17 Thrifted Kitchen Decor Finds Worth Hunting For The best thing I ever bought for my kitchen cost me fifty pence, and I nearly walked straight past it. I was killing time in a charity shop on a rainy Saturday, when I spotted it: a deep green enamel bread bin buried behind a leaning tower…
15 Navy Blue Kitchen Ideas on a Budget Navy blue is the colour that makes a kitchen look like it cost three times what it did. Navy Blue kitchen ideas work because the shade is deep enough to read as luxurious but neutral enough to live with every day, and it flatters both warm wood…
15 Charcoal Gray Kitchen Ideas on a Dime Three years ago my sister repainted her tiny rental kitchen and handed me a roller, a tin of paint the colour of wet slate, and strict instructions not to ask questions. Charcoal Gray kitchen ideas sounded like a recipe for a cave, and I told her so,…
17 Sage Green Kitchen Ideas on a Budget The first time I painted something sage green, it was a scuffed old side table I was too embarrassed to keep in the living room — and when it dried, it looked like a completely different piece of furniture. That soft, grey-ish green has a way of…
15 Coffee Bar Ideas on a Budget I got hooked on the idea of a home coffee bar the first time I saw one on a friend’s Instagram story — hers was all marble and brass, and my rental kitchen at the time was neither. So I built my own version from a charity-shop trolley…
17 Charcoal Gray Kitchen Ideas That Feel Fresh I’ll be honest — I used to think charcoal gray kitchens would feel like cooking inside a cave. Then I stayed with my sister last winter, and her tiny charcoal gray kitchen felt anything but gloomy: warm wood, brass handles, and morning light bouncing off pale counters….
21 Dollar Store Kitchen Organization Ideas Worth Every Penny Last spring I stood in front of my under-sink cabinet, ankle-deep in half-empty spray bottles and a tangle of carrier bags, and quietly admitted defeat. I’d been putting off dollar store kitchen organization for months because I assumed cheap meant flimsy. Then a friend dared me…
25 Blush Pink Kitchen Ideas on a Dime Pink in the kitchen sounds brave until you see it done right, and then it just looks joyful. I used to think Blush Pink belonged in bedrooms, but a friend’s kitchen proved me wrong: soft pink walls, brass handles, one dusty-rose blind, and the whole room glowed…
23 Rustic Kitchen Ideas That Don’t Break the Bank When I bought my first home, the kitchen was the saddest room in it: flat white cupboards, a stained worktop, and lighting that made everything look grey. I had no budget for a renovation, so I went hunting for rustic kitchen ideas that cost almost nothing…
23 Mustard Kitchen Ideas on a Dime Mustard yellow is the colour equivalent of a good mood. It’s warm without being shouty, retro without feeling dated, and it has this magical ability to make even the greyest kitchen feel sunlit. When I first started collecting mustard kitchen ideas, I worried it would be too much…