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The One-Month Makeover: Beth Kirby's Star-Is-Born Kitchen
"A cast iron skillet and a camera" is Beth Kirby's moniker. But that only begins to touch upon what she does in her kitchen. Out of her decade-old, "generic little house built by a builder," in North...
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11 Italian Kitchens, Dolce Vita Edition
From the country that taught us how to make ourselves fully at home in the kitchen: 11 memorable designs—rustic, clean-lined, and effortless-looking combinations of the two. Above: The ultimate marble...
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DIY: Instant Pasta-Drying Rack
Here's a brilliant idea for those who like to make their own pasta: a DIY pasta-drying system involving nothing more than a set of thin wooden dowels and an electric drill. Such is the secret to Linda...
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7 High-Style Italian Kitchen Ranges
Years ago I borrowed an Alfa Romeo from a friend and was loath to return it. I was smitten—not with the engine power (there was a lot), but with the tiny design details of the interior handles and...
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16 Made-in-Italy Kitchen Essentials
On my recent vacation in Italy, so many accessories caught my attention: an all-glass cooking pot that had me wide-eyed and wanting, tiny glass wine tumblers for pouring civilized quantities of red...
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Object Lessons: Belgian Linen for Every Room
Linen is perhaps the most virtuous of all fabrics. It's produced from the flax plant, every part of which has a use: The seeds are ground to make oil for paint and linoleum flooring, the pulp goes into...
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Steal This Look: A Tiny, Romantic Paris Kitchen
The kitchen Chez Juliette, an 18-square-meter (194-square-foot) Paris apartment designed by Marianne Evennou, incorporates plenty of storage—and charm. We're especially fond of the gray and white...
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5 Favorites: Library Ladders in the Kitchen
The biggest mistake I made in my Seattle kitchen remodel was not extending my cabinets to the ceiling. I thought it would be a waste to install inaccessible storage; but instead the space just became a...
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Urban Cottage Industries: The Golden Age of Lighting Revived
Urban Cottage Industries started life in 2007 on a kitchen table in East London with a plan to sell light fixtures salvaged from textile mills and factories. The team tracked down the workshops and...
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10 Favorites: Under-the-Bench Kitchen Storage
Searching for more shelf and drawer space in your kitchen? The answer may be right at your feet. We've tracked down 10 kitchens that ingeniously incorporate storage into bench seating. Above: A...
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Rehab Diary: A Mini Kitchen Makeover, Miele Included
When our decade-old dishwasher conked out recently, I took the opportunity to replace it with a state-of-the-art Miele and also spruce up the kitchen sink area in our 1860 Victorian house on Cape Cod....
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Steal This Look: A Scandi-Meets-Japanese Kitchen
Juli Daoust and John Baker and their two young daughters live in a Toronto flat one flight of stairs up from Mjölk, their homewares shop. Not surprisingly, inventory from the shop makes it up into...
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12 Favorites: Live-Edge Tables in the Spirit of George Nakashima
Twentieth-century furniture maker George Nakashima believed that there is a soul in every tree that can continue to live in a piece of furniture. His signature live-edge tables tell the tales of many...
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Grill in Style: A Japanese Stovetop Toaster for Small Kitchens
The perfect replacement for a bulky toaster could very well be this simple contraption from Anzu New York, an online shop specializing in Japanese kitchenware. Reminiscent of popping corn over an open...
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Object Lessons: The Great Japanese Cast-Iron Kettle
Since medieval times, the cast-iron kettle has stood at the center of the traditional Japanese household, steaming on the stove and ready to supply water for tea at a moment's notice. Way ahead of its...
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Currently Coveting: Japanese-Style Tableware Made in LA
Nobuhito Nishigawara is a busy man: Chairman of the ceramics program at California State University at Fullerton, he's also a sculptor who shows internationally—and in his free time he makes useful,...
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American Standard Goes Luxe: The DXV Collection
This is not your grandmother's bathroom and kitchen. American Standard, a brand synonymous with quality, dependability, and utilitarian style, is going upscale with a line of luxury fixtures and...
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Steal This Look: A Kitchen Designed for Entertaining
Interior designer Summer Thornton took a masculine approach to the remodel of an early 1900s French Tudor in Evergreen Park, Illinois, a half hour south of Chicago. The house was overhauled for a...
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Object Lessons: The Mason Cash Mixing Bowl
British ceramics are often associated with the potteries at Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, but the tiny village of Church Gresley, in Derbyshire, made a very valuable contribution by giving us Mason...
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6 Château-Style Cooking Ranges for the Luxe Holiday Kitchen
When our midlife crisis hits, we'll be springing for a high-style French (or Italian) cooking range. Above: Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen equipped his own kitchen with a Castel 75...
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