What's For Dinner?

They say that the kitchen is the heart of the home. A "beating" kitchen combines both aesthetics and function no matter what style. Below are kitchens that make me want to go cook in them.

Clean lines, contemporary materials and a unique focal point with the funky lighting fixture makes me swoon over this 2010 Kitchen of the Year courtesy of my favorite flipper, Jeff Lewis:

Antique elements like the benches and table combined with the modern elements of the hanging pendants and appliances create the perfect country kitchen:

A crisp white kitchen with a painted checkerboard wood floor makes for a dreamy beach kitchen:

Not what you would normally expect in a kitchen, yet mirrors and marble fashions a glamourous kitchen: