Kitchen

It can handle tough jobs all on its own, but combined with other ingredients from your pantry, it can be even more powerful.

No matter how thoroughly you're cleaning your kitchen, chances are you're forgetting this one sneaky spot.

And a few tools you already have on hand!

A little pro strategy goes a long way in making sure that you don't sabotage your own best efforts.

If you’re not the type to mark the calendar for chores, look out for this telltale sign that your coffee maker needs some love.

Because we only get 24 hours in a day!

We have two main lengths of counter, on either side of the kitchen, and they're broken into two zones each.

Whenever I pick up a new bottle, I started doing this one tiny, brilliant thing that has helped me banish unwanted smells from my refrigerator.

I recently started keeping one of these by the sink, and right away it came in handy for even more chores than expected.

The kitchen can be such a black hole for storage, because everything in it feels necessary. When it comes to tools and cups and food storage containers, no amount feels like enough. And in your mind, you probably have a use for all of it.

It's no wonder you put it off.

We asked the experts about a dishwasher's impact on the environment, and the useful life of your appliance.

Let us help you make dishwashing less of a chore.

Dusting is one chore that's easy for me to let slip through the cracks. But there's another dusty spot that gets overlooked even more often than tabletops and shelves.

Even if you take on a thorough washing with a scrub brush, it's challenging to get all the nooks and crannies of a can opener clean.

Inspired by the folks who described their own homemade cleansers in our green cleaner comment thread yesterday, we remembered this list of simple and safe homemade metal cleaners in Real Simple Cleaning, and pulled it off the shelf this morning to take a look. Perfect for keeping your kitchen or bath faucets shining bright without chemicals!1. Ketchup brightens copper. According to Real Simple Cleaning, the acetic acid in ketchup dissolves the oxide tarnish that makes copper look cloudy.2.

Kate’s West Village Charm This weekend, in a search of a lost item, I ventured into the no-man’s land of one particular area of my kitchen and was aghast at what I found there. Even though it’s a little-seen area, that doesn’t make it any better in terms of the dust accumulation and the total ick-factor I experienced when I realized what kind of filth I had been harboring. So where was all the grossness hiding?