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Recycled Wine Box Kitchen Cabinets
Paris

Marianne's Paris apartment didn't come with cabinets. "I didn't want to get an IKEA like everyone else," Marianne says. A DIY kind of gal, she started collecting empty wooden wine crates from supermar...

Good Question: Help Me Find This White Crock!

From reader K.: Does anyone know the origin of this beehive crock featured on the Macy's Bridal Registry homepage? I've searched high and low for it on the internet, but I've haven't come up with a...

Summer Picnics: Best Monogrammed Coolers

If you're planning on hitting the park or the beach and want to keep your food and drinks chilled while you're there, you need an easy-to-carry, soft-sided travel cooler. And we like a little preppy t...

Loving: Ole Palsby Glass Storage Jars

We are moving in about a month, and we are looking forward to a big project: making over our pantry storage. We have been waiting for a big move and now we're finally going to invest in good glass sto...

Good Product: Double-Tier Produce Basket

We had a question last winter about the best way to store fruits and vegetables. We wish we would have seen this double-tier produce basket then, because this is truly a good product. ...

Picnicware: The Wine Quiver

Too hot to eat indoors? Does a picnic in the park sound good right now? Take a chilly-cold bottle of wine with you; just strap it on with this wine quiver from Gräf & Lantz. ...

No More Plastic Bags: Kootsac Food Storage Sacks

We just mentioned our love of bulk bins and buying grains and spices as we need them - instead of in big and unwieldy packages. But we don't really love the disposable plastic bags in bulk food sectio...

Lovely Barware: Restoration Hardware's Hayworth Line

We don't really think of Restoration Hardware as a go-to spot for kitchen things; we think of them more as a spot for expensive furniture and doorknobs. But they have a lovely set of barware, done in ...

Design Friday: Gâteau Dish Set

Whimsical and frilly, this stoneware set of dishes also brings a whole new idea of practicality to storing your plates and bowls... ...

Good Product: Spin N' Stor

When one has a small kitchen, one wants as little clutter as possible. This can be hard to do with so much necessary kitchen equipment, and when we find something that's practical and compact, we jum...

Hot or Not? Hook and Go Urban Shopper

Strolling the farmers' markets in Los Angeles, I'm seeing these contraptions everywhere, much more than in New York. Oddly, they're often hanging with plastic bags. Is that the point? ...

Pile Wine Rack

We mentioned UMA's bread bags the other day, and we can't resist mentioning one other product we really liked in their current offerings. ...

Liking: Bread Bags from UMA

How do you serve and store your bread? Storing bread in plastic is very bad for it, but we find that paper bags let it get stale too quickly. So we've been eyeing a fabric bread bag for a long time, a...

Good Product: 9-Bottle Bag

What a great idea! Here's a sturdy nylon bag that has 9 individual compartments for transporting nine 1.5 liter bottles....

Seen at ICFF: Lap Mug, Knee Mug, Knife Hooks and More from Thelermont Hupton England

We've seen these lap mugs and knee mugs - clever and yet oddly impractical in their very practicality - but there was even more from Hupton, a design group from England. Click through to see the next ...

Good Question: Best Modern Shopping Carts?

Here's a good question from reader Ria on the best modern shopping trolley or carts. We have answers below... Any idea of where to find a modern shopping cart to fit my modern self? Thanks, Ria B....

Good Product? Keepeez Vacuum-Sealed Lids

We were reading the comments on our post about storing leftovers and noticed ksmile's enthusiastic endorsement of Keepeez lids. When we went looking for more information, we found a promo video on Y...

Good Idea: The Perfect Peanut Butter Jar

Look at this! It may be the most perfect peanut butter jar ever. Instead of all those curvy unreachable corners, and a bottom that keeps the last bits of precious peanut butter away from your groping ...

Good Question: Creative Ways to Display Cookie Cutters?

Here's a fun and interesting question from Lou. This is a different sort of question for us - any creative ideas from you kitchen decorators? Lou asks... I'm looking for a cool way/decorative way to ...

Where to Buy Commercial Rolls of Plastic Wrap

There have been several comments about the industrial-sized roll of plastic wrap on chef Dan Kluger's counter, pictured in yesterday's Brooklyn Kitchen Tour. Personally, we lack the counter space for...

Etsy Treasure: Tennessee Limestone Utensil Holder

Do you have a crock of utensils by your stove? We use a big glass jar, which is functional but overcrowded. It also tends to get greasy and splattered. We are really liking this three-well limestone u...

Quick Tip: How To Keep Meringue Crispy

In our humble (as always) opinion, crunching down on a sweet airy meringue is one of life's great pleasures. Since just a few egg whites yields dozens of meringue bites, we can eat a belly-full and st...

Moving and Storage: Padded Dish Holders

Packing is a pain, especially when it comes to stacks of dishes. We're in the process of moving, and we just pulled out our padded china cozies. They hold our expensive dishes all the time but are esp...

Picnic Season: Acrylic Drink Dispensers from Pottery Barn

Maybe it's just the food styling and the deliciously frosty-looking drinks inside, but we are really drawn to these new drink dispensers from Pottery Barn. ...

The Bake Porter: Bake, Carry, and Serve in Style

We just received some very nice shots of a product we loved at the Housewares show. It's a very simple idea, really, but well-executed and nicely made. Remember those cute cupcakes we posted this morn...

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