Critique: Final Debut Stuff

There may be a few revisions to be made on my debut spreads, but this is what I have right now. I was assigned 4 department pages, including some q&a's with decorating and healthy lifestyle experts. The "what's in your kitchen" spread is still waiting on a photo, and possibly could be turned into a spread. The biggest challenges were photo choices. Not only are they pretty difficult to find, but also finding ones that match the editorial content can be pretty difficult. Here are the designs I have so far: