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Thermochromic Pot Changes Colors as it Heats Up!

Remember those hypercolor t-shirts from the 1980's? Well apply that visually novel idea to cookware and that's basically the idea for the Coral cooking pots, a concept which gives would-be Giadas a vi...

Cranberry Holiday Decor

By late next week, most of us will probably be eating cranberries in some form or another. But what about using the pretty red berries in holiday decor? • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy...

Celebrity Designed Limited Edition AGA Cookers

AGA Rangemaster launched four limited edition celebrity designed cookers to celebrate the 300 year anniversary of the Coalbrookdale foundry where all AGAs are born. The launch will form part of the â€...

Safeguard Yourself From Burns With LED Faucet

It's a given that almost everyone has scalded their hands from water that was just too hot. Wouldn't it just be easier to be able to tell the temperature of the water with a simple glance? • R...

Beer-Cycle Bottle Opener by Raphael Betillon

Combining two of our favorite things (bikes and beer!), French architect Raphael Betillon takes forks from old bicycles found in junkyards or bike cemeteries, cuts them in half and repurposes the bike...

10 Digital Kitchen Scales We Love

A little over a year ago we extolled the virtues of the kitchen scale. I had, like the author of this post, thought that kitchen scales were something for calorie counters and that I was quite all rig...

Thankgiving Tables from Flickr

In search of inspiration for setting our table this year, I turned to Flickr and found a good mix of traditional, modern, colorful and crafty tables! • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy...

VAP Cooking Steamer Concept

Since we live in a one person at a time sized kitchen, we think this kitchen steaming appliance concept from French designer Arthur Senant is a good once, since it requires the use of one less stove b...

Affordable Cocktail Party Basics to Keep on Hand

Yesterday I wrote about a few bold accent pieces to glam up your parties, so today let's take a look at some basic, inexpensive party staples that are great to have on hand if you like to entertain. ...

Feeling Qooqy? Qooq, a Computer for the Kitchen

As an avid home baker with a penchant for recipes found on blogs, we frequently bring the laptop into the kitchen. We try our best to avoid spills but have often toyed with the idea of having tech tha...

Philippe Starck Kitchens for Warendorf

Oh la la! Philippe Stark has created 4 different kitchen sets which are meant to inspire healthy living. And because food and culture are so closely connected, he's done something quite logical: added...

Upcycled Recipe Card Boxes by Karen Malcolm

Recipe card boxes may seem like a quaint idea in the Internet age, but these Joseph Cornell-inspired upcycled boxes by Karen Malcolm make me start to rethink my recipe (non) organization system. &bul...

Round Up: Kitchen Splashbacks

After much planning we finally purchased a new kitchen last weekend. We will be installing it in about 3 week and have everything sorted — except the splashback. Over the past 4 days we’ve bee...

Budget-Friendly Advice For This Kitchen?

Q: My partner and I just bought our first home and we have no idea what to do with the kitchen. We are on a tight budget but also have conflicting ideas. My partner would like to paint the oak cabinet...

StillTasty: The Ultimate Shelf Life Guide

Milk, peanut butter, oil, tomatoes, beans – when do they go bad and what can we do with them before they expire? How should they be stored? Can they be frozen or microwaved? Not knowing the answers ...

1,001 Uses for White Distilled Vinegar

We love white distilled vinegar. We don't love the way it smells. But we love it. It's pretty cheap, it's non-toxic, environmentally-friendly, and you can use it to do (literally) like a thousand th...

How to Have a Gorgeous and Organized Kitchen!

Frustrated with your kitchen? Know the space could be better? We asked a local expert for her advice on what you can do today to improve your kitchen, how to work around the most common kitchen design...

Modern & Contemporary Tea Sets

One of the things we love about cool weather is the chance to drink more hot tea. Although we hardly ever practice the ritual of "teatime" in my home, it's nice every once in a while to pull out the s...

How To: Never Waste Food Again

If you live in San Francisco, where throwing out your food scraps is now illegal, you're probably looking for more ways to use every last bit of your produce and other food waste. • Read the ful...

Flickr Finds: Adding Color with Vintage Pyrex

Displaying vintage Pyrex in your home is a simple way to add a splash of color and personality. Enjoy this Flickr inspiration for some ideas on showing off your wares. You can go full-on with a Pyrex ...

Lego Kitchen

So an entire lego house is amazing. Just, amazing. But perhaps just a touch of Lego--say just a kitchen island--could be a subtle homage to the architectural toy... Who are we kidding!?! It's ridiculo...

Spice Up Your Kitchen With The Bosch Classic Fridge

Bosch has recently redesigned their iconic refrigerator. There is something quite marvelous about these appliances, especially if they look vintage. That's basically what this is: a new fridge that lo...

Stylish Salt Cellars

These aren’t your great aunt’s kitschy collection of shakers—and they’re not filled with Morton’s. One unpredicted outcome of the ‘foodie’ movement going mainstream has been the ascendan...

Hot or Not? Bavettone

It's a bib, it's a placemat, it's a table cloth, it's Bavettone. If you don't have children this product must look ridiculous, but if mealtime equals laundry and mopping in your house, maybe, just may...

What Are You Sinking About?

When I came across the Gin and Titonic ice cube tray, I was reminded of this Berlitz ad, which is one of the funnier things the internet has provided. Now that it's so cold outside, you don't even nee...