what a gorgeous modern kitchen!

I've been curious about your kitchen...
Its ADORABLE! It looks like its alot of fun to cook in. I had guessed it would be a very OLD, but very cute and efficient kitchen. 'Cuz you live in San Francisco, so I imagine an old victorian...But your kitchen looks bright and new. I love the colors and the hardwood floors. We have the same color "Francis! Francis!"
How do I send you a photo of my kitchen? (I know your curious). Should I post it on my web page or can I send you a jpeg? I know, I've got my own web page and shouldn't be so naive about these things, but I am...v

p.s.
Those stools do look slippery...

I felt a voyeur..how great it is to see one's kitchen. There is a lot of light in yours. I imagine that you have some lovely windows..high ceilings..Thanks for opening the door.

Could your kitchen be any cuter?! I am curious about your stove though?

Beautiful! Thanks Heidi!

Your kitchen is so bright and beautiful, Heidi. Thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous bright kitchen, I love it! I can imagine it's a very enjoyable kitchen to cook in, and is sociable at the same time!

I've got quite a small kitchen but as soon as we order our new tall fridge (rather than a small fridge and small freezer as separate unit, which seems to be the only thing Britain knows), I'll be proud enough to take photos!

Great kitchen, now let's see the rest of your home. I bet it is as beautiful as your kitchen. I had similar thoughts as Vici, what a surprise!

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I loved seeing your kitchen. I really like the colors and the open feeling of it. Also, love the spice drawer.

This looks lovely and inviting. I'm actually on my way to Bed Bath & Beyond to procure something that will enable me to hang pots and pans and also make my kitchen better laid out. Lack of cabinets and storage makes it really tricky!

Heidi,

Wow-ee, what a kitchen!! It looks like it could come off the pages of "dwell" magazine. Looks very fun to cook in and hang out.

Taking a cue from Vici's pictures of her kitchen (I love the tea shelf too!) and cookbook collection, Heidi, where are most of your cookbooks stored? I have probably 50ish or so and they are bursting out of an old armoire...

Thanks again for sharing!

I just bought my first place and the kitchen is mustard brown. I don't think anything else needs to be said. So what an absolutely great post! I too am a kitchen voyeur and so I am so enjoying this post. I love the fun colors you chose, who wouldn't want to cook in such a lively kitchen? It has a Doris Day perkiness to it while also being thoroughly modern. LOVE IT. I have to ask, is that an inset refridgerator?

Vici,

Thanks so much for your pictures too! As I am in kitchen renovating mode, could you tell me a bit more about how you changed your cabinets? I love the look of the "fogged glass" in cabinets. Did you do it yourself or did you hire someone? Was it difficult?

Heidi:

It's a spacious, warm, filled-with-light kitchen. Not too spacious, so that we think we can never attain it. But not the incorrigible mess of Mrs. D either. (Yikes!) Somehow, it's just as I pictured it.

Oh Heidi, I absolutely adore your kitchen, it's so sweet... (I can imagine a black cat keeping you company ;))

hi i am new here but i love your kitchen,,,its always been my favorite room in my home,,thanks lucy lou..

Heidi,

I just had to tell you that I use the same method for storing my recipes; Russel Hazel Binders! I recognized the big rubber-band immediately. A very fun alternative to a boring old binder...

Jessica

(let me apologize, right up front for taking up all this space; but the email I sent to Bea kept coming back "undeliverable")

Hey Bea,
Congratulations on your first home! Thanks for the nice words about my cabinets.
I must tell you, my cabinets were easy and inexpensive to do.
Under $200, and that includes all new hardware.
The most difficult part of the project was stripping off 10 layers of old paint.

It helps to have a talented boyfriend with access to power tools.
We used a “jigsaw” to cut out the center. I came in 3-inches from the outside edges. Then we used a “router” to make a 1/4-inch lip on the backside of the door, for the plastic panel to sit in. The router makes round corners, so I used a “wood chisel” to change the round corners to square corners so the panels could lie flat.
We cut the plastic panels on a band saw at work. Place masking tape where you want your cut to be, and cut thru it. This prevents plastic from tearing or chipping. There are probably other ways to cut the plastic if you don’t have access to a stationary band saw. Perhaps they could cut it for you at Home Depot, where, buy the way they had many different styled plastic sheets to choose from. I bought the most expensive, which was $8. a panel.
Everyone who sees my kitchen assumes that the panels are glass...

I used “push points”? to secure the panels in the frame. They are these little metal pointy things, generally used for picture framing - you just use a flat-edge srewdriver to push them in...and they would be easy to remove if ever you decide to change the panels.

The most difficult task for me, was hanging the completed doors. The boyfriend had to rescue me. I had bought the wrong hinges; so I had to return for “self-closing” hinges. Also, I tried to use existing screw holes. You want to make new ones. I was also not so good with the router, and the cuts I made were kind of wobbly, so I suggest, if you don’t have the experience, ask someone else to do that for you.

So that is all I know and have learned. For me it is a small effort for great reward.
If you decide to do it yourself, I’m here to help and fully expect to see some “before” and “after” photos.

Good luck to you in your new home. Happy cooking, vici

I love your kitchen. Blue and yellow - one of my favorite combos. Thanks for all the great recipe reviews. You keep me drooling.

What a cool-looking kitchen. I love the bright yellow paired with the blue. I have a yellow and white kitchen, too. So did my mom. I guess I got the idea from her. It's so bright and cheery.

Your kitchen makes me smile as well as all the comments you have received, all are very bright and cheery. A coworker asked me if I have a Martha Stewart style kitchen and I laughed and told her no, my kitchen is very old and small but functional. It just goes to show you don't need a huge elaborate kitchen to turn out fantastic meals.

Nice and inviting kitchen. I may have missed this already, but where do you store all of your cookbooks? I also collect them and am well over 200 now with no place to put them. They currently reside in the laundry room.

Vici-

Thanks for all the details. I think "glass" cabinets as well as a good paintjob could do wonders for my 1970's kitchen, without breaking the piggybank too much. I don't know if I'll be able to do it myself (my husband and I have not one power tool!) but what you wrote will be great to hand over to the contracter.

Please tell me you spent hours cleaning up before you took this photo! Your kitchen is so beautiful and bright that it doesn't look like anyone has cooked in it!

OK so....where indeed are the cookbooks?

(Just teasing). This is a greate meme and I am going to participate as soon as I can! Thanks for giving us a peek at your lovely and tidy kitchen.

Thanks all - I like it too. It is condusive to cooking tasty food. I love how it is nice and bright in the morning - the sun comes right across the patio and through the east-facing windows.

That is how the kitchen looks before I start cooking, I can't cook in a messy kitchen a trait I must have inherited from my dad who always kicks off his cooking adventures with clean, clear counters and a sink full of hot, soapy water.

After I'm done cooking is when I get lazy - so no, it doesn't always look like that.

I actually keep all my cookbooks in my office....I suppose you want to see that next ;) Definitely not as neat and tidy as the kitchen. The cookbooks have started to overflow from the bookshelves...well, I will leave a few things to your imaginations.

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Just stumbled across your blog through Technorati. Very nicely done, both from a design standpoint and a content standpoint. Bookmarked!

so, where are the stools from?