The specs are confusing, quality and pricing all over the map. Here’s a stab at untangling the choices.

Ideas from every era for old-house kitchen shelving.

Mediterranean color meets Craftsman design in a joyfully restored house in Portland, Oregon.

Despite remodelings and our expectation of modern function, the old-house kitchen is a favorite space, often exuding atmosphere.

These examples show it’s possible to combine old and new to create a traditional yet comfortable kitchen.

Barnes Vanze Architects designs a real cook's kitchen for a Mid-Atlantic Mediterranean.

A keen regard for period details by a Seattle homeowner resulted in this kitchen design.

From cabinets and flooring to tile, lighting, and hardware, it’s the details that usher a white kitchen into the right decade. Keep in mind that white hasn’t always meant bright white, either.

Remaking the kitchen in a 1912 English Arts & Crafts house.

There’s a reason why resilient flooring types and ceramic tile are the go-to floorings for utility areas in the home.

Ingenious ways and means for storing items in early homes teach us about beauty with utility.

Inside an addition to an old house in Pennsylvania, this new but timeless kitchen is a simple room with all of its details well-considered.

Incorporating repurposed elements kept a modern room warm and in sync with the 1905 house.

A light dusting won't cut it in this most hardworking of rooms.

An old cabinet with great style and a zillion drawers, beadboard, a separate pantry: there’s lots to love about this space.

Dos and don’ts of designing an outdoor kitchen.

Owners of this 1913 house turned back the clock on some intrusive remodelings.

Situated at the rear of a 1760 Cape, a fitting addition holds a practical kitchen filled with hand-planed cabinets.

Salvaged tile, leaded glass windows, and vintage lighting transform a Spanish Revival kitchen from eyesore to showstopper.

The real-estate agent apologized for the old kitchen, but the new owners totally got it.

Never out of style…that can be said of Windsor chairs or a blue-and-white color scheme—and of this recent kitchen in an 1868 Greek Revival house.

A reader’s “fun and festive” kitchen is a delightful place for baking and taking care of family.

Homeowner Benita Cooper meticulously restores her town house kitchen with period perfection.

They still make handcrafted copper hoods.