Pioneer, Circus & More — Kids’ Parties from Apartment Therapy

Kids know how to party! Check out the latest festive celebrations from the Apartment Therapy’s Family channel, which posts kids’ parties every day. We’ll be bringing you a roundup of these inspiring parties every week.



A Grown-Up California Kitchen — Kitchen Spotlight

2013-2-27-spotlight.jpgFashion designer Corey Lynn Calter makes eclectic, statement-making clothes, and her Los Angeles home reflects that style. It’s quirky and playful, a mix of periods and styles, of “strange objects, colors and bold statements.” Her kitchen has traditional bones but with a few surprising elements, like a kilim runner, the colorful glass collection in the window, even the bright yellow toaster! Not to mention the opulent dining room just through the doorway… More



My Uncool Kitchen Tool: My Kitchen Stool

My Uncool Kitchen Tool: My Kitchen Stool

I am short.  Never made it to 5’4″ — thus my dreams of becoming a long-legged, ballet dancer at Julliard turned into an application for culinary school.  Nevertheless, there is still lots of dancing and constant choreography my kitchen. I can create a sauce with poise and handle a knife with equal aplomb but there is nothing graceful about the kitchen tool I use almost as often as my knife  — my kitchen stool. 

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Get the Look: Modern Industrial Kitchen — Style & Renovation Resources

This modern industrial kitchen mixes a lot of materials: wood with concrete, marble with steel. Love the look? Want to emulate some of it in your own kitchen? Here are sources to help you get the look. Fill in the blanks in the comments! (And see another photo below.)

Modern Industrial Kitchen

Ceramics & Dishware: ______________
Countertops: Marble slab from Exotic Granite & Marble in Sun Valley, CA.
Faucet: ______________
Flooring: Concrete
Island base: Sealed plywood
Lighting: ______________
Oven: GE monagram ovens
Range: ______________
Refrigerator: Frigidaire commercial fridge with glass door; Sub-Zero under counter freezer
Shelving Sealed plywood
Stools: Tolix

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