Kitchens to get you in the holiday mood – white and light with red accents. If you’re like me, you’ve proabaly barely had time to think about Christmas yet, but I know we’ll be ready, somehow.Take a few minutes to de-stress with these kitchens – it might just help (via): (via) And the best thing ...
When you really can’t decide which color is your favorite, why not have them all? Found at Husligheter. I have to admit I really like the effect – of course it only works with the absolutely calm white and neutral surroundings. A cornflakes box would ruin it. With today’s hinge technology, you could probably even ...
The Greek Island kitchen in yesterday’s post sent me in search of more. And sure enough, Yatzer had this 1890’s residence in the Greek island of Nisyros, beautifully restored by owner/architect George Koukourakis: Don’t you just love the contrast between the rich color, forms and texture of the plastered walls, and the cool crisp shades ...
I spent many hours on airplanes last Thursday, so for once I had plenty of time to peruse the New York Times Home and Garden section. I fell in love with this bold red and blue penthouse kitchen (link): Did you know that researchers have found that the color red can make people’s work more ...
First of all, I just wanted to enjoy some turquoise, while it’s still the Pantone color of the year. Although actually, this kitchen, designed by Thomas Britt with Peter Napolitano, appeared in Architectural Digest in February 2007. Shucks, I guess they just got the color wrong for 2006. On the other hand – the turquoise ...
Pink in the kitchen – does it have to be tooth-decayingly sweet? Or garishly bright? I can’t see pink ever being rehabilitated as a manly color, exactly, but color psychology tells us it induces feelings of calm, protection, warmth and nurture. Isn’t that just what we want in the kitchen? And light reflected off pink ...
Not the newspaper, this time. Black and white is a classic color choice for kitchens – not as trendy as white on white, not likely to date as fast as an actual color. And red? Is there any accent color that says “I’m not boring” as clearly as red? Colors go in and out of ...