Whether you absolutely love the color black on its own or are just looking for a way to balance out busier design elements, you’ll be inspired by these kitchens with black cabinetry.

Sarah Lyon

Sep 24, 2020

Keep This $14 Tool In Your Kitchen and Your Counters Will Practically Clean Themselves

I recently started keeping one of these by the sink, and right away it came in handy for even more chores than expected.

Olivia Muenter

Sep 23, 2020

Here's How a YouTuber and Cookbook Author Created a Hard-Working Kitchen

Mainly from IKEA products, no less.

Danielle Blundell

Sep 22, 2020

Jessica Alba Might Just Make You Want to Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets Dark Blue

An unexpected pop of color that still reads as neutral.

Olivia Harvey

Sep 17, 2020

Kate Hudson Has a Beverage Window In Her Kitchen

Plus, all the other unique bells and whistles in the multifaceted space.

Nicoletta Richardson

Sep 17, 2020

Here’s a Game Plan for Decluttering Your Kitchen in 20 Minutes

Decluttering Cure

The kitchen can be such a black hole for storage, because everything in it feels necessary. When it comes to tools and cups and food storage containers, no amount feels like enough. And in your mind, you probably have a use for all of it.

Taryn Williford

Sep 16, 2020

Before & After: $3000 Later, This Brown Builder-Grade Kitchen Is Unrecognizable

A little color goes a long way in this kitchen redo.

Megan Baker Detloff

Sep 15, 2020

This Common Awkward Rental Layout Issue Is Surprisingly Easily Solvable

These six ideas will help you deal with a lonely, floating refrigerator.

Marlen Komar

Sep 15, 2020

Before and After: This Kitchen Stayed the Same Size, But Looks Twice as Big

The after looks way brighter and more open thanks to some smart design tricks.

Megan Baker Detloff

Sep 13, 2020

Before & After: Two Identical Apartments, Two Builder Kitchen Makeovers

And you won't believe how light and bright they both are now!

Sarah Lyon

Sep 11, 2020

Your Oven is Hiding a Feature That Makes it So Much Easier to Clean

It's no wonder you put it off.

Shifrah Combiths

Sep 8, 2020

When to Throw Away Your Old Food Containers, According to the Tupperware Expert

Each type of plastic container is made differently, so there’s no standard guide for how long you can keep yours around. But here's what the expert has to say.

Ashley Abramson

Sep 3, 2020

Is It Bad to Run Your Dishwasher Frequently? We Asked the Experts

We asked the experts about a dishwasher's impact on the environment, and the useful life of your appliance.

Olivia Muenter

Sep 6, 2020

Before and After: A Boho-Style Breakfast Nook Packed with DIY Money-Saving Hacks

Wait until you see the new light fixture.

Megan Baker Detloff

Sep 4, 2020

Brie Larson’s Kitchen Has an Ancient Alternative to the Classic Backsplash—And It Could Save You Money

Cast-iron firebacks have been around since at least the 15th century, with their main purpose being to keep the heat of a hearth fire from destroying the back wall of the fireplace.

Olivia Harvey

Sep 2, 2020

Before & After: A Rental Kitchen Now Looks Like a Warm Custom Cookspace

For less than $500, thanks to IKEA hacks and contact paper!

Sarah Lyon

Sep 2, 2020

Before and After: This $0 (Yes, Free) Tile Refresh Looks Way More Expensive

Yes, FREE.

Megan Baker Detloff

Aug 30, 2020

A Colorful UK Home Features the Neatest Wooden Apothecary Drawers in the Kitchen

This Edwardian end terrace was built in 1910, and a gorgeous modern kitchen extension was recently added.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Aug 30, 2020

OXO’s New Coffee Maker Is Getting Us Excited for Fall

We were totally won over by the consistent and complex flavor of the brew.

Cara Lynn Shultz

Aug 28, 2020

Before & After: A Neglected 1924 Spanish Casita Got a Beautiful Budget Reno

Over the years there have been some built-ins and add-ons that didn’t quite make sense to this home’s history, so Taylor and Philip are working tirelessly to restore the home to her former glory.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Aug 26, 2020

9 Things That Can Ruin Your Garbage Disposal, According to Plumbers

These seemingly innocent items can cause lots of damage.

Brigitt Earley

Aug 25, 2020

The Best Dish Racks for Every Kitchen

Let us help you make dishwashing less of a chore.

Nicole Lund

Aug 23, 2020

This TikTok User Has a “Costco Door” in Their Pantry, and It’s as Magical as it Sounds

Prepare to be amazed.

Olivia Harvey

Aug 20, 2020

This Not-So-Hidden Kitchen Surface Is the Last Place Anyone Thinks to Clean

Weekend Projects

Dusting is one chore that's easy for me to let slip through the cracks. But there's another dusty spot that gets overlooked even more often than tabletops and shelves.

Shifrah Combiths

Aug 14, 2020

Before and After: This $350 Pantry Redo is a Master Class in Organization

This project will inspire you to tackle your own pantry area.

Alison Goldman

Aug 13, 2020

Before and After: A $250 Update Perks up This Drab 1980s Kitchen

No one will be sad to see those beige cabinets go.

Megan Baker Detloff

Aug 9, 2020

This 1-Minute Trick is the Easiest Way to Clean Your Can Opener

Even if you take on a thorough washing with a scrub brush, it's challenging to get all the nooks and crannies of a can opener clean.

Shifrah Combiths

Aug 7, 2020

The Best Plants To Have In Your Kitchen, According to a Chef

The best argument for having plants in the kitchen is that you’d have fresh, healthy ingredients within reach—no need to go out to the garden.

Inigo Del Castillo

Aug 7, 2020

Jennifer Garner’s Double-Stacked Kitchen Cabinets Are a Genius Solution for a Common Storage Problem

Garner’s double-stacked upper kitchen cabinets deserve an award for Best Supporting Actor.

Olivia Harvey

Aug 6, 2020

The Most Maximalist, Colorful Place in My Apartment Is the Front of My Fridge

The inside of my fridge is super organized, but the outside is sheer chaos—and that's the way I like it.

Alyse Whitney 수지

Aug 5, 2020

Before and After: A $3,000 Kitchen Redo with IKEA Cabinets and Farmhouse Style

This redo's full of smart money-saving tricks.

Megan Baker Detloff

Aug 3, 2020

Before and After: The $500 Kitchen Refresh of Your Scandi-Modern Dreams

Cabinets can really make all the difference in a kitchen.

Megan Baker Detloff

Jul 31, 2020

Before & After: This Kitchen’s Remodel Is Simple, Chic, and So Good

When Betsy and Manny bought this former rental house, the plaster walls were damaged, squirrels were nesting in the eaves, and they didn’t have a working fridge.

Minette Hand

Jul 29, 2020

Ellie Goulding’s Raw Wood Kitchen Cabinets Are What Dreams Are Made Of

Goulding’s kitchen is the hub of the house.

Olivia Harvey

Jul 27, 2020

Add One of These 11 Resourceful Kitchen Habits to Your Routine This Weekend

Weekend Projects

The goal isn't to completely streamline your kitchen into a waste-free zone. Just focus on one effort, and make it a habit you can sustain week after week.

Shifrah Combiths

Jul 21, 2020

These Colorful Bowls Save Me So Much Space and Effort in the Kitchen

While I do enjoy cooking and baking, what I don’t enjoy is rummaging through cluttered cabinets and drawers to corral all of the bowls, measuring equipment, and other tools required for meal prep.

Sholeen Damarwala

Jul 22, 2020

This Editor-Loved Cutting Board Now Comes In a Cute New Size

Snag it before it sells out!

Cara Lynn Shultz

Jul 21, 2020

Before and After: This Breezy Kitchen Redo Will Make You an Open Shelf Convert

You'll want to take a sledgehammer to your uppers once you see the result.

Megan Baker Detloff

Jul 21, 2020

You Can Fake This “Dream Kitchen” Feature in 30 Seconds—Even in a Rental

If you can’t have your dream kitchen, you might as well have your dream *tiny* kitchen, right?

Olivia Muenter

Jul 20, 2020

The $18 Butter Dish That Amazon Shoppers Are Totally Obsessed With

Today I learned that there is a corner of the Internet that is obsessed with a certain butter dish.

Lauren Masur

Jul 16, 2020

You Can’t Go Wrong With This Classic Kitchen Color

Here at Apartment Therapy, we love a colorful kitchen. But we also recognize that painting your kitchen is a little different from say, painting your living room or bedroom. It feels a little more scary, a little more permanent. It can also affect your home’s resale value. If you love color, but these things have you feeling a little trepidatious, why not consider blue?

Nancy Mitchell

Jul 18, 2020

A Really Slow, Hard Week For Rebekah & Graeme’s Kitchen Project

Name: Graeme & Rebekah Molloy Type of Project: Kitchen Remodel Location: Chautauqua Park, Des Moines, Iowa Type of building: 1920 Tudor The Renovation Diaries are a collaboration with our community in which we feature your step by step renovation progress and provide monetary support towards getting it done in style. See all of our Reno Diaries here. Rebekah and Graeme are now totally in the thick of their kitchen reno.

Renovation Diary

Jul 18, 2020

5 Simple, Safe & Surprising Metal Cleaners

Inspired by the folks who described their own homemade cleansers in our green cleaner comment thread yesterday, we remembered this list of simple and safe homemade metal cleaners in Real Simple Cleaning, and pulled it off the shelf this morning to take a look. Perfect for keeping your kitchen or bath faucets shining bright without chemicals!1. Ketchup brightens copper. According to Real Simple Cleaning, the acetic acid in ketchup dissolves the oxide tarnish that makes copper look cloudy.2.

Janel Laban

Jul 18, 2020

Getting Rid of the Fugitive Filth I Was Harboring in my Kitchen

Kate’s West Village Charm This weekend, in a search of a lost item, I ventured into the no-man’s land of one particular area of my kitchen and was aghast at what I found there. Even though it’s a little-seen area, that doesn’t make it any better in terms of the dust accumulation and the total ick-factor I experienced when I realized what kind of filth I had been harboring. So where was all the grossness hiding?

Carolyn Purnell

Jul 18, 2020

Before & After: Laminate Countertop Goes Concrete!

Updating old laminate countertops without having to completely replace them can be a big challenge. Faux finishes can often look, well… faux, and tackling a DIY project (like pouring your own concrete countertops) can be tricky and exhausting. That’s why I was so impressed with this project from interior designer Kara Paslay.Kara managed a realistic concrete look without the hassle and weight of fully-formed slabs.

Sarah Dobbins

Jul 17, 2020

Unexpected Drama: An Out-of-the-Box Kitchen Color Combo

It’s an exciting time to be choosing a kitchen color scheme. Not only have we seen a lot of fresh trends emerge in recent years, but bold and playful hues are ever more welcome in this traditional space. If you’re a color lover looking to branch out in your kitchen this year, you might want to take a peek at this surprising color combo to see if it’s right for you.

Adrienne Breaux

Jul 17, 2020

Pimp My Small Kitchen: 10 Cheap, Renter-Friendly Improvements

All the small space goodness from last month inspired me to make some tweaks and additions to make my small Brooklyn kitchen more serviceable and user-friendly (especially since I am its primary user). The changes are affordable, renter-friendly and, hopefully, helpful to some of you simmering and sautéing away in your own small kitchens. 1. Over-the-Stove Cutting Board: small kitchens are a challenge not just for storing things but for actually cooking.

Carrie McBride

Jul 17, 2020

Farmhouse Fabulous: All About Apron Sinks

The apron-front, or farmhouse, sink has been a popular fixture in all kinds of kitchens for some time now, and with the rise in popularity of kitchens that mix traditional and modern elements, it feels more appropriate than ever. If you’re considering adding one of these big beauties to your space, here’s everything you need to know. Searching for a farmhouse sink? See all of our best picks here.

Nancy Mitchell

Jul 17, 2020

7 Things You Should Know Before Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets

If you’re looking for a relatively painless, low-cost way to update your kitchen, and have ever been on the internet, you know that painting your cabinets is the way to go. Honestly, I can’t think of better dollar-to-dramatic improvement ratio on any other project. And the news gets better: It’s way easier now than it was the olden days, before the miracle of chalk paint.

Dana McMahan

Jul 17, 2020

14 Foods You Can Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps

That trash is treasure.

Erin Johnson

Jul 17, 2020

Before and After: A Dim Orange Kitchen Gets a Sophisticated Scandi-Boho Redo

This kitchen was so dark that you could hardly see what you were cooking at night.

Melissa Epifano

Jul 17, 2020

Apartment Therapy on Copying to Learn

My kitchen Before.. just two-three months ago. Name:Type of Project:Location:Type of building:Whenever I am asked how you learn to make good interior design decisions, how to trust yourself or how to just plain have style, I say the same thing. Start by copying. I don’t mean the type of copying where you cheated in high school by looking at someone else’s answers.

Maxwell Ryan

Jul 17, 2020

How to Nail the Pristine Pantry Kitchen Trend in Your Own Home

Move over, shelfies; there’s a new trend in town. At Apartment Therapy, we spend a lot of our time talking about how to make your kitchen a more beautiful place. How to make a statement with your backsplash. How to spruce up your kitchen floors with a runner. But how to beautify your pantry? Not so much. When it comes to design, the pantry is really a forgotten spot. Sure, there are plenty of pantries organized to perfection, but a beautiful design has never been a huge priority.

Kelsey Mulvey

Jul 17, 2020

5 Common Kitchen Space-Wasting Mistakes and How To Quickly Fix Them

Your kitchen is only so big, so if you’ve run out of storage room, it’s time to make the space work harder and be more efficient. It’s easy to miss potential, but look closely and you’ll find lots more opportunities to store essentials and clutter. Here are five ways we often get it wrong, and how you can quickly remedy your kitchen mistakes.

Dabney Frake

Jul 17, 2020

9 Ways To Make Existing Storage Cabinets More Space Efficient

If you can’t add more actual storage cabinets to your living space, you can always increase the capacity of what’s already there. This includes kitchen cupboards, free-standing wardrobes, media centers, and medicine cabinets — all of which are silently pleading “make me better, make me better!” Fulfill their organizational destinies, with these nine tips… 1. Go for store-bought inserts that increase the amount of stuff that cabinets hold.

Dabney Frake

Jul 17, 2020

Butcher Block Countertops Have One Major Drawback

Butcher countertops are still having their moment. They can add warmth and character to an otherwise sterile kitchen, and the natural and classic look of wood can simultaneously upgrade a kitchen and give it a timeless feel. But as with any trend, you should be wary of adopting it unless it’s a style that truly and personally brings you joy. When it comes to butcher block countertops, which require extra maintenance and can pose unique challenges, this is especially true.

Shifrah Combiths

Jul 17, 2020

This Weekend: Dedicate An Hour To This Dirty Kitchen Zone

It doesn’t matter if you see washing dishes as a necessary evil, or if it’s a meditative time to focus your thoughts while doing routine chores. All of our kitchen sinks need TLC from time to time. It’s where we wash our food and cookware daily, store cleaning products, and where all our dirty messes go down the drain. Scrubbing the sink and organizing underneath isn’t glamorous, but certainly makes your kitchen a more effective and pleasant place to be.

Dabney Frake

Jul 17, 2020

Andi’s Kitchen Renovation: The Big Reveal

Before: The kitchen, although graced with beautiful large windows, left a little something to be desired. After: A new kitchen from the studs inward, including a new Kohler sink and industrial task lighting above the windows for more functionality.From Andi: Possibly the most luxurious thing is the increased square footage (we went from 95 to 170 square feet).

Guest

Jul 17, 2020

Claire & Jeffrey’s Kitchen: The Big Reveal

For all of us who have been following along with Claire and Jeffrey’s renovation, the ultimate moment has finally arrived. That’s right — the kitchen is finally complete, and it’s time for the big reveal. Before: The space viewed from the living room entry. After: Now, the kitchen is wide open, with an uninterrupted view of the window to the backyard.From Claire:We spend all of our free time in this room.

Guest

Jul 17, 2020

7 Kitchens That Are Rocking an L-Shaped Layout

One of the most important kitchen design decisions you’ll make, both for looks and functionality, is the layout. You have a few options—the tried and true U shape, or the elegant and functional galley shape. But if you love entertaining, and love the look of an open kitchen, there’s another kind of kitchen layout that’s worth a look: the L shape. An L-shaped kitchen has just two runs of cabinetry, arranged at right angles to each other. (The name pretty much says it all.

Nancy Mitchell

Jul 17, 2020

Cheap Ways to Make Your Kitchen Cabinets Feel Totally New

New year, new kitchen.

Brigitt Earley

Jul 17, 2020

Marble Countertops 101: Yes, They’re a Great Idea!

I’ve always loved white marble countertops and I last wrote about them five years ago (43 comments BTW). They are bright, elegant, add character and are wonderful to cook on, particularly if you’re baking. They can also be one of the cheapest stone solutions if you choose Carrara marble, making them a great choice if you’re on an IKEA kitchen installation budget. However, many people are afraid of them due to the perception that they are high maintenance.

Maxwell Ryan

Jul 17, 2020