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Photo Styling the Kitchen with Food

Want to show off your kitchen? Add some instant culinary color

Becky Harris May 14, 2011

Houzz Contributor. Hi there! I live in a 1940s cottage in Atlanta that I'll describe as "collected." I got into design via Landscape Architecture, which I studied at the University of Virginia.

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Here at Houzz, we are kookoo for kitchens. Whether they are ultra sleek and minimal, or cozy farmhouse rooms, or anything in between, any kitchen could use a little styling enhancement from food when getting ready for its close up. Here is a big group of kitchens that have that little extra something provided by produce, bagettes and a bottle of wine.

Transitional Kitchen by Atmosphere Interior Design Inc.

Atmosphere Interior Design Inc.

This stylist has cleverly matched the bowls with the neutral color palette, but the purple and green give just the right pop of color. If you look closely, you can see that they pick up on the green plants on the shelf in the back of the room.

Traditional Kitchen by Steven Miller Design Studio, Inc.

Steven Miller Design Studio, Inc.

A small plate of grapes and a plant add color, as do a few pieces of yellow and light blue pottery dotted around the room.

Traditional Kitchen by Mahoney Architects & Interiors

Mahoney Architects & Interiors

This beautiful kitchen has farmhouse touches like butcher block, wooden chairs, Shaker details and latch hardware, yet it has a clean modern look due to all of the light and white. What brings this image home is that it looks like someone is busy chopping vegetables and arranging flowers in there. In other words, it looks like it's used, in a good way.

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Midcentury Kitchen by Webber + Studio, Architects

Webber + Studio, Architects

This home has some interesting sculptures throughout, and the foods they've styled with are unexpected and sculptural. I think those are plantains on the counter, and I have no clue what that big gourd is over by the window, but whatever they are, their sculptural forms kick up this kitchen's style a notch.

Traditional Porch by Frederick + Frederick Architects

Frederick + Frederick Architects

This outdoor kitchen is made more scrumptious by that perfectly cut watermelon.

Modern Kitchen by Elad Gonen

Peppers in the foreground add some warm color to this sleek white, steel, and wood kitchen.

Transitional Kitchen by ReVision Design/Remodeling

ReVision Design/Remodeling

A cake stand full of green apples keeps this island from looking too stark.

Contemporary Kitchen by Bonfigli Design

Bonfigli Design

I have been fascinated by this sunken bin since the first time I saw it. Filling it with wine bottles and leafy greens shows off its capacity.

Contemporary Kitchen by HB Design

A few watermelons on the table and a single bright green stem in the vase on the island play off the lime green stools and the throw pillows on the banquette.

Modern Kitchen by Elad Gonen

This kitchen is wonderfully sleek and minimal. However, adding the china, produce and orange juice adds just enough color to the photo.

Contemporary Kitchen by Amoroso Design

Muted purples and greens are a subtle way to add color to this neutral kitchen.

Contemporary Kitchen by Palmerston Design Consultants

Palmerston Design Consultants

The three-tiered stand gets brilliant color from fruit, in the same order they'd be in on the color wheel.

Traditional Kitchen by Palmer Todd

Realtors often tell you to boil apples before a showing, and this big wooden bowl of apples has the same homey and welcoming effect in a photo.

Modern Kitchen by Niki Papadopoulos

Niki Papadopoulos

This bowl of green apples is one of the only sources of bright color in the room, and it's just what this kitchen needed.

Contemporary Kitchen by Camber Construction

Camber Construction

This photo is great because it shows off how some of the clever cabinet features can be used, for example, the cereal and milk breakfast prep area, conveniently located next to the refrigerator.

Contemporary Kitchen Contemporary Kitchen

This kitchen tells a bit of a story, of a host or hostess getting ready for a dinner party in a very stylish space.

Farmhouse Kitchen by KitchenLab Interiors

KitchenLab Interiors

Brightly colored produce and crusty bread enhance the farmhouse elements in this kitchen, such as the large barn door and butcher-block countertop.

Scandinavian Kitchen by Philip Clayton-Thompson

Philip Clayton-Thompson

The vintage platter full of lemons and limes picks up on the color of the sunflower in the background.

Traditional Kitchen by Normandy Remodeling

Normandy Remodeling

The food styling in this kitchen makes me wish I were sitting on a counter stool having coffee and a croissant!

Kitchen by Dijeau Poage Construction

Dijeau Poage Construction

Pears area scrumptious styling tool; their shape is always interesting, and here, putting them in front of that pear green wall is a clever move.

Contemporary Kitchen by Ziger|Snead Architects

Ziger|Snead Architects

Tomatoes and lettuce give us the impression that this is a very healthy kitchen.

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Denise Vilim

These photo-taking instructionals are so helpful and well-timed for me. I've been working for over a year on the latest (and hopefully last) version of my house and as I finish up all my various DIY projects headed into summer and begin preparing for its first ever photo shoot to be posted online, I'm feeling a little anxious and worried my house is not going to look as good as it should given all the "blood, sweat and tears" that's gone into its renovation. Applying these awesome tips certainly won't hurt and I definitely appreciate them!!

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Becky Harris

newmouse, I couldn't agree more - lemons, Perrier, and Campbell's soup cans!

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blue_bridge_designs

Incredibly beautiful photos. Simply gorgeous.

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