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Whip Up Your Dream Kitchen • Whether you’re just moving in or planning an update, housebeautiful.com has the inspiration you need.

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Q: When it comes to kitchen design, what’s worth the splurge?

Royal Banquettes • Tasked with gut renovating the small kitchen of a 1910 Kansas City, Missouri, home, Elizabeth Bennett and Mallory Robins (the duo behind Kobel + Co) decided bigger was better. They tore down a dining room wall and installed custom seating along 14 and a half feet of the newfound space—without moving the enormous window. “We designed the banquette with curved corners for comfort and a plinth base to add permanence,” Robins says. In each of the dining areas on these pages, everyone can share the best seat in the house.

Permission to Play • These unexpected banquette and chair pairings will transform your dining nook.

INCREDIBLE KITCHENS • The room of your house that works as hard as you deserves to be beautiful and utilitarian. Read on for genius ideas on where form meets function.

Blessing in Disguise • A designer learns you can’t always turn your dreams into reality—but what you end up with might be even better.

Lofty Goals • Chaos couldn’t stop this dream team’s vision from materializing.

Measured Moves • A thoughtful fusion of classic heritage and modern design breathes new life into this historic kitchen.

From Then On • Ingenious details allow a modernized California home to stay true to its era.

Pick Your Potion • Whether you’re craving espresso shots, juice blends, or Aperitivo pours, here’s your all-purpose guide to building the ultimate home bar for your daily ritual.

Calm & Cool • How do you give a sprawling space that easygoing It factor? Splashes of pink and understated, luxe details.

The Time Traveler • A designer gives her new home in Minneapolis a full dose of history-steeped character.

BUILT TO TELL A STORY • Salvaged architectural details are recycled and renewed to lend soul to a new build in the Hamptons.

HAPPY HOUR • It has all the fun and flair of a boutique hotel, but this Florida beach is one family’s permanent home.

The Art of Relaxation • A family’s lakeside retreat is filled with natural materials that blend beautifully with its rural surroundings.

Turning Back the Clock • was After a century of bad renovations chopped up this D.C. home, it finally restored to its former glory.

Joanna Gaines