It All Comes Out in the Wash

I have an idea of what might have come between these two 1970 newlyweds. Judging from their outfits, they are more of a Harvest Gold couple than Avocado Green people; a simple call to the appliance dealer and they'll live happily ever after.

Fit for a Queen

Admittedly, I haven't given any much thought to the royal wedding that looms; the pomp and circumstance surrounding the event loses something in translation, I guess, once it goes beyond British soil. However, I don't want to be a total party pooper: hence this bathroom with its Mod-meets-Mexico artwork.

Keep It Clean[er]

I am afraid I let Earth Day slide by last week without an appropriate acknowledgement. Belatedly, I offer the Ovetto, a pod-like recycling sorter that can be tailored to your decor with a choice of bright colors. It might even make do as a laundry hamper. habitare-ad.com

All Squared Up

Looking like miniature, modernist city blocks, these knobs and pulls are designed by Erin Adams and made of recycled aluminum. Take your pick of antique brass, oil-rubbed bronze, black matte or polished chrome finishes. Suitable applications for the Offset collection abound, whether on plain painted cabinets or clear-grained wood cupboards. duverre.com

Rainbow Room

Why this kitchen, this post, this day? It's all about the colors: Easter and its beautiful eggs, spring blossoms finally coming out, and the neon carnival that is Las Vegas, where I travel tomorrow in servitude of the kitchen and bath industries. [Two out of three ain't bad, as they say.]

We Interrupt This Blog...

...to announce the results of the 2011 KBCULTURE Awards. Products were selected on the basis of aesthetic excellence and technological innovation. Huzzahs to all!

It's Show Time—Again

Next week, I troop off to KBIS, the kitchen and bath industry show for the North American market. While the recession has definitely left its mark on the size of the event, I doubt any of the exhibitors will resort to displaying their wares directly out of a trunk, as this enterprising rep for General Electric is doing as she explains the allures of the famous Monitor Top fridge. GE started making these homely models in 1927, with a price tag of $300; less than five years later, more than a million had been sold.