Lisa and Skip Teel share a love of Hatch green chiles, which is the main ingredient in their Hatch green chile stew. The Teels, who enjoy cooking together, renovated the kitchen of their Friendswood home with an open concept and warm tones. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Michael and Ashley Cordray, owners of Save 1900 Realty and stars of DIY Network’s “Restoring Galveston,” combined two rooms to create their kitchen in their Victorian home. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Julie Osburn is at ease cooking in the open-concept kitchen of her Kemah home. She enjoys baking from scratch. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Mike and Kat Bouvier’s kitchen is open and designed for entertaining at their home overlooking English Bayou in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Two kitchen islands, one for guests and one for cooking, make Jeanette and Paul Faulkner’s Mediterranean-style kitchen perfect for entertaining. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Bevin and Ken Horne are minimalists, they said. They prefer to keep small appliances and kitchen necessities hidden behind cabinet doors. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Dr. Mary Claire Haver, who started The Galveston Diet, center, her daughter, Katherine Haver, left, who created Galveston Prime, and Ashley Simon, operations manager of The Galveston Diet, prepare for a social media post in Haver’s spacious kitchen overlooking English Bayou in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Galveston County Master Gardeners, from left, Kevin Lancon, Sharon Zaal, Linda Barnett, Ira Gervais and Kathy Maines all had a hand in refurbishing the group’s Discovery House in Carbide Park in La Marque. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Kristen Carlson, right, watches her mother, Annette, drizzle chocolate glaze onto her chocolate pistachio cake as her father, Don, opens a bottle of Champagne for mimosas. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Jeanne Kidwell remodeled her open-concept kitchen, dining and living room a few years ago by updating décor and giving the area a more stylish look. Photo by Kelsey Walling