smells coming from her stovetop and oven? More

Laura's Portland kitchen is a lovely reminder to cherish things that are worn down, and to embrace the imperfect. Despite the fact that a lot of things in her 1930's apartment are old and in need of replacement, the glass cabinets that line the entire wall in the kitchen are original, and as charming as ever. They're also the best way to display Laura's collection of vintage dishes, bowls, glasses, and other curios. More

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