Victoria Schatte pours milk into a bowl while cooking Swedish pancakes with her mom, Dawnelle Schatte, in their Friendswood home. The Schattes remodeled the kitchen last year. Photo by Kelsey Walling
‘A cohesive space’
‘My heritage is alive in this place’
Helen Stroud wanted a South Louisiana old-kitchen feel to match her 1886 Lost Bayou Historic District home. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Islander finds an unfitted kitchen is the perfect fit
‘It just feels like us’
Linley Palmer watches her husband, José, and daughter, Elena, cook in the remodeled kitchen of their Dickinson home. Her son, Fisher, is the official taste tester in the family. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
New Orleans-inspired kitchen reflects a Dickinson family’s personalities
A happy place
Leslie Russo’s newly remodeled kitchen has just a touch of contemporary design and also features plenty of storage. Photo by Kim Christensen
Updating traditional with a pinch of contemporary is recipe for a happy place
It all began because her pantry was too small, said Leslie Russo, when explaining why she decided to remodel her League City kitchen. [Read more…]
A gathering place
Jennifer Lawrence watches her husband, Jason, prepare bami, a family favorite, in the kitchen of their Dickinson home. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
At this Dickinson home, everyone gathers in the sea-inspired kitchen
A space all his own
A sign that translates to, “In this house, the queen does not cook,” decorates Geraldo Schaun’s Galveston kitchen. Schaun wanted a one-person space to give him room to properly prepare meals. Photo by Kelsey Walling
In this island house, the queen doesn’t cook
Geraldo Schaun needed some space. A chef who loves to cook, Schaun needed more counters, more burners, more storage and more room to create his culinary creations. He needed a new kitchen. [Read more…]
‘It really is perfect’
Robert Zahn, left, and Tim Dudley cut a lemon rosemary rotisserie chicken in their kitchen in the historic Mann House, built in 1876 in Galveston. They enjoy entertaining and cooking together in the kitchen they restored after Hurricane Ike hit in 2008. Photo by Kelsey Walling
East End kitchen made for cooking and entertaining
Tim Dudley and Robert Zahn are the men of the Mann House, an 1876 two-story home in Galveston’s East End. They’ve lived there since 2007, and were proud of their careful restoration of the house, which was built for Galveston County Judge George E. Mann and his family. [Read more…]
‘The best idea’
Liz Lawhorn Cryder and her husband, Scott Cryder, have turned their Galveston back deck, with sweeping views of Offatts Bayou, into a perfect spot for entertaining friends. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Island couple creates perfect outdoor kitchen with front-row views
Entertaining outside is possible on the upper Texas coast most of the year. Liz Lawhorn Cryder knew that. But for nearly 20 years, she didn’t take advantage of her outdoor space. [Read more…]
‘Sentimental value’
Jeannie Janota enjoys entertaining in the open-concept kitchen of her Bayou Vista home. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Pieces of Galveston and family shrimping history are center of Bayou Vista home
Jeannie Janota believes nothing should go to waste. Almost everything can have a second life and be repurposed with a purpose. [Read more…]
‘Now we get to enjoy it’
Once Frances and Gary Mack decided to remodel the kitchen in their Seabrook home, they wanted to do it right. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
What began as a small upgrade ended with an extensive kitchen makeover
It was supposed to be a simple upgrade in the kitchen: paint, new counters and that’s it. Instead, Frances and Garry Mack found themselves buried in Sheetrock powder and sawdust for seven months as their Seabrook home took on a new look and they replaced everything inside it. [Read more…]