Kitchen Clarity Adventures in Kitchen and Bath Design

I’m not saying a word: That whole ceiling light thing is just so over. Related Posts:Tolomeo (Tolomeo) Plenty of spaceKitchen Lighting – Sci Fi and ScaryLighting – all the Tolomeo family is hereLighting Jackpot – my lucky week ...

Oh, the seventies – I’m pretty sure my parents had these exact same curtains: Actually, I’m pretty sure my sister and I got to wear that fabric, upcycled into “midi” skirts, once it’s kitchen duty was done. I have no record of where I found this image – please help me identify it if you ...

Is it just me, or does this room have the ambience of an aircraft hangar? Wait a minute, I’ve seen something very like those light fixtures somewhere else, now where was it? I’m pretty sure the next thing to happen looks something like this: Well, now we know what all the space is for.   That ...

Caught sight of this on Remodelista today – apparently the bucket is for handy storage of bathroom items: Silly me, I took it for an extremely low tech flushing mechanism.  I wouldn’t like to be in range if that thing really got swinging – galvanized buckets are pretty hard and unforgiving. Related Posts:Sunny Baths – ...

Here’s another kitchen alien, snaking down from the ceiling while the cook’s back is turned: I know, I do tend to anthropomorphize, just a bit, but look – it’s already slurped up whatever was cooking in that white pot.  I’d keep the lid tight on the other one, or there’ll be no dinner. Seriously, is ...

There was a time when this kitchen seemed to pop up everywhere. I never really understood what made it such a star – although it has plenty of features that should make it one of my favorites, like the big white Aga, open shelves, warm wood counters, and a stripped down industrial-meets-country vibe: The trouble ...

Doing some catch-up browsing in the blogosphere these last few days, I came across this rather beautiful kitchen by designer Amy Finley: I’m always a sucker for the juxtaposition of unexpected materials – so  industrial stainless steel next to thick chunks of  luxurious, high maintenance onyx really caught my attention. I nearly jumped out of ...