Show Beauty and Efficiency Stressed f In Today's Today s Modern Kitchen I out of the kitchen kitchen Come is an expression as days these 25 dated as the play that made It Sis for this long neglected famous Z lias has become a as important room room any any in an American house as one is more likely to hear hearSe Today Come Se on out into the kitchen Its complete array of labor saving saving sav- sav equipment in saving instep pat- pat ing inz whether terns the L type U type wall one-wall or wall two-wall arrangement ar ar- ar- ar has has indeed eased kitchen work Food supplies can be bought in large quantities at bargain prices for the new refrigerators are spacious spacious spacious spa spa- cious and designed to keep food fresh for days Temperature controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled ovens make mak it possible for the homemaker to take the afternoon off and still have a hot dinner ready for the family In hi the evening Electric roasters roasters roasters roast roast- ers toasters mixers coffee makers makers makers mak mak- ers and arid waffle irons have shortened shortened shortened short short- ened the cooking time for every conceivable sort of food tion V Stainless and heatproof tabletops tabletops table tabletops tops whether of porcelain Bakelite bakelite bakelite bake- bake lite or linoleum save endless time in wash washing ng up Modern Kitchen Cheerful The modern kitchen is not only efficient however It is cheerfuL cheer cheer- ful When the mechanical kitchen first became popular it looked like a laboratory in a hospital Now however the trend is toward color and more color Floors and walls harmonize harmonize har har- monize moniz with curtains towels bowls and canisters accented by bythe bythe bythe the color on table or chair seats blossoming plants in window boxes and lovely glassware on corner shelves There aie are three areas of ot activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac in the kitchen The center center center cen cen- ter devoted to receiving storing storing storing stor stor- ing and preparing foods which 1 1 Includes cabinets working surface surface sur sur- fac face and refrigerator the cleaning cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing and disposing center sink garbage disposal and dishwasher and the cOOKing cooking cooking cook cOOK- ing and serving center stove working surface and storage space for tableware and kitchen utensils The receiving area should be nearest the door where supplies are delivered the cooking center nearest the dining room door cleaning center between the two I If the kitchen is large enough there should be a planning area too a table with chairs or corner corner corner cor cor- ner seats in an out of the way part of the room where snacks can be served If the kitchen is too small for such space this area may just be a swing seat attached under a counter where no base cabinets have been built Here the homemaker can make out her menus and shopping lists and store her file for rec recipes pes Size Depends on House The size of the kitchen depends upon the size of the house the number of members in the family and the extent of ot entertaining The more compact it is is the more steps it will save The U type kitchen is ideal because it permits work centers centers centers cen cen- on all three sides each equidistant from the center of the room arranged so that steps are kept to a minimum Lighting is an important factor in cleaning cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing and preparation centers The L shaped kitchen has the dining room at one end and service service ice entry at the side This necessitates necessitates necessitates placing the work work centers centers along the the two sides Storage Storage- usually begins at the service door and is followed by preparation cleaning cooking center and so on The object is to assure straight line production as nearly comparable to the U U shape in inconvenience inconvenience inconvenience convenience and step saving as possible The wall two-wall or corridor type requires careful planning but it itcan itcan itcan can be as efficient as the other two two The work centers are opposite opposite opposite op op- op- op each other and usually planning area is omitted This arrangement is almost as efficient efficient efficient effi effi- as the theU U and I shaped types I If yours is the long narrow kitchen put the storage serving and cooking centers on one side and the preparation and cleaning cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing centers on the other The wall one-wall or apartment type is built in accordance with the architects architect's plans and apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment house proportions It likewise likewise likewise like like- wise can be a model of efficiency |