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Before & After: Kelly Moseley's Calming Austin Kitchen

When Kelly Moseley lived in New York City, she was always envious of a certain friend with a large kitchen island. So when she and her husband Louie bought a 1930s cottage in Austin, Texas, she made...

A Sleek and Sunny Kitchen Renovation
Canadian House & Home

Take a look at this sleek kitchen renovation — you won't believe the before photo! It looks just like many, many small kitchens that we've seen lately. ...

So Cozy for Fall: Two Dark and Dreamy Kitchens
Country Living

Last month we devoted a lot of space to bringing color into the kitchen. But we'll admit that browns, grays, and black remain some of our favorite colors for home decor—yes, even in the kitchen. (Re...

Kitchen Makeover: Anna's Troublesome (Or Not) Pink Tile
My Kitchen Needs a Makeover!

Name: Anna Location: Miami Rent or own? Rent What does your kitchen need? A whole new look. It has pink tile counters and a matching tile back splash and old while cabinets. ...

Rental Kitchen Makeover: Cambria's Colorful $80 Budget

Cambria at our sister site Re-Nest just did a quick, loving makeover of her rental kitchen for only $80. She took doors off cabinets, hung pictures, and added some colorful paper for a fast, cozy upgr...

Space Saver: Fold-Up Gas Burners from Alpes Inox

We saw these very cool flip-up gas ranges over at our sister site Unplggd and had to share them with you. In the right kitchen, these could make all the difference between having no counter space and...

Create a Collage of Kitchen Tools: Two Examples
LivingEtc

We've talked a lot about using a peg board in the kitchen to store pots and pans within easy reach on the wall. We don't have the space for a peg board, but we like the look and functionality, so we'r...

How To Replace a Kitchen Faucet: Our Experience

Earlier this week we asked you if you had ever considered replacing the faucet in a rental kitchen. We realized this could be a simple way to upgrade our kitchen, and this week we did it as our Kitc...

Organization Inspiration: New Pantry Closet
The Fall 2009 Kitchen Cure

How's the Kitchen Cure going? Is your kitchen now neat as a pin? Or do you feel woefully behind? If it's the latter — don't give up! Just do what you can this weekend; just a half hour of purgin...

Two Reasons to Put a Dry Erase Board in the Kitchen

I recently put a small, inexpensive dry erase board on the refrigerator, and it's been so useful. Here are two simple ways I have been using it! ...

Rental Kitchen Upgrade: Replace the Faucet

We've talked about rental kitchen upgrades (how far would you go?) and special kitchen projects, and it seems like many of us are willing to go beyond new curtains or a coat of paint to make a long-te...

Ugly Countertops: A Few Solutions

Maybe you have a rental kitchen. Maybe you don't have the resources to renovate a kitchen that you own. But you're stuck with ugly, cracked, or disfigured countertops. What to do? Here are a few creat...

Rental Kitchen Renovation: How Far Would You Go?

Are you in a long-term rental? Does your kitchen need some help? Do you ever dream about painting the walls or the cabinets, replacing the countertop, or changing out the linoleum? How far would you (...

Look Up! A Kitchen With a Ladder (and More Storage)

A ladder in the kitchen? We've dreamed of a library lined with bookshelves and a sliding ladder, but we never thought about a ladder in the kitchen. But that turned out to be exactly the right solutio...

Bold Wallpaper for a Famous NYC Cookie Baker
New York Magazine

We love how this kitchen has clean, crisp modern touches right alongside some really traditional elements—the toile-like wallpaper and the wooden cabinet (maybe it's antique?) tucked into the far ri...

Using Color in the Kitchen
Guest Post from Johnny Grey of Johnny Grey Studios

Art, paint and pattern: three spirit-raising tools that I use in every project. They exist in the kitchen as part of the fabric of the design. Can you have a happy or home environment without them? Co...

Look! A Semi-Circular Kitchen Island

Last spring Sunset ran a project that invited readers to vote on and help design a dream kitchen. The whole kitchen has been built since then, and contrary to what might be expected from a design-by-c...

A Modern Mid-Century Kitchen Renovation

Take a look at this kitchen transformation from Portland, Oregon. We love this: a tired old 80s-style kitchen with those terribly bland rental kitchen cabinets was remodeled back to its classic-midc...

Fall Color! Kitchens from Room for Color Contest 2009

Have you been following the Room for Color contest on Apartment Therapy? We have, and we've been especially interested in the colorful kitchens that have popped up among the entries. Here's a peek a...

What Color Is Your Kitchen?

We've been talking color, color, color this month, with the Fall Colors Contest in full swing, and with harvest in glorious color all around us. But we've never really asked you directly: What col...

Order Up! Retro Accessories for a Diner-Style Kitchen

Ah, diners! We sip watery coffee out of thick mugs, douse our hash browns with ketchup from a squeeze bottle, and love every minute of it. Wouldn't it be great to bring a little of that relaxed, bre...

Kitchen Organization: Where Do You Store Wine?

We can't all have a trapdoor wine cellar under our kitchen floor. Lacking that extravagant home feature, where (and how) do you store your wine? ...

Kitchen Design: Color For The Long Term
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

So, we are ending this series on color in the kitchen by looking to the future and thinking about color, and how you can use it as part of your kitchen design over time. Do you have a crystal ball? I ...

Modern Kitchen Design: A New Authenticity
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

The modern kitchen is not so easy to define these days. I can think of a variety of kitchen themes which could have the word or concept "modern" attached to it: the new traditional, modern/rustic, eco...

White Kitchens: The Absence of Color
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

For me, there can be a never-ending discussion on the virtues and properties of the white kitchen. We call a white kitchen classic. White IS a classic in kitchen design, for decades, and at this mom...