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Retro Cottage Green Kitchen

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

When the owner of this wonderfully fresh retro kitchen bought the 19th-century house, the shelves and cabinets were a mess. She knew the kitchen needed a transformation and that green would be the color as it reflected all her collectibles.

To establish a vintage feel, celadon green for the cabinets was mixed with mint-green for the [...]

Ancient House, Modern Kitchen

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Two-hundred-year-old stone structures often don’t lend themselves to modern kitchens. But the Campanula House, on the Ionian island of Corfu,  shows how a skillful design successfully marries a contemporary kitchen to a rustic interior.
This house is one of 12 restored on the Rou Estate, a high-end property that touts outdoor terraces from which you can [...]

All-White Kitchens – Trend Over

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The all-white kitchen – cabinets, back splash, counters – set the style for the first decade of the 21st century. It’s the “manor house” look modernized and marketed by English kitchen designer Christopher Peacock [above], which draws directly from English kitchens of 100 years earlier. Usually described as “classic,” “timeless,” or “elegant,” it crawled from [...]

Expert Picks Top Kitchen Faucets

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Grohe Minta, our expert’s top faucet pick. (Photo via grohecatalog.com)
During the past five years and two kitchen renovations, I’ve come to appreciate certain truths. Chief among them: your main sink faucet is the most important fixture in the kitchen – because — arguably, it is used more than anything else but the floor.
With thousands of [...]

Middle Eastern Kitchen

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

My fascination with informal, rustic kitchens dates back to the summers I spent in Paris and later to the various houses we rented in Italy.  Most looked something like this one on the second floor of a house owned by a French archaeological engineer in Damascus, Syria.
Stone is a major element – both in the [...]

Cookware Replacement Anxiety

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Last summer, peeling paint, cracking counters and loose tiles basically forced us to give our apartment kitchen a facelift. I still need a clock and a new microwave and – according to my husband, who frequently does the clean up — we need to replace five pieces of our basic cookware with wooden handles [above] [...]