The annual Kitchen / Bath Industry Show & Conference (K/BIS) brought some of the biggest names in the kitchen and bath industry to Chicago recently for its annual showcase of the newest products, appliances, design trends, and cutting-edge industry information. The four-day conference and expo featured must-see new products, innovative design ideas and the latest [...] Read more »
Yellow in my home
Last month I wrote about Cottage Magpie’s green challenge but this month I decided I would play along and share some of the yellow things in my home. I have lots of yellow kitchenware from the 40′s and 50′s. I started collecting Harlequin dishes and Hall pitchers when I was in college and still enjoy [...] Read more »
Countertops: Granite? Quartz? Marble?
Today’s color dilemma… We took our current cabinets and ripped the white laminate from them! Then sanded the glue off and painted them with Benjamin Moore pre-mixed black! The walls are Benjamin Moore Raspberry Truffle. What counter tops should we use? Quartz, Granite, Marble? –Historic_Bessemer Kate suggests… First kudos to you for putting so much [...] Read more »



