While Kitchen and Bath month is just starting to wind down at AT, things are heating up over at California Home + Design Magazine, where their Best Kitchen Contest is in full swing...

Choose your favorite from 40 reader submitted kitchens, varying from cheerful galleys to mammoth cooking areas that could house a family or two. The winning kitchen will be featured in all its glory in an upcoming issue of the magazine. To let the judge-fest begin, click here.

Some of our favorites:


  1. Elisabeth Martin, entry 16

  2. John Casado, entry 15

  3. Ursula Kloeters, entry 14

  4. Steve Justrich, entry 2

  5. Tamara Kaye-Honey, entry 31

  6. Hannah Pirone, entry 21

  7. Karman Ng, entry 36

  8. Megan Schwartz, entry 17