I still remember the first time I walked into a friend’s kitchen and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her kitchen backsplash. I didn’t look at her countertops or even the cabinets, just her kitchen backsplash. A shimmering herringbone marble tile caught the light and instantly made the space feel elevated, like something…
Every time I walk into my kitchen, the first thing I notice isn’t the smell of coffee or the shine of my backsplash—it’s the clutter. A stack of unopened mail, the random measuring cup I forgot to put away, and my kid’s water bottle that somehow migrated from the living room. Counters are magnets, and…
I’ll never forget the first time I tried to choose a cabinet color. I stood in my kitchen with a stack of swatches, holding up one shade after another, and every single one looked different depending on the light. What seemed like a soft gray in the morning turned blue by the evening, and a…