Gorenje’s new refrigerator, designed for the iPod Touch, combines a top notch refrigerator (with A+ energy excellence and high quality accessories) with a built-in speaker dock for the iPod touch (Complete with additional speaker outputs). • Read the full post at Unplggd

Yesterday being Easter, many people spent hours cooking in their large or small kitchens. We have a galley kitchen, which at times we find very unpractical. However, when we see just how little square footage some kitchens have to work with and how beautiful the kitchens look, we are awestruck. • Read the full post

Open shelving in the kitchen is a nice idea, but can sometimes be hard to pull off. Recently our editor, Grace, wrote about her own frustrations with this type of look. We want to share some inspirational examples of open shelving in real homes. Maybe it will change your mind and if you love this

When we go back to the root of all technology, evolution and development, one of the very first things discovered… was fire. The kitchen is a great place to start fires (hopefully intentional) and there’s several great ways to get things going, here’s a few of our favorites — along with a few words of

Regardless of your kitchen size you most likely have a pantry. This might be as small as a shelf in a cupboard or as large as a walk-in closet. It is where we keep the foods and supplies used most often. The history of the pantry, or kitchen storage, is an interesting reflection of what

Recycled paper, flax, and cork are just some of the materials that comprise eco-friendly cutting boards. Here’s a list of five materials worth keeping an eye out for, along with examples that are beautiful, durable, and in many cases, quite affordable. With so many options, there’s sure to be a cutting board to suit every

Around here we love flowers in the kitchen. There’s nothing quite like the color and energy that fresh flowers bring to a room. But of course it’s tough to keep flowers around all the time, so why not consider a longer-lasting solution: kitchen accessories with floral motifs. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

In small spaces, sometimes having a large luxury fridge isn’t always an option. Even though they seem insanely small for those of us used to stocking our chill chests to the limit, they’re exactly what’s needed in small spaces across the country. Plus, they are pretty darn cute — in fact, if they had cheeks,

If you’re a coffee enthusiast, you’ve probably looked into roasting your own coffee beans at some point or the other. Well, Tim Eggers is a coffee nut and he used $10, a soup can, and a drill to jury-rig his own coffee bean roaster, now that’s cool! • Read the full post at Unplggd

A few weeks ago we asked where your small appliances live — the counter or the cabinet. One of those small appliances is the microwave, which many think can only live on a counter, but that’s not the case. The microwave has plenty of placement options. • Read the full post at Unplggd

Designed for a local executive chef and his family of four, this kitchen was intended to be a true chef’s kitchen – but rather than be flashy, the space was to be green and serene. The back of the house is now flooded with natural light, the room dotted with natural materials and there are

Are you ready for an amazing transformation and modernization? Check out Shevon’s recent kitchen renovation! She wrote and told us a little bit about the project: “My boyfriend and I moved into our little home 6 months ago… • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

We recently talked about super bright kitchens that incorporate several different colors, but what about focusing on one majorly bright color? We’re realizing that we’re big fans of green (it used to be just kelly green) and we like that we’re no longer just fans of one shade. We’re equal opportunity green lovers. • Read

We’ve featured yellow accents for the kitchen, but how about a wall-to-wall yellow kitchen? Seems like an obvious choice − sunny, bright and appetizing. But it’s also a surprisingly versatile color. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

If you have a frustratingly small kitchen, chances are you’re always looking for a way to gain more work surface. Here are some of our favorite solutions and inspirations for creating that sought after space. Do you have any tips for freeing up counter space or hacking a small kitchen situation? • Read the full

A 1970s kitchen is transformed into something more modern. Since the budget was limited, the resources used were from Lowe’s, Home Depot, and a discount flooring showroom. The challenge was to create a designer aesthetic using moderate-cost materials. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

Lately, it seems there’s a display of blue and white china in just about every store we enter and every magazine we open. You might say it’s making a comeback, but the truth is, it never went away. From traditional English patterns dating back to the 18th century to contemporary Dutch porcelain tagged with graffiti,

We love the look of plates hung on the wall. It’s a great way to use a treasured but incomplete set of vintage dishes inherited from friends or family, to display your “only use once a year” dishes and free up cupboard space, or just show off a collection of single plates scrounged from thrift

Last summer my mother taught me our family recipe for dill pickles (great-grandma’s recipe is pictured). Here’s a step-by-step guide to pickling. This recipe is for dill pickles, but once you have this down (and trust me, it’s easier than you think), you can adapt the general process to jelly-making and more. • Read the

Our new apartment has some pretty archaic kitchenware. So old, we can’t quite figure out how to use the timer on the oven. While we could just look at the clock and determine how long something needs to be on the stovetop or in the cooker, we tend to get distracted easily and realize only

Looking for a way to significantly reduce packaging waste? A visit to your local bulk bin offers this, plus the opportunity to save money, to buy only what you need, and to try new foods with minimal investment. Here’s how to go about scooping and and storing… • Read the full post at Re-Nest

My son loves to eat pomegranate seeds probably for the same reason I do — that sweet juice that gushes into your mouth (a la Freshen Up gum) when you bite into them. But they stain like the dickens! Here’s one way to remove those stubborn red stains without using bleach. • Read the full

Creating a display with your everyday kitchen items is a great way to maximize storage and decoration all at once • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

We’re in love with colorful cakes today and have one more to share with you. We made this giant 3 and a half foot cake for our husband’s birthday kids, yeah, that’s it, kids — and it was more fun than a barrel of monkeys. It’s not as hard as you might think! Click through

Our recent list of Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to BPA included avoiding canned foods, the vast majority of which contain BPA in their linings. However, there do exist a handful of companies and products that are – or at least intend to be – BPA-free. • Read the full post at Re-Nest

Our new home office is housed in the kitchen — and we love it. We face the living room windows and front door (great feng shui). Not to mention the space feels cozy and in the center of it all. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

Mid-way through congratulating ourselves (and alerting Merriam Webster) that we’d invented a new food and coined a word, we learned that we are the 1,256,339th person to make pizzadillas from leftover tortillas and that “pizzadilla” entered the esteemed OED in 1444. Anyone who hasn’t tried this quick, kid-friendly snack, read on for the simple how-to.

Who says silverware has to live in a drawer? Julia gets creative with some vintage finds and fashions a chandelier. Let’s break down her tutorial and tools for this project after the jump. • Read the full post at Re-Nest

These hand-crafted ceramic sculptures (and food-safe serving pieces) have an amazing earthy quality without being too rustic for our taste. The color palette coupled with the tiered sizes make them something we would love to have on our table! • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

Kitchen cabinets. We’re in the camp that says paint (especially if they’re made of dark, unattractive wood). Painting instantly brightens up the cooking space — not to mention it’s a fairly easy DIY. The hard part is deciding what color to paint them. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

We’re really digging Manda’s kitchen makeover — bright and cheerful with tons of open storage solutions. But what we love most about these organizing ideas is that they can translate easily into any home. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

Reader Gillian sent in pictures of her new locker pantry! “During the renovation of our kitchen, we made the choice to only have lower cabinets. We love the look but soon found ourselves short on space, specifically pantry space. Instead of adding the upper cabinets we had avoided, we sunk a set of six half

The Elica Glide under-cabinet hood keeps your cabinets clear of both smelly foods and excess stainless steel. With its chrome-plated, low, dynamic profile, it’ll surely be a hit with New Yorkers’ tiny kitchens. • Read the full post at Unplggd

Our DIY home organization project for the New Year involved hanging a pegboard organizer in our tiny kitchen. Although we found lots of how-tos for installing pegboard on the web, very few of them had detailed instructions and supply lists, so we thought it would be helpful to document our own experience in step-by-step form.

If you are feeling swept up in the holiday spirit but wreaths and trees aren’t your thing, try your hand at architecture! We’ve gathered up some iced inspiration to get you thinking about the gingerbread house of your dreams. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

We bought some deep red pomegranates at the grocery store and, rather than throw out the beautiful rind, we decided to make them into candle votives. Remembering Maxwell’s clementine candle project, we looked up the steps and modified them to make these holiday tealight holders. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

We’ve blogged about raising chickens in New York and Los Angeles but it’s still sometimes hard to grasp the idea of having urban backyard chickens. One photographer, Todd Parsons, has documented San Francisco’s growing movement for backyard chickens with impressive results. • Read the full post at Re-Nest

Lately I’ve been fixated on salt and pepper shakers or bowls — they are like mini objet d’art that also serve a purpose. • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

Earlier this year we told you about these naturally abrasive scrubber and pads made of recycled corn cobs, peach pits, and walnut shells. Now these cool scrubs are available at a number of retailers. • Read the full post at Re-Nest

Stir-frying isn’t exactly a kid-friendly method of cooking. It’s hot, usually spits back at you and just doesn’t seem as easy to incorporate your kids into helping with, as say, the making of banana bread. Jonny Freeman is trying to change that with his kid friendly stir-fry concept. • Read the full post at Unplggd

Tuesday, we listed a bunch of different cotton tea towels for use in the kitchen. With so many great varieties of design, it would be easy to end up with a surplus, but thanks to their versatility, they can be much, much more than a dish drying towel. Here’s a list of 5 other uses

Tea towels seem to be the kitchen towel du jour, but as Susie recently pointed out, not all towels are created equally when it comes to absorbency. Based on her advice, here’s a roundup of 100% cotton tea towels. Some are from flour sacks others are organic, but all are cute enough to grace your

By late next week, most of us will probably be eating cranberries in some form or another. But what about using the pretty red berries in holiday decor? • Read the full post at Apartment Therapy