Home Inspiration: Coastal Kitchens
Obviously, any kind of kitchen can be coastal, just as a landlocked, big-city kitchen can be decorated with a nautical style. But there’s just something wonderful when the two collide, isn’t there? A...
View ArticleHome Inspiration: Industrial Kitchens
The polar opposite of all those country, coastal and cottage kitchens, the industrial-style kitchen has a charm all its own. Usually so-called because of the presence of restaurant-style fittings, open...
View ArticleHome Inspiration: Galley Kitchens
If you ask most people what their least favourite type of kitchen is, I’d wager that long, narrow galley styles would be the answer. Galleys abound where I live in the UK; they’re the norm in all the...
View ArticleHome Inspiration: Gossip Girl
Firstly, a confession: I, Ele, watch and enjoy a shallow, melodramatic and at times ludicrous prime-time TV show aimed at the teenage set. So sue me. Now that that’s out of the way, a second note:...
View ArticleFlickr finds: The Haunted Kitchen
Well, maybe not really haunted. But some of these spaces, both abandoned and used regularly, look sort of creepy, no? Happy Friday and Happy Hallowe’en, everybody! The light in My Creepy Kitchen by...
View ArticleKitchen Storage: Ten Cool Ideas
Storage is a perpetual problem for me, and I’m far from alone on this matter. It doesn’t matter how big or small our spaces are, there just never seems to be enough room for all our stuff, am I right?...
View ArticleReview: Living etc April 2010
Do you read Living etc? I do, it’s one of my favourite magazines. After moving to the UK three years ago and having a brief affair with Elle Decoration (as well as a trans-Atlantic fling with Dwell), I...
View ArticleFlickr finds: Home, away
I’ve got holidays on the brain lately. Surfing Flickr for some atmospheric snaps to share today, I found several of peaceful looking kitchens in far-off places. Don’t these spaces just seem like a home...
View ArticleKitchen Ideas: 5 Ways to Recharge a Rental
Over at The Kitchn they’ve just wrapped up the annual Small, Cool Kitchens Contest. There were some great spaces entered this year, and I enjoyed browsing them all. I was also struck by how the...
View ArticleJessica Helgerson Kitchens
I recently got tipped off to Jessica Helgerson Interior Design, a Portland-based design firm that produces elegant, livable and environmentally-conscious spaces. House Beautiful Magazine recently...
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