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Show Kitchen has Place for Everything Home economists recently developed de-veloped a plan of kitchen planning that enables you to have a kitchen as efficient as a modem office. However, before you decide on a compact kitchen, consider whether it is really the type you want. It may well be; but many families have found that a too-compact kitchen is not the full answer to happy housekeeping. Intelligent planning and modern equipment most certainly! But the kitchen in many homes has half a dozen uses besides the preparation of meals uses such as eating, sewing, neighbor visiting, child playing, and midday relaxation. These observations are not intended in-tended to decry efficient kitchen planning, but simply to call attention atten-tion to the necessity on your part of planning for all the uses to which you may want to put your kitchen. The work in the kitchen should be organized into three centers: Preservation and storage: preparation prepara-tion and cleaning; and cooking and serving. Preservation and Storage Center: The food storage space should be as close as possible to the entrance through which your meat, milk, and groceries are delivered. In this space, you will need your refrigerator, refrig-erator, worktop on which you can prepare food, base cabinets for bulk storage, and wall cabinets for packaged goods. Preparation and Cleaning Center: You need space to prepare food as well as space for cleaning the utensils used in getting meals ready. Here, also, you will want facilities for cleaning china, and tableware, and a space to store them. At this center, you should have sink, drainboard, base and wall cabinets, and worktop space. If you own a dishwasher, this is where it goes, as well as garbage disposal equipment, towel driers, and similar appliances. Cooking and Serving Center: The cooking and serving center is generally close to the dining room, although many housewives prefer to have the range between the refrigerator and sink, especially espe-cially in the "U" shape kitchen. Here you want your rang counter spaced for serving, wall or base storage cabinets for utensils, such as skillets, roasters, and pan covers that are used only at the stove, as well as a duplicate set of condiments condi-ments and spices for the seasoning required during cooking. The skillful, labor saving arrangement ar-rangement of these three centers determines the efficiency and also the floor plan of your kitchen. General-ly, General-ly, the arrangement will be up to vou a matter of personal preference. prefer-ence. However, a very helpful book has been prepared that offers several sev-eral distinctive, efficient kitchen plans, along with plans and sketches for the rest of your house. This book, entitled "How to Have the Home You Want" may be secured from your local lumber dealer. |
