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Color in the Kitchen...On the Cheap
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

You look at the kitchen and you immediately get groggy, with a big fly-catching yawn, and before you get totally cranky, you know something has to change. If change doesn't come, no court will convi...

California Modern: Five Small & Inspiring Kitchens

The Los Angeles neighborhoods of Silver Lake and Los Feliz are havens of residential modern architecture, and this weekend we got a chance to peek inside several of these gems during the 2009 MAK Ce...

A Kitchen Modeled after a San Francisco Restaurant
Dwell

If you're a fan of industrial-looking kitchens that still feel suited to a warm, family home... you're welcome. There are a lot of inspiring things about this kitchen (the open shelving with sliding d...

Color Splash: Decorating with Bunting

We had always thought of bunting as a festive, but temporary, way to decorate for parties and special occasions. But then we came across an image of a garland incorporated into kitchen decor and lov...

A Pinch of Sugar Color
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

We're celebrating color on the table and in the kitchen this month! We asked Susan Serra of the great site The Kitchen Designer to inspire us this week with some colorful kitchen spaces, and with some...

Survey: Side-by-Side or Top-Bottom Fridge and Freezer?

Both styles are pretty common in rental apartments as well as freshly renovated kitchens. Which do you prefer? We can debate the pros and cons below....

Can this Awkward Kitchen Space Become a Pantry?

We have some wasted space in our kitchen. It's a little nook at the back of the room with angled walls and a door that leads nowhere. Inspired by this post on using every inch of a small kitchen, w...

Look! A Tiny Eating Nook in a Small City Kitchen
Country Living

This kitchen looks more traditional than many of the ones we feature here at The Kitchn (maybe it's the mural painted on the back wall?) but it belongs to a very sophisticated lady- opera star Renee F...

Color Over Your Head! A Gallery of Kitchen Ceilings

Need a reason to look up from your cutting board? What about painting your ceiling in beautiful, vibrant color! Here are seven kitchen ceilings that recently caught our attention and made us start e...

Small Space Storage: Build a Spice Rack With a Ruler!

We're always looking for examples of better spice storage, so we really liked this creative solution from reader Amy, who used an unusual object to construct her spice rack! ...

50 Kitchen Ideas from Ina Garten
House Beautiful

OK, 50 is a liiiittle bit of an overstatement, considering many of the "ideas" are product placements from the House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year that was on display in Rockefeller Center. However...

How To Make an Over-the-Door Pot Rack

Our stream of reader pot rack solutions continues, with one more clever idea from reader Theresa. She didn't have much room for a pot rack in her small kitchen, so she created an over-the-door version...

Martha Stewart's Sleek New York City Kitchen

Would you expect a Martha Stewart kitchen to look this industrial? We don't think this is a new kitchen (in fact, given the slight graininess of the photos and, OK, the overalls, it might be pretty ol...

Pros and Cons of the Fisher & Paykel Dish Drawers
Product Reviews

We've been seeing more and more of these dish drawers in small kitchens. Ours came with our apartment, which had recently been renovated, and now that we've been using them for more than a year, we ha...

How To Paint (and Stencil) a Kitchen Floor

We've had quite a bit of focus on the kitchen floor lately, what with this gallery of painted floors and a look at painted floor cloths. Reader Jacqueline was inspired to send us her own kitchen floor...

Small Rental Kitchen Upgrade: Swap Out the Switch Plates

Looking for small, inexpensive ways to make a rental kitchen just a little bit nicer? Here's one tip that we always follow when we move into a new home: Replace the switch plates and outlet covers. ...

Before & After: Two Changes that Make a Huge Difference
Canadian House & Home

This kitchen doesn't look too shabby, right? Well, this is the before. The after looks fairly similar, but with some really smart changes that greatly improve functionality without requiring a complet...

Five Chic and Inspiring Paris Kitchens

We recently discovered Haven in Paris, a group of apartments for rent in Paris and other parts of France. We started browsing through these lovely apartments and were instantly smitten with the desi...

Small Space Solution: How To Make a Vertical Pot Rack

Mary, a reader, just sent an email showing us her pot rack solution for a small kitchen. She doesn't have a lot of room in the kitchen for a full-sized pot rack, since their kitchen has only eight fee...

Ugly Kitchen Floor? Change It with a Floor Cloth

One of the biggest complaints, and hardest things to change, about a rental kitchen is the floor. When you own a kitchen you can put down new tile or wood floors — but even then you may not wa...

A Dramatic, Elegant Kitchen in an Old Loft

Elizabeth's post yesterday on creating a living room atmosphere in the kitchen reminded us of this moody, elegant kitchen. The atmospheric qualities of this kitchen definitely surpass any living room ...

Lamps and Wing Chairs: Living Room Details in the Kitchen

We've all uttered some variation of the phrase, "I practically live in my kitchen," or, "When guests are over, everyone ends up in the kitchen." Which is why we love seeing accents that you'd usuall...

Classic Design: A Gallery of Subway Tiles in the Kitchen

Subway tiles are a common element in bathrooms, but we love the way they look in a kitchen. There's something about the shape and brick-like pattern that makes them look more modern than square tile...

Can a Julia Child-Style Peg Board Work In My Kitchen?
Good Questions

Q: Last week, Mark Bittman of the New York Times blogged about photographer Pedro Guerrero's experience shooting Julia Child's kitchen. I fell in LOVE with her peg board wall — it would be the m...

Help Jill's Dark and Quirky Mad Men Kitchen
My Kitchen Needs a Makeover!

Name: Jill Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rent or own? Own Jill's kitchen is dark, quirky, outdated, and reminiscent of Mad Men's 1960s style. We have some suggestions and inspiration photos ...