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MarthaWatch: Inside the Test Kitchens at Martha Stewart's Studio

2006_10_26_marthastewarttestkitchen.jpgTake a look at the studios and test kitchens used by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. The studio covers 75,000 square feet in the Starrett-Lehigh Building on 26th Street in far west Chelsea NYC. I snapped these pictures on a behind-the-scenes Halloween tour I took on Tuesday night.

The story goes that the first time Martha toured the space, she rode her SUV up the truck elevator and did a drive-through inspection of the place.

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[If you haven't taken an Apartment Therapy photo tour before, we wanted to let you know that all you have to do is click the link to see the first photo. Then use the left and right arrow keys to navigate through the rest of the pictures. Or, click here to see all the images on one page.]

 
 

The Test Kitchen: The company leased the space in 1999 and filled in the vast loft space with offices, kitchens, and editing suites. The tour guide said six to ten editors and assistants work in this kitchen testing recipes. Each recipe is tested about ten times before it makes it into a magazine or TV show.

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The Table Settings: To put this Martha look on your Thanksgiving table, recycle Lorina Lemonade bottles for water pitchers. Anyone know where we can get these thick industrial-looking coasters?

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Comments (5)

Oh, how I love Martha! This is very interesting. Thanks.

posted by My Name is Earl Grey on 2006-10-26 12:14:14

that was awesome. thanks!

posted by brand-eye on 2006-10-26 14:17:52

Any ideas for how to make a color wall like Martha's? Mount paint chips to canvas? Or some sort of frame?

posted by Meg on 2006-10-26 15:04:24

Wow... thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you so much.

posted by Deepa on 2006-10-26 15:12:13

I believe that the staff is using the architectural term "clerestory," which refers to the upper portion of a wall that contains windows to let in natural light.

posted by Molly S. on 2006-10-26 20:16:30