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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...

Open Kitchen or Closed? Get Both With a Sliding Door

We like to dream about our ideal kitchen, but we run up against one difficult decision in our fantasizing. Open kitchen, or closed? Open is great for entertaining and people flow, but what about hidin...

The $30 Kitchen Makeover
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Could you take a dated, 1950s kitchen with brown wood cabinets and unfashionable appliance colors and transform it for just $30? Well, it's possible. Read on for a before photo of this $30 makeover ki...

Grow Your Own Tisane: Best Herbs for Tea
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We've mentioned how much we enjoy an herbal tisane on a summer evening, and we grow specific herbs just for this purpose. Sunset enjoys tisanes, too, and they have an article up right now with five re...

Nutella and Banana: Dressed Up S'Mores
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We've had S'Mores on the brain ever since Elizabeth showed us those cute sacks of S'Mores fixings from a recent wedding. But let's say you wanted to add a little extra flair to the traditional S'More....

Cinco de Mayo Inspiration: 20 Mexican Dishes from Sunset

Before you start quaffing margaritas tomorrow, it might be a good idea to have a full belly, no? Sunset has a slideshow of 20 great Mexican meals, and there are some off-the-beaten-path alternative...

How To Make a Radish Wreath for Spring

Wow, look at this radish wreath! Wreaths aren't just for winter greenery and fall gourds — check out this very springlike version that you can make yourself. ...

Good Reading: Sunset's One Block Diet Blog
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One of our very favorite blog reads lately has been Sunset's One Block Diet. The premise is simple: the magazine is based in Northern California, where "locavorism" is just a way of life. But the edit...

Tip: Creating Well-Edited Open Storage

We liked this simple tip from the owners of a beautiful home featured in Sunset. Their bright, eclectic kitchen is home-base to a crowd of three active little boys, and yet they still use open storage...

Help Design the Sunset Dream Kitchen of the West: Sneak Peek at the Floor Plans

Sunset Magazine is running a rather brave sort of reader event: they're letting their readers help design Sunset's Dream Kitchen via an interactive online voting process. Sort of like American Idol fo...

Blogging Sunset: DIY Guides to Honey, Beer, Olive Oil, and More

Sunset magazine's editors have undertaken a "One Block Diet" project, growing their own vegetables, making their own wine, and nurturing their own honeybees. They're sharing their knowledge, too, in a...