Renovating a kitchen inside an older home can erase the surfaces that show how the house has aged. This 1984 Colonial in Vernon, Connecticut, took another route. Its wide pine floors, exposed beams, posts, and braces remained while the kitchen around them was rebuilt.
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Pinecones make an easy fall display, especially when they are free from the yard. A bowl, basket, or centerpiece is usually where they end up once they come indoors.
There is a reason to hold off before putting them on display. With one added ingredient and a sealed plastic bag, the pinecones can do more than fill an empty bowl.
The catch is time. They n...
Kitchen storage does not have to announce itself through rows of cabinet doors, handles, and exposed appliances. In this kitchen, much of it blends into two large wall installations that read more like architectural paneling.
Dark wood covers one wall from floor to ceiling, while textured white cabinetry occupies another. Doors follow the same lines, finishes, ...
Washer and dryer doors sat close to the garage floor, while four wall cabinets occupied the space above them. Laundry supplies had no dedicated storage near the machines, and transferring clothes meant bending down each time.
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Cinder blocks became both the structure and the planters in this staggered garden wall. Instead of stacking every block into straight rows, Kate Simmons turned several outward, creating projecting pockets that appear to float from the face of the wall.
Rather than fillin...