Star Kitchen: Tiffani Thiessen

Tiffani has an audience almost every time she cooks here, whether it's friends hanging out during her frequent dinner parties or her daughter, Harper, helping with morning pancakes. "I can get more done when I'm left alone," she says, "but that can be quite boring." The actress, famous for her roles in Saved by the Bell and Beverly Hills 90210, and now host of Dinner at Tiffani's, moved into the 1920s house with her actor-painter husband, Brady Smith, in 2004. The kitchen was one of their first projects. 

Photographs by Dave Lauridsen

Durable countertops were essential for Tiffani. On her massive custom island she installed both butcher block and black Silestone, where she rolls out pizza dough. "It's the size of a small apartment, but I'd have gone even bigger if I could," she jokes. The island also includes a refrigerated drawer for her husband's craft beer, plus a bottle opener mounted to the butcher block.