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The Ultimate Halloween Party Roundup: Menus, Party Ideas, and Inspiration from Around the Web

Maybe it's because Halloween falls on a Saturday night, or maybe it's the gloomy economy. Whichever it is, everyone seems to be in a spooky Halloween spirit this year! There is a lot of fabulous inspi...

Look Up! A Kitchen With a Ladder (and More Storage)

A ladder in the kitchen? We've dreamed of a library lined with bookshelves and a sliding ladder, but we never thought about a ladder in the kitchen. But that turned out to be exactly the right solut...

Bold Wallpaper for a Famous NYC Cookie Baker

We love how this kitchen has clean, crisp modern touches right alongside some really traditional elements—the toile-like wallpaper and the wooden cabinet (maybe it's antique?) tucked into the far ri...

Using Color in the Kitchen
Guest Post from Johnny Grey of Johnny Grey Studios

Art, paint and pattern: three spirit-raising tools that I use in every project. They exist in the kitchen as part of the fabric of the design. Can you have a happy or home environment without them? Co...

Video: Eddie Izzard on Supermarket Psychology

Happy Monday! Our discussion on choosing the fastest checkout line reminded us of this more humorous take on "queue strategy." Get your week started with a laugh from one of our favorite comedians, Ed...

Display Your Fruit! 10 Lovely Fruit Bowls

Apples, peaches, plums, and pears: Early fall is prime time to enjoy the glorious colors and flavors of stone fruit. This time of year we almost always have a bowl of fruit in the dining room, and we ...

Kitchen Tour: Margaret Roach's Vibrant Garden Kitchen

When I first met Margaret Roach, it was during her days as Editorial Director at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Little did I know we'd become friends under different circumstances: trading cooking a...

Kitchen Makeover: From Beige To Beautiful!

What do you do when your house has cabinets and countertops that are a little less than inspiring, or your wall color puts you to sleep? Why, you make them over of course! This first-time homeowner an...

Look! A Tiny Eating Nook in a Small City Kitchen

This kitchen looks more traditional than many of the ones we feature at The Kitchn (maybe it's the mural painted on the back wall?) but it belongs to a very sophisticated lady — opera star Renee...

In-Stink-Erator: Dealing With A Smelly Garbage Disposal

A few weeks ago, we noticed a phantom stinky odor in our kitchen. It wasn't the trash. It wasn't the fridge. We finally traced it to the garbage disposal! Here's what we learned about getting it clean...

Small Space Solution: How To Make a Vertical Pot Rack

Mary, a reader, just sent an email showing us her pot rack solution for a small kitchen. She doesn't have a lot of room in the kitchen for a full-sized pot rack, since their kitchen has only eight fee...

Ugly Kitchen Floor? Change It with a Floor Cloth

One of the biggest complaints, and hardest things to change, about a rental kitchen is the floor. When you own a kitchen you can put down new tile or wood floors — but even then you may not want to ...

Lamps and Wing Chairs: Living Room Details in the Kitchen

We've all uttered some variation of the phrase, "I practically live in my kitchen," or, "When guests are over, everyone ends up in the kitchen." Which is why we love seeing accents that you'd usuall...

Kitchen Makeover: White Walls and Pine Cupboards

Here's an interesting makeover for you: a kitchen that traded in white cabinets for pine cupboards — an opposite direction than we would generally go. Do you think it works? Read on for more photo...

Classic Design: A Gallery of Subway Tiles in the Kitchen

Subway tiles are a common element in bathrooms, but we also love the way they look in a kitchen. There's something about the shape and brick-like pattern that makes them look more modern than square t...

A Sustainable Kitchen Renovation in Los Angeles
Kitchen Before & After

We almost couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this kitchen renovation from Jeremy Levine Design. Levine took an old, small kitchen in a suburb of Los Angeles and opened it up to sunlight, warmth, an...

The Element Grill by Fuego
Product Reviews

A little while ago we showed you quite possibly the prettiest grill we've ever seen: the Element Grill by Fuego. Its sleek styling and tiny footprint made us wonder if it was the ultimate grill for ci...

Rental Kitchen Makeover: Leea's Lovely Little Budget

We just received this simply lovely budget kitchen makeover from reader Leea in central Mexico. She has a rental kitchen, so she couldn't change much, and yet she made a stunning difference — on a b...

The Man's Kitchen
Vintage Video

Do you remember this classic clip from Home Improvement? In what may be the greatest spoof on men's supposed lack of cooking ability (at home, anyway) they trot out the ultimate kitchen for men. The...

Kitchen Tour: Art & Chelsea's Delicious Kitchen Update

It was late spring when I visited Art and Chelsea's Chicago kitchen, and the vibe and tastes reflected that perfectly: Warm enough for an open balcony connecting from the kitchen and spring-y enough f...

Measure Volume and By Weight: Taylor Combination Measuring Cup and Scale

Take a look at this new measuring cup, about to be released by Taylor. It's such a great idea; now that we've seen it we're shocked that we haven't seen this done before. It's a measuring cup that has...

New IKEA 2010 Catalog! A Peek at New Kitchens and Tools

The annual release of a new IKEA catalog is always an event in the world of kitchen decor and renovation. The low prices, unfussy design and sheer scale of IKEA mean that they will always be an option...

The Top 10 Most Useful Kitchen Gadgets

We got you talking about the ten most useless kitchen gadgets last week, and now it's time to weigh in on the 10 most useful gadgets. Here are our picks; what would you choose? • Click here for...

Before & After: Glamorous Remodel for a Tiny Kitchen

Isn't fun to see before-and-after shots? It's thrilling to see something beautiful emerge, improbably, from a tired old space. Well, we truly had that thrill when we saw this kitchen that Francesca re...

Knives and Whisks: Two Great Uses for Roll-Out Cabinets

We aren't in the middle of a kitchen renovation, sadly, or else we'd be stealing this idea. We love it: make use of a narrow, otherwise challenging space in your kitchen with a roll-out cabinet and bu...

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