Milk & Cookies, Superheroes & 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.

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Theodore & Matthew’s Open Kitchen in the Hollywood Hills — Kitchen Spotlight

Theodore and Matthew’s design style is a mix of “laid back Hamptons and California ease” — which is very much on display in their Hollywood Hills cottage. The whole home is inviting and cozy, but the kitchen is particularly enticing if you’re a fan of the open shelving look, because this couple knows how to do it right! 

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lobster and potato salad

lobster and potato salad

One of the aspects of my personality that I should probably be less proud to admit to is that I can be a tad bit lazy. I often consider doing many things when I could be doing fewer things a bother. Much praise may be given these days to the pursuit of busyness, and days jam-packed with frenetically fun activities, but I’m more protective of time that could be spent daydreaming/staring slack-jawed into space and letting disparate thoughts knit together in my head.

lobster, potatoes, scallions, etc.

So, last summer when an editor reached out to me about spending a day with a famous cookbook author as part of a larger magazine story, I had no interest. I didn’t know who this mystery person was but it certainly didn’t seem worth all the work that would be entailed in an over 12-hour day. In actuality, that “work” was later revealed to be horrendous things like “having hair and makeup done,” “gossiping with a famous person’s hairdresser,” “drinking pink champagne,” “eating homemade cookies for dinner,” and “meeting awesome people,” but at the time, I didn’t know this, and I turned it down. Then I learned that this “cookbook author” was none other than one of best-selling cookbook authors in American history and easily one of the three patron saints of Smitten Kitchen (other two: Julia Child and any one of our grandmothers) and I was all “SHUT UP” and punched my husband, who sometimes likes to sit next to me but probably not that day, in the arm.

not my house, sadly

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The Future Is Here: Refrigerator Drawers from Fisher & Paykel

The Future Is Here: Refrigerator Drawers from Fisher-Paykel

Who: Fisher & Paykel
What We Noticed: What does the future hold for our kitchens? I, for one, hope the future includes a better refrigerator. Forget the jetpack; I want a fridge that doesn’t take up an entire wall of my kitchen, freezes the lettuce, and costs an arm and leg too. When I talked with Thomas Johansson of Electrolux about the future of the kitchen last fall, the fridge was what he promptly focused on. And here’s one way that new fridge could work out: Fridge drawers. 

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Get the Look: Pastel California Kitchen — Style & Renovation Resources

This spacious farmhouse-style California kitchen has such a wonderful feel about it, due to the abundance of light-colored wood and the crisp, pastel color on the wall. Want to emulate some of it in your own kitchen? Here are sources to help you get the look. If you recognize other elements in the kitchen, please fill in the blanks in the comments! See another photo below:

Pastel California Kitchen Resources

Backsplash Tile: ______________ 
Cabinets: ______________ 
Countertops: ______________ 
Dishwasher: ______________ 
Espresso Machine: Villaware
Flooring: ______________ 
Hardware: ______________ 
Lighting: ______________ 
Oven: Wedgewood
Paint – Wall: “Wedgewood Grey” by Benjamin Moore
Stools: ______________ 
Towel Rack: ______________ 

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