Artwork

What do you look at in your kitchen every day? Are you lucky enough to have a window to the outdoors? Do you paper your refrigerator with cheerful photographic reminders of parties and good times? Do you have a favorite piece of art? If you’re looking for something to fix your focus upon in the kitchen, artistically speaking, here’s one message I wish you would consider. Take a look. It speaks for itself.

In some cities (including New York City), restaurants are required by law to display step-by-step instructions on how to save someone from choking. The local governments and health departments often supply free prints, which restaurant owners can order and hang. (Here’s one for NYC.) There is no law, however, that states the posters can’t be fun and a bit more creative.

It’s true — finding art for your kitchen isn’t always the easiest task. There’s a lot going on in the space already (think: appliances, cabinetry, windows, and backsplashes), so picking paintings, photos, or prints that add interest but don’t overwhelm the space can be somewhat of … an art (see what we did there?). Enter: Artfully Walls.

Hey, you! Yes, you with the sticky fingers and the smudgy marks on your face. If you like to put chocolate (milk! White! Dark! Whatever!) in your mouth, this print is for you. Unlike a lot of the other chocolate-themed art out there, this one isn’t cheesy. This one is like a fine candy bar — totally smooth and not too in-your-face, but also bold and slightly daring. It’s sweet without being too sweet. It’s just the right amount of complicated.

I think we can all agree that the kitchen is where life happens. It’s here that we have the important conversations; here that we laugh and cry and laugh so hard, we cry. This is where, when your soufflé collapses, maybe you do too, leaning on a friend (or loving pet) as you give in to the disappointment of failed confections and failed relationships. So it’s strange — isn’t it?

One of the best things to come out of the local and heirloom food movement is the realization that many of our favorite fruits and veggies come in an array of colors — from red carrots to purple tomatoes to the full spectrum of apples. Seattle photographer Brittany Wright has been exploring these vibrants shades, and portraying them in her range of fine art prints. We think they make the perfect artwork for the kitchen.

We all know that the best way to enjoy ice cream is to eat it. But since you can’t have it at every meal, the second best way to enjoy it is hanging it on your wall. To kick off Ice Cream Week here at The Kitchn, we have 15 delightful ice cream-themed works of art that will sweeten up your kitchen in no time. The only problem will be deciding which flavor … or print you like best. Evolution of Ice Cream, $25 on Kickstarter Darkness & Chaos, $26 from Old English Co.

There are a few contentious issues that divide cooks in the kitchen. Spoon rests — yes or no? Measure by weight, or by volume? And then there’s the biggie: Do you clutter up your fridge with magnets, or do you adhere to a strict minimalist policy? I’ve been a no-magnet girl, but then this horseshoe number came into my house last Christmas, and its charm turned me to the other side. Here are five more magnet sets I wouldn’t be ashamed to put on my fridge.

There’s no denying it: the kitchen is the best room in the house. Displaying art in the kitchen doesn’t have to stop at just the fridge. From punny posters to colorful designs, here are some of our favorite quirky Etsy finds. What’s your favorite kitchen art print? 2. Lick The Bowl Print from EatSayLove – $16 3. Cheese Print from Old English Co – $25 4. A Morning Without Coffee from handz – $21 5.

Do you have art in the kitchen? A photograph? A print? A little splash of color? We think that art absolutely belongs in the kitchen, but you don’t have to stick with traditional forms. Why not frame recipe cards, or hang kitchen hardware, or even find the beauty in tomato can labels? Here are 12 ways to enjoy art in the kitchen, including those, and more!

A few weeks ago we shared our love for this vintage citrus wall chart, but our appreciation for vintage charts doesn’t end there. Perhaps it’s the spring, or perhaps it’s because they just look so great in a variety of kitchens, but we’re loving the look of vintage botanicals right now. These (mostly) large-scale prints are fetching pieces of artwork for the kitchen and dining room.

I have never been very fond of my refrigerator, a white monstrosity that is really too big for my small rental kitchen and sits at an angle due to a slope in the floor. But something happened this week that changed everything. The Monstrosity, pre-makeover I came home the other day to discover that my partner Gregory had hung a large photo of oyster mushrooms on the side of the refrigerator.

Home is where the art is. If you’re hoping to infuse your kitchen with just a touch more personality this year, try carving out some room for a framed print. Find your style (contemporary or classic) and function (inspiration or utility) with some of my favorite prints. Try placing the chalkboard print in front of the glass on a flat-colored frame to give off the look of a hand-written chalk. Or add some interest by hanging three similar prints in different color variations side by side.

Ever wonder exactly how that five second rule works? Does it apply to all types of food — five seconds no matter what? Does a Skittle absorb germs as fast as a slice of buttered toast, face down on the floor? Luckily we ran across this entertaining and totally scientific infographic to explain exactly how it all works. Oops, did you think there was an actual scientific explanation to the five second rule? Gotcha!

I love the look of oversized art, particularly in the kitchen or dining room, but they’re too often cost-prohibitive. That’s why I was so happy to come across these posters from Chicago artist Debbie Carlos. They’re really big, and the black-and-white versions come in under $50! If the name Debbie Carlos sounds familiar, you may be recalling her from this House Tour on Apartment Therapy. (We also featured her kitchen here.

I have to admit, when I first saw these posters I didn’t understand them because I’m not a big beer drinker. However my husband, who both enjoys buying and brewing his own craft beer, recognized the names of all these hops and declared the posters “very cool” indeed. So, there you have it. Educational art for (lovable) beer geeks!

We’re all about sourcing, prepping, cooking and eating good food here at The Kitchn, yet there’s one area we seldom think about: using food plants as dye. But now that I have the beautiful poster pictured above hanging in my kitchen, I’m inspired to take another look at my food scraps and consider what color they might produce on a t-shirt, or a napkin. Take avocado pits, for instance.

We received a note from a reader named Peggy, who sent us these photos of the loveliest family heirloom: A hand-embroidered seasoning chart. Want to hear her story about this beautiful heirloom?  The art of seasoning is easy to master if you’ve got a good guide. In my family, ours was a seasoning chart, embroidered by my mother and hung at eye-level in our kitchen for easy reference.

We’ve been on a bit of a chart kick this week. What’s not to love? Anytime we can look to a handy infographic to tell us what we’d otherwise spend a few minutes googling is to us a far better use of time, no? This wine chart is one such infographic. It’s not the be-all-end-all of wine and food pairings (and serious aficionados will want to nitpick, and that’s fine) but it is a good starting point.

First there was the Splendiferous Array of Culinary Tools, which meant it was only a matter of time before Pop Chart Labs divvied up all the kitchenware tools, machines, and helpers into one awesomely exhaustive chart.Hailed as “the world’s most thorough mapping of kitchenware” (which we totally believe), the Cartography of Kitchenware includes “over 200 tools, machines, and manipulators, from mandolines to microwaves and ramekins to ravioli pins.

It was only a matter of time. Pop Chart Lab, maker of cool posters charting everything from culinary tools to cocktails, now has a new poster devoted to coffee. It details all the varied ways one can enjoy that morning brew, “from Chemex contraptions to French presses to the simple automatic drip.”Each poster measures 24″ x 18″ and is signed and numbered by the artists, from an edition of 1000. Buy It!

After you’ve scanned and printed those old recipe cards into versions more suitable for everyday use, here’s one way you can preserve the original: frame it! I love this collection of framed recipe cards. What a lovely grouping they make hanging all together on a kitchen wall!This collection of framed recipes comes courtesy of the blog Me and Alice. As she writes, the handwritten recipes all belonged to her mother, who passed away 16 years ago. She calls it “Mom’s wall.

It’s Fruit Week at The Kitchn, and we’re diving into a whole five days of gorgeous fruit. When you’re eating fruit you want to make sure it’s at its peak. When should you buy strawberries? Persimmons? Blueberries? Take a look at this beautiful, stylish calendar from Chasing Delicious; it’ll help you see at a glance.This gorgeous calendar is just one in a series; there are two others — one for vegetables, one for herbs.

Last year we wrote about Wendy MacNaughton’s illustrated farmer’s market series, inspired by her visits to the San Francisco Civic Center Farmers’ Market. Now two illustrations from that series—the mushrooms and vegetables—are available for purchase. Wouldn’t they be perfect hanging in the kitchen?The prints are available for a limited time through 20×200.