The Kitchn Archive: Apr 2, 2014

When I sat down to write this Kitchen Diary, I started feeling guilty. I can’t remember cooking anything in the past week! Do you ever have those weeks, when you’re just too lazy or tired or sick to cook? Here’s what I ate: sugar-laden instant oatmeal from my stash of road trip snacks. Two large bags of gluten-free pretzels.

Brass in the kitchen is one thing when you’re talking faucets, knobs, or lighting, but check out these three kitchens with all metallic cabinets! The image that started our search for metallic cabinets is from a kitchen designed by Kelly Wearstler. Isn’t it beautiful — and kind of wild? The cabinets above, which we first wrote about here, appear to be made out of hammered metal, which creates a lovely shimmer and reflectivity in this narrow space.