October is all about color; the Room for Color contest is underway, and so we want to look back at some of our favorite colorful kitchens for inspiration!
Here's a look back at some of the colors, from cool to warm, that we've seen in real kitchens.
Do you have an old, tired kitchen — maybe in an old, tired city apartment? Are your cupboards caked with layers and years of paint, your floor covered in strata of linoleum?
Well, take heart from reader Tamar's DIY renovation. She took an old, sagging city kitchen in Jackson Heights, Queens, and transformed it with a small budget and plenty of elbow grease. Here's a look at the transformation.
You look at the kitchen and you immediately get groggy, with a big fly-catching yawn, and before you get totally cranky, you know something has to change. If change doesn't come, no court will convict you for your actions which follow as a direct result of a colorless existence. Here, just in time, pre-indictment, is color on the cheap! Yes you can!
Here's a gallery of 12 (or 13) good ideas for bringing color into the kitchen in inexpensive, creative ways.
If you're a fan of industrial-looking kitchens that still feel suited to a warm, family home... you're welcome.
There are a lot of inspiring things about this kitchen (the open shelving with sliding doors, for one), and we love that the family hired the designer who did the interior of a favorite restaurant. San Franciscans: Can you tell which one?
The advertising agency WHYBIN hired for the Sydney International Food Festival is so clever - they've come up with a really neat concept to promote the festival by creating food flags for the various countries represented. Each food flag contains a food that is generally identified with that country, and as a bonus, the color of the food corresponds with the color of the flag!
A quick dinner is often very dependent on how you stock your pantry. What do you stash away in your pantry for quick, easy meals?
Here's a peek inside my own pantry and freezer with ten good staples for quick weeknight meals.
I had always dreamt of a great spacious kitchen with an island in the center, vintage details, and room for family and friends to gather. But what my boyfriend and I got when we moved into our Silver Lake apartment was an 81 square foot kitchen that was initially dingy, awkward, and challenging.
Fortunately, we did get the vintage details, so we got to work creating a colorful, functional space.
Growing up I was always fascinated by the family junk drawer found in my mother's otherwise very neat and organized kitchen. It contained all the miscellaneous kitchen stuff that didn't fit elsewhere: a ball of rubber bands, a kitchen knife with a broken tip too good to throw away, assorted tins, a stray candle, old coupons.
Five skilled home cooks. One featured ingredient. A few hours of kitchen competition. One really good dinner. These were the makings of a recent "Iron Chef" party we hosted for a small group of friends.
We've been seeing more and more of these dishwasher drawers in small kitchens. Ours came with our apartment, which had recently been renovated, and now that we've been using them for more than a year, we have a few opinions.
Read on and let us know your thoughts on these space-saving appliances.
We've been on a kitchen floor kick this week: First the cork, then a survey of what kind of floors you all have. But we've saved the prettiest for last.
Read on for all kinds of painted floors, from diamonds to seaside motifs to some incredibly gutsy polka dots...
Yes, that's right; you heard us. Creamy, soft-serve style ice cream with just one ingredient. No ice cream maker needed, either! What is this one magic ingredient that can be whipped into perfectly rich and silky ice cream, with no additional dairy, sweeteners, or ingredients needed whatsoever?
We like toast; it's a quick snack or even dinner sometimes. But our love for toast is matched by our hatred for cleaning fingerprints off the side of the toaster.
That is, until we saw the new rubber exteriors on these brightly colored versions, from Bodum. Is it wrong to call a toaster sexy?
Last week we asked if you needed a kitchen makeover. Lots of you do, apparently, because we already have an inbox full of submissions! Here's our first attempt to offer a little advice and inspiration to a kitchen in need of a makeover. How would you help improve this kitchen?
Read on for what Erin and Brendan want in their kitchen, plus their constraints. We offer a few tips, ideas, and paint colors.
• Click here for full post: Help Erin and Brendan's Butter-Yellow Kitchen
Street Fair Food Week just drew to a close, so here's a look at the fair food we gave you recipes for. All in good fun, of course; we don't propose eating these marvelously terrible treats every day! But if you want to avoid the crowds, or if you missed the fair entirely this summer, then from lemon shake ups to fried Oreos, here are some ways to get those carnival tastes in your own kitchen.
• Click here for full post: Fried Oreos and Funnel Cakes: Make Fair Food at Home
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