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Organization Inspiration: New Pantry Closet
The Fall 2009 Kitchen Cure

How's the Kitchen Cure going? Is your kitchen now neat as a pin? Or do you feel woefully behind? If it's the latter — don't give up! Just do what you can this weekend; just a half hour of purgin...

Small Space Storage: Build a Spice Rack With a Ruler!

We're always looking for examples of better spice storage, so we really liked this creative solution from reader Amy, who used an unusual object to construct her spice rack! ...

How To Make an Over-the-Door Pot Rack

Our stream of reader pot rack solutions continues, with one more clever idea from reader Theresa. She didn't have much room for a pot rack in her small kitchen, so she created an over-the-door version...

How To Paint (and Stencil) a Kitchen Floor

We've had quite a bit of focus on the kitchen floor lately, what with this gallery of painted floors and a look at painted floor cloths. Reader Jacqueline was inspired to send us her own kitchen floor...

Small Space Solution: How To Make a Vertical Pot Rack

Mary, a reader, just sent an email showing us her pot rack solution for a small kitchen. She doesn't have a lot of room in the kitchen for a full-sized pot rack, since their kitchen has only eight fee...

Guess What Garden Treat Is In the Jar!

Tanya Spacek of Lawrence, Kansas sent us these fabulous photos of her past weekends adventures in canning. Can you guess what's in the jars? It's something Southerners might recognize more easily, b...

Cool Recipe: Michelle's Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
Stay Cool!

We asked you how you're staying cool this August, and your answers are already coming in! Here's our first reader Stay Cool! recipe. Name: Michelle Location: Pennsylvania How are you staying cool? Lo...

Breakfast Fun: Spell Things With Your Pancakes

Tired of round pancakes? Maybe even the standard chubby pancake man is losing his charm. Mix things up with pancake letters instead, like reader Jackie who sent us these cute photos of her own breakfa...

Reader Tip: Juice Key Limes with a Garlic Press

Here's a quick tip from reader Jennifer, who added at least one more good use to her garlic press. She says: I was making key lime bars last night and came up with a great tip - use your garlic press ...

Look! Ana's Easter Breakfast

Kitchn reader Ana wrote us a note sharing her family's Easter traditions and a few pictures of her successful Easter breakfast. Take a look!...

Ten Things I Love: Uncle Thorvald's Happy Kitchen

Here is one final reader kitchen from our call for your Ten Favorite Things. This one comes all the way from Copenhagen via Susan Serra, the kitchen owner's niece and the proprietor of The Kitchen Des...

Ten Things I Love: Priscilla's Costa Rica Kitchen

Priscilla says that she is still working on her kitchen, but that this column reminded her of how the little things can make a kitchen special and worthwhile. Here's a look at some of the special thin...

Ten Things I Love: Megan's Vintage and Antique Treasures

Take a look at Megan's vintage spice jars! We love this old style of bottles. ...

Ten Things I Love: DM's Oxford Jelly Mold

One of the things we've enjoyed most about seeing a little more of our readers' kitchens is the history those objects often bring. So many of you have showed us tools or treasures from your family's p...

Ten Things I Love: Christine's Austrian Dutch Oven

Here are just a few more posts with our readers' favorite things from their kitchens. This is an entry from Christine, who showed us her marvelously bright Dutch oven. ...

Ten Things I Love: Jennifer's Sturdy Tools

Jennifer has a marvelously hard-working kitchen! Look at the great setup she has; we're rather envious of her copper potrack and this rail for keeping printed recipes at eye level. Read on to see more...

Ten Things I Love: Jackie's Handicrafts

We love seeing all the hardworking and lovingly worn things in our readers' kitchens. Here is another set from reader Jackie, who has collected many small kitchen treasures from her family and from Co...

Ten Things I Love: Renee's Kitchen Flowers and Art

Here are three lovely ideas for kitchen decoration from reader Renee. ...

Ten Things I Love: Rachel's Mother's Kitchen

Sara Kate's initial post about ten favorite things in the kitchen was actually prompted by a visit to her childhood home and her mother's kitchen. Rachel's list of favorite things is also from her mot...

Ten Things I Love: Suzanne's Knifaway

Welcome to our weekend marathon of readers' favorite things from their kitchens. Sara Kate asked you to share your favorite things last week in her email, and we received some really wonderful respons...

Ten Things I Love: Leslie's Azurite Teatime

In last Thursday's email (signed up yet?) I showed you ten things I love from my mother's kitchen, and I asked you to show us ten things you love in your own kitchen. Many of you have replied, and we'...

Ten Things I Love: Meg's Family Kitchen

In last Thursday's email (signed up yet?) I showed you ten things I love from my mother's kitchen, and I asked you to show us ten things you love in your own kitchen. Many of you have replied, and we'...

Ten Things I Love: Janine's Spoons (and Husband!)

Janine submitted one of the best lists of favorite kitchen things yet, and it includes her brand new husband. To see how her husband qualifies as one of her ten favorite kitchen things, read on!...

Ten Things I Love: Alicia's Spicy Black & White (and Pink!)

In Thursday's email I showed you ten things I love from my mother's kitchen, and I asked you to show us ten things (or in this case, nine) you love in your own kitchen. Many of you have replied, and ...

Ten Things I Love: Brooke's Vintage Collections

On Thursday Sara Kate showed you ten things she loves in her childhood kitchen, and she asked you to show us things you love in your own kitchen. Many of you have replied, and we're going to show you ...