With this kitchen, there’s lights, pattern. Talk about a Wow! Factor…
The designer’s maxim about dark colors is that they advance visually, which makes surfaces or objects look closer or more imposing. That’s why a large kitchen with dark cabinets and a ton of wall pattern — like this one in a grand log villa on [...]

The notion of a room with a view is not often applied to kitchens but I would happily sacrifice cabinets for glass walls.
Bringing natural light and color indoors by creating a window wall in a cooking space is a glorious feature and often the result of an architect’s point of view. So it’s no surprise [...]

A few months ago I wrote that the English-style, all-white kitchen tren d was over. So what’s next?
Like every style cycle, what’s been popular during the past few years – essentially the first decade of the 21st century — will start to look dated when a new generation with different design sensibilities and needs begins [...]

I don’t have a minimalist kitchen but I would love this one. Would you?
Perhaps it’s my architect’s gene that draws me to the cool aesthetic of this timeless Bulthaup b3, 400-square footer with its 20-foot long island. No transferware plate collections here – just a bold, yellow painting titled “The Pale Cook,” by German artist [...]

Our twelve-week apartment face lift is finished.
The contractors have left and 110 packing boxes plus assorted furniture came back to freshly plastered and painted walls, well-lit rooms, and a budget-remodel of our kitchen [above]. After twenty three years of Pepto-pink peeling paint, groaning appliances and cracking tiles on the kitchen counters and back splash [...]

Simple, luxurious and perfectly planned down to the last tiny detail, this contemporary kitchen with its glorious book-matched sustainable Eucalyptus veneer cabinets manages to be both exciting and serene.
While it’s true that the stainless steel lining of the stove cove requires considerable maintenance, the workability shines through. There is acres of prep area on the [...]

Right now, calacatta d’oro is the Italian kitchen stone of the year, the most sought-after marble for its highly recognizable, richly figured caramel and grey veining. With its price at a premium — and manufacturers knocking off the look in porcelain tile – leveraging the lofty cost by using this lovely stone as a focal [...]

There’s a lot to say about this highly individual, 4-year old kitchen by Baltimore architect Charles Bohl, but my first question was “OMG, what’s that floor?” Practicality aside, the color and texture makes everything appear to float on a shimmering lake – evoking water as a vital element  – with stunning effect.
That the floor upstages [...]

It’s not unusual to find metal and glass kitchen cabinets in New York apartments – certain buildings constructed early in the 20th century are known for them. Perhaps it was a practical matter, since metal cabinets were fireproof and high rise kitchens often lacked modern ventilation.
Today’s equivalent is the all-stainless kitchen, sometimes minimalist and pedigreed [...]

Red-tone, slab-front, wood cabinets are one element in common to these mid-century style kitchens. They also share a fondness for French modernist furniture from the same generation, particularly designs by Jean Prouve, whose distinctive sheet metal and wood pieces are discernible classics.
An informal, ‘60s leaning kitchen [above] features Prouve’s Gueridon Table oak and steel [...]

When you go for the most rigorous modernist aesthetic, the top of the line leads to Boffi. Clean lines and industrial style elements rule in this New York beach house kitchen which opens into the living and dining areas. These Italian kitchens come as modular units in colors, wood veneer or stainless steel fitted with [...]

Bubble chandeliers were a keynote of 1950s design and there have been many variations on the theme for the past 60 years. We count ten mirror-polish spheres dominating the island in this California kitchen and setting the style in a definitive way. The architecture of the house also speaks to mid-century modern construction with glass [...]