Have you seen what’s coming to IKEA this April? The new PS 2014 Collection hits US stores next week, and there are some fantastic pieces for the kitchen and dining room: The collection, titled “On the Move,” is designed for “the young, urban crowd living in smaller spaces,” according to IKEA’s press release. It has pieces for every room in the house, but I was naturally drawn to what was going on in the kitchen.

Before Hayley and her now-husband got married, they found a “well-kept fixer upper” in their ideal neighborhood. The realtor assured them that all they needed was a kitchen remodel, which sounded not so hard at the time. Of course, we know that kitchen remodels are no small undertaking — and they now know that, too! Fortunately, it all worked out and they have a dreamy kitchen to show for it. See what their kitchen looks like now, and how they did it: Lovely!

If there’s one cleaning tutorial request we get more than any other, it’s this. Those dang dish soap bottles can be so confusing! Are you supposed to hold the bottle completely upside down, or at an angle for optimal soap dispensing? Should you squeeze near the top, or in the middle? And what about the bubbles? How do you know when you’ve got too many bubbles, or just enough bubbles? So. many. questions.

When Julia and Sara bought their rundown 1967 duplex in downtown Anchorage, it was a mess. “It had barely been touched in 40+ years,” Julia wrote to us. “Sculpted shag carpet, pink toilets, mirrored tile, etc.” After qualifying for a renovation mortgage loan and deciding on a contractor, Julia had just 24 hours to pick everything for the interior of the house — including the kitchen! — but she did it with the help of a designer and Pinterest inspiration board.

Last week I decided this was the month I was finally going to hang my pots and pans on the wall. My first step was to find an easy-to-install weight-bearing wall system for the seven pans I plan to clear out of the cupboard. Here’s what I decided on: After doing loads of internet research this week and consulting the wall-mounted pot rack roundup I did a few months ago, I decided that I’m most fond of the rail-and-S-hook system, like the one seen above.

Yesterday we showed you 20 super organized kitchens, most of which featured open shelving. Although the principles are the same whether you have open shelving or cabinets — group similar items together, swap packaging for containers, have a place for everything — today we thought we’d prove that by showing you 15 organized kitchen cabinets, and the tips we learned from each. Via Chez Larsson: Label all containers and use a lazy Susan for spices.

Let’s talk plates for a moment, shall we? As cooks, food is (understandably) the star of the show. But where would be be without something on which to place all that delicious, beautiful food? Dishes are an essential part of the cooking life, but shopping for them can be a challenge. There are so many options, styles, and stores to choose from. Where do you start if you want to buy a new set? That’s where you come in, readers: what’s your advice for buying a set of dishes?

Christene Barberich, editor-in-chief of fashion and shopping site Refinery29, decided to get serious this spring about the storage issues in her small Brooklyn kitchen. “Having everything piled on this one butcher block table was really taking the zen out of my kitchen,” she told Refinery29 recently. But how do you get more space in such a tiny corner, you ask? You go up… …and go red! This, friends, is the LACK wall shelf from IKEA ($49.99).

Three years ago John and his family moved into a new home in Newport Beach, California. While the kitchen was arguably very nice (if not their style), these avid entertainers were frustrated by how the space was awkwardly divided into a kitchen and an eat-in dining nook. The island cut the kitchen in half and made it much smaller than it could have been.

When Beth moved into her San Diego home, the 1980s kitchen had never been updated. “The kitchen was very small for the size of the home (4 bedrooms),” she wrote to us. She dreamed of an open kitchen and dining area, and a large pantry. Over the course of four months the existing kitchen was stripped to the studs and rebuilt it into a beautiful, light-filled space. See what this kitchen looks like now! So, so lovely!

Deme’s Dayton, Ohio kitchen “was definitely drab,” she writes on her blog House For Five. “And dirty. And really, really blah-brown.” We see what she means. The enormous lightbox in particular “made the ceiling feel like it was grazing the top of your head,” especially for her 6’4″ husband. It was time for a change.

A couple years Roeshel of the blog DIY Show Off removed the pantry closet in her kitchen to make room for the refrigerator. While that was necessary at the time, she still lost a lot of valuable storage space in the process. To regain that space, she turned a good-sized but unused hallway into a makeshift pantry area, complete with a DIY industrial pipe shelf. See what this area looks like now! The space suddenly looks so much bigger, doesn’t it!?

As Anjali once wrote Cherry Wood 13.75″ Salad Bowl, $119 from Williams-Sonoma Walnut Wood Salad Bowl, $140 CAD from Tiff Wood Dansk Wood Classics 16-Inch Salad Bowl, $78.65 from AllModern Cellar Acacia Wood 3-Piece Salad Set, $93 from Macy’s Wooden Walnut Bowl, $84 from Wood Expressions Do you love serving salad out of a wooden bowl?

When Christina and her husband first looked at the Philadelphia house that would eventually become their home, they almost didn’t buy it because of the kitchen: “It was so small, so brown, and so ugly,” Christina writes on her blog Christina’s Adventures. But they did, after deciding they were going to figure out a way to open, brighten, and maximize every bit of space in the kitchen — and on a tiny, $3,500 budget. And that’s exactly what they did!

When Shauna started planning for her kitchen renovation, she had a very limited budget to work with. As she writes on her blog Beautiful Matters, “The main theme throughout this entire process was always CHEAP” — specifically, $500 cheap. But we think you’ll be impressed, as we were, by what can be done on such a small budget. Check out what Shauna’s kitchen looks like now. Behold the power of paint!

Say hello to the beautiful Multi Basket Picnic Basket, designed by Danish brand Menu. Compact and elegant, it’s heralded as “the ideal mobile device for all things delicious” — which, if you think about it, is kind of a hilarious way to describe a picnic basket… The Multi Basket has a few neat picnic-like features: two air-tight containers on one side have bamboo lids that double as butter boards, and the basket comes with two cooling pads and a felt liner.

The Kitchn Cure Day 8: Wednesday, August 20 Assignment: Clean your stovetop and range hood. (See all the assignments so far here) Sign Up: Sign up here for The Kitchn Cure If you cook every day, your stovetop inevitably gets dirty. Spills and splatters are a natural part of cooking. You may be in the habit of doing a quick wipedown after every use, but sometimes you just need to dig in and give the whole stovetop a thorough cleaning.

It’s official: fruit has jumped the bowl and taken up residence around your home. From lemon wedge pillows to an umbrella that looks like an orange, we’re definitely feeling these fruit-themed wares! TOP ROW Fruit Notepads, $3.99 from Office Playground Lemon Pillow Set, $98 from Winter Petals Fruit Collection Novelty Boards, $31 from J.K. Adams Cantaloupe Bowl, $24 from Vegetabowls Avocado Salt and Pepper Shaker, $45 from Uncommon Goods BOTTOM ROW Grapefruit Cross-Body Purse, $39.

Plates might not get a lot of consideration when you’re planning a party (other than whether you’re going to go disposable or not), but here’s something to consider: for my recent porch party, I used white plates that had a bit of a lip, or curved edge, and thus discovered a nice benefit of this design:. It’s pretty simple, really: plates with a defined lip or curved edge help keep food from rolling off the plate. (I know, duh.

Bethany liked her chalkboard kitchen cabinets in the beginning, but felt over time they made the kitchen look too dark and depressing. “I wanted it to feel bright and happy!” she writes on her blog This One’s For You. So, armed with $200 and three free days, she decided to completely overhaul her kitchen. See how it looks now! Amazing! Bethany pulled the cabinets off the wall, hung pre-painted wall panels that look like beadboard, and then installed two open shelves from IKEA.

Back in 2008 Kitchn reader Deb bought a cottage in Chester, Nova Scotia that needed a ton of work. “When I bought the house the kitchen was a disaster and pretty gross,” she wrote to us. “The laminate floor, ancient appliances, lack of cupboards and brown paneling weren’t going to cut it.” But she was determined to make “this strange kitchen with a horrible layout” into a charming cooking space! See how she transformed it: What an improvement!

When I’m putting together a cheese plate, I’m typically more interested in the cheese than the plate. (After all, I can eat the cheese. I cannot eat the plate.) However, these cheese plates from Canadian design store Baba Souk completely upstage the cheese they’re meant to showcase… and I’m okay with that.

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Christmas is a mere three weeks away, folks. (If you feel like you were just shucking corn and slurping juicy summer tomatoes, welcome to the club.) We’re ready to embrace the season, and that means checking out our favorite big budget Swedish store’s holiday offerings. These 10 picks in particular make us want to blast some Christmas tunes and bake cookies like there’s no tomorrow. VINTERFINT Patterned Mug in Red, $2.

One of the best things about giving gifts to a cook or food lover? The chance to buy them something they’d never pick up on their own, or might consider a rare splurge. Whether it’s a bottle of saffron, a specialty spice blend, or a package of what may arguably be the best bacon around, this is the way to spoil your loved one. Boiled Cider, $10.95 from King Arthur Flour: Makes your baked goods that much better.

A rolling, multipurpose kitchen cart is practically essential for any small kitchen in need of a little extra prep and storage space. IKEA has long ruled the roost with its line of affordable, space-friendly kitchen islands and carts, but there’s a new contender vying for our affection: the Mise en Place kitchen cart from CB2.

After years of hand-washing the dishes, I finally live in an apartment with a dishwasher. (Cue choirs of angels singing.) I tried a few dishwasher detergents, but none made me as pleased as the one I now buy in bulk. It’s eco-friendly, totally easy to use, and cleans the crustiest, un-rinsed dishes with aplomb. I’m talking about Ecover’s Automatic Dishwashing Tablets. Here’s what I love about them.

Nothing ruins one’s tidying mojo quite like a mess of cords. Whether they’re from small appliances on the countertop or a kitchen charging station run amok, tangled cords are decidedly un-fun. Here are five ways to get them under control! Set up a charging station in the drawer, via Houzz: Install a power strip in the back of a kitchen drawer and you have a one-stop charging station for all your kitchen tech needs.

This month we’ve asked a few friends of The Kitchn to share how they organize areas in their kitchen. Today Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean lets us in on the secret to her gorgeously organized home pantry. (Hint: It’s all about knowing what you have and doing maintenance!) I keep the area organized by sorting through it (almost) every Sunday when I do my Meal Prep for the week. I don’t make a grocery list without checking what’s in my pantry first.

We’ve talked quite a bit about how to stock and organize the pantry, and peeked into different types of pantries in the process: a vegetarian pantry, a paleo pantry, a gluten-free pantry. But here’s one type of pantry we haven’t looked at yet: a home apothecary pantry!

When life hands you lemons, open your arms wide and say, “Thank you, Life!” because lemons are awesome — no lemonade required. They’re a firm staple in our refrigerator and a key ingredient in many favorite recipes. We love to juice them, zest them, and preserve them. (And fine — lemonade isn’t so bad either.) But the wonders of lemons don’t end there.

You don’t need a cabinet full of cleaners to deep-clean your kitchen. In fact, some might argue you only need a handful of cleaners to get the job done, and one of those should definitely be baking soda. Yes, baking soda. This odorless white powder does so much more than leaven your cookies. It is truly a magical little cleaner, with a fine grit that cleans without scratching. Curious how you can best put it to use in the kitchen?