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Posts tagged “kitchen”

Before & After: An $80 Rental Kitchen Makeover

BEFORE: Particleboard cabinets, dingy backsplash, colorless. My husband and I moved into our current rental apartment one year ago, and while we loved the fact that the kitchen was separate, roomy an...

Rating DIY Projects: What's Worth It and What's Not
The Los Angeles Times

After renovating most of my own home, there are certainly some things I'd recommend doing myself, and somethings that are better left to the pros. The renovator of a 1920's bungalow in L.A. recently...

Color in the Kitchen! Mini Pedestal Cake Plates

This month has been all about COLOR in the kitchen, in food, and in harvest. Well, to cap it off, we have to show you these jolly little platters, made from refinished old candlesticks!...

StillTasty: The Ultimate Shelf Life Guide

Milk, peanut butter, oil, tomatoes, beans – when do they go bad and what can we do with them before they expire? How should they be stored? Can they be frozen or microwaved? Not knowing the answer...

A Sustainable Kitchen Renovation in Los Angeles
Kitchen Before & After

We almost couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this kitchen renovation from Jeremy Levine Design. Levine took an old, small kitchen in Eagle Rock, a suburb of Los Angeles, and opened it up to sunli...

Bazzeo: Kitchen Design for the Whole Home

We're excited because tonight we're headed over to Cisco Home to check out Bazzeo, a kitchen design that's been generating a lot of buzz. Bazzeo is the first eco-centric contemporary kitchen collec...

Dwell on Design: Kitchen Ecology

We attended the Dwell on Design conference this weekend and encountered so many beautiful, thought-provoking, and innovative designs. Held in Los Angeles, the conference features design materials, p...

Stainless Steel Shelves by Resource International

During our green kitchen redesign, finding stainless steel anything to match our appliances proved cost prohibitive. These stainless steel shelves are more reasonably priced than many, and made by a c...

Green Cuisine by Philips: The World's Most High Tech and Ecofriendly Kitchen

As much as Philips is known for TV's and home electronics, they are also very active in conceptual integrated home tech and lighting environments. Most recently they exhibited the ambient experience...

Green Notebook: 7 Simple Tips for a Greener Kitchen

For a lot of people, the kitchen is the heart of the house. Sure, it's where meals are prepared, but it's also where kids hang out, friends share a few drinks, and families decompress. Here are 7 real...

Small Kitchen (in a Drawer!): Electrolux Concept

This kitchen concept, designed by Nojae Park for the annual Electrolux Design Lab Competition, would be a great addition for a tiny house like the Weehouse or DWR's Kithaus....

Survey: How Do You Store Your Kitchen Recycling?

We're getting a new kitchen set up and we've been thinking about the recycling issue. We paused by these jute bags at World Market, struck by their flexibility and rough good looks. We may hang them i...

Video: Tour Michael McDonough's Green Kitchen

We've glanced at architect Michael McDonough's E-House before, but we've never been inside. Thanks to a short video over at Dwell.com, now we can take a tour of the kitchen, what McDonough calls the...