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’B0Os kitchens evolve
into ‘great rooms’

THE KITCHEN, once the focal
point of home activities, has
become the gathering spot for a
growing number of today’s house-
holds.

Complementing this trend, the
kitchen is changing from a food
preparation centre to a great room
that can host a multitude of
household activities. Today, more
than 80 per cent of new kitchens
are built around the great-room
concept.

Walls between the kitchen and
dining room or family room are
coming down. Guests are gathering
in the kitchen to chat with the
cook or assist in food preparation.

Meal preparation itself has
become a form of celebration.

To accommodate this type of
entertaining, adequate seating is a
necessity, often in the form of
peninsulas or islands that can
double as snack or wet bars.

Entertaining habits also come
into play in kitchen design, in-
fluencing everything from ap-
pliance selection to counter design.

The person who entertains large
groups at home will want a
refrigerator that can accommodate
party-sized trays.

An over-and-under unit with the
freezer on top and refrigerator
below may be preferable to a
side-by-side unit that charac-
teristically has shorter shelves.

If there is a full-size freezer
elsewhere for storing hors d’oeuvre
or casseroles, a larger freezer in the
kitchen may be unnecessary.

Warming drawers, infra-red
heating lights and microwave
ovens are other musts for people
who entertain frequently at home.

In discussing new developments —

in appliance technology, experts
advise that multiple ovens and
duplicates of utensils used in food
preparation are a wise investment
when more than one person will be
using the kitchen at the same time.

Some designers commend ovens
that can switch from conventional

ing the outside in.

What’s most revolutionary
about the kitchen is what you can't
see. One designer has cited roll out
tables disguised as cabinets: that
emerge by pulling the drawer han-
dle ... built-in stepladders that put
everything at fingertip reach ...
appliance garages that keep mix-
ers, food processors, can openers
and other housewares neatly out of
sight in their own compartments at
ideal working height.

Homes are getting smaller,
especially in the condo and multi-
ple housing market, and not all
kitchens have the luxury of a full-
sized pantry.

A sophisticated storage system is
the secret to keeping order in the
kitchen and making the most effi-
cient use of available space. Roll-
out, slide-out or swing-out shelves
can make the contents of today’s
2’x 2" pantry instantly accessible.
Lazy susans can create accessible
Storage in space that would other-
wise be wasted.

Exteriors are as streamlined as
interiors. The European look,
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valuable kitchen space.

Other deluxe multi-appliances
include dishwashers with built-in
small food disposals that eliminate
the need to scrape plates and down
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In a few years, we'll be seeing
freezers that instantly freeze foods,
for better taste and preservation.

In addition to entertaining
needs, kitchens should reflect the
lifestyles. of the household
residents. Often there is a correla-
tion between the ages of the family
members and the amount of time
spent in the kitchen.

When children are young, they
spend a good amount of time play-
ing in the kitchen under their
parent’s supervision. Naturally,
wipe-clean surfaces are a must,

As these families mature, sched-
ules tend to vary to the point
where a meal a day, or even one
meal a week, is a family affair.
Then food warming facilities such
as warming drawers and micro-
wave ovens become a necessity.

While cooking needs tend to
dominate kitchen design, the many
secondary activities played out in
most kitchens should be taken into
account.

If there are students at home, a
study area should be incorporated.
Seamstresses claim nothing beats a
wide expanse of countertop for
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