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Show Your kitchen may look nice There's probably room for work-savin- ? llHERE IS A GOOD cIimm that tha design and alao arrargement of your kitchen ara tha cause of many waithour of needless work, walking,-aning. A cabioat p lac ad juat beyond raach, a door that iwinfi tha wrong direction thaaa aaamingly trivial things add naadlaaa affort to everyday kitchaa task. Look at your own kitchan! Theres room for unproTamaot Even if you dont plan building or remodeling, thaaa principlaa cao ba adaptad to your praaant kitchan. If youra not aatiafiad with your praaant kitcban and you plan a now aaaa, you can build it an tha dining rqosn tabla waaks and aaontha bafora actual construction or ramodaling gats underway. Its dona with scala models, and it can sara you costly errors and needless guesswork. The neighborhood appliance dealer or other kitchen planning specialist brings the complete kitchen to your borne so that you may select tha fittings and experinent . with room layout. His little black suitcase contains miniatures of all tha automatic pushbttton appliances as well as csbinets, countars, and walls to halp you build." Today tha industry that produces com I I II plete kitchens and home laundries has out- - fitted the planning specialist with this new kit so you can sea youT dream ktichen be-fo- ra it's too lata to make changes. Tha visiting appliance specialist placet walls which simulate tha outer shell of tha planned kitchan on his miniature floor in accordance with your drawings or tha present floor plan drawn to show windows, doors, radiators and room site after measuring tha actual dimensions. When tha rooms shall is "constructed you ara ready to select and place tha floor appliance and cabinets. There will be tha refrigerator, tha electric range perhaps in tha apartment bouse else as wall as tha standard; tha sink enclosing the dishwasher and garbage disposal or a separate dishwasher which can stand alongside tha sink; a selection of base and wall cabinets in various sires. The actual type of assembly" is much less important than adequate provision for storags and counters, proper clearances and distances between appliances. . There are three stspe in designing tha kitchan: (1) determining requirements for storage and counter space, (2) planning the , floor area, windows, architectural space doors, traffic pattern;' (3) planning for officiant operation the location of appliances, cabinets and counters. Each of these three stspe is important, and all three must be coordinated in a successful kitchen plan. Tha amount of cabinet storage space needed la the first consideration, and your needs depend on tha number of food items, utensils and dishes to ba stored. For officiant storage, kitchen supplies should be assigned to work centers built around the various appliances. This method of storage allows each article to be readily accessible at the point where it is first used. The number of wall and base cabinets is limited only by the wall apace available. There are different sires of these handy storage units for areas over wcikmg counter, range, refrigeialor and sink. Home economists have determined thet a three to one ratio of dried io refrigerated food space makes a very adequate storage center. For example, should you select an 8 cu. ft. refrigerator, you need a total of 24 rul ft. of dry storage space dose et hand for foods awaiting preparation. The cabinets ovsr and near the range should contain the condiments and such dry foods as csreals and othars that go diractly to the range from the package. Of course, the equipment fend utensils used for cleaning should be near the dishwasher-sink- . To be efficient and convenient, tha kitchan must ba properly located ia the house plan, and figuring the architectural space is the nest step. This applies to building plans primarily, although when you remodel you will want to take these points into consideration. The ideal kitchen should connect directly with the dining and service areas. There sheuld be easy access to the front entrance. If there are children in the family, the kitchen should be located so tha play areas ars in view. Avoid an arrangement that makes the kitchen the main thoroughfare to the rest of the house: traffic should bypass the working area of the kitchan. M. HE NUMBER OF doors, their location and the direction of their swing affect the efficiency of a kitchen arrangement. Most kitchens require two doors, one lead-into the dining area and one to tha outdoors Locate' door openings so that they do not interfere with the arrangement of kitchen equipment or swing into positions blocking appliance or cabinet use. The house . plan, of course, determines the location and amount of outside wall available for windows. Your' kitchan planning specialist will make these points. Havs as many windows as possible without reducing. the required amount of wall cabinets Whenever possible, window area should be 15 to 20 per cent of the floor eras of the room. At least one stretch of work counter should he directly lighted but Is it efficient? improvement - i plan. Location of cabinets and appliances this depends largsly up- on tha location oPwork cantors mix, sink, rang and sarra ara tha four cantors, tha first thraa of which ara built around ona of tha appliances and include storage cabinets and work counters. The norme aaquance of work cantors is from right, to left. Tha mix cantor, which has tha refrigerator, is - thersfors at tha right, and Is followed by aink, ranga and aarva. This savas work motions for a person. Dinnerware cabinets should be near either tha sink or tha dining area, accastibla to both if possible, Adequata space must ba provided in front of cabinets and appliances for passageways and tha free floor space needed for work processes. Minimum smouhtl of counters required for various functions should be figured ia this way. Thsre should ba 15 inches beside the refrigerator for setting aut articles taken from it; 36 inches at the right pf the sink bowl for' stacking diahas prior ta loading them into the dishwasher; 30 inc0ee at tha laft of tha sink bowl for draining and drying dishas if you won't hava tha tima and work earing dishwasher at 'firatp 24 indies beside or near the range for setting out serving dishes or dinner plates 36 inches at soma point in the assembly for mixing and for food preparation fa table could supply this need). These requirements are eeaily built iota your kitchen by you or tha appliance with his miniature cabinets is ona of tham, and right-hand- - dealer-pla- nner i Recommended limits by the specialist will be these: between refrigerator and aink there should ba 4 to 7 feat; between aink and ranga, 4 to 6 feat; between ranga and refrigerator, 4 to 9 fee C Tha total of thaaa thraa measurements ia your kitcban should not exceed 22 feet for greatest efficiency and step-sayin- g. g Doors in this 1 proporly, do not intorforo with tha usa oftpaca or equipment. window The kitcban above kas centers arranged In n normal sequence. Enough cauatar la provided to meat tha nisimumt needed for those verious functions of food preparation na well as for storsee requirements. That awaa of the distances between appliances is 21 - 6 which saves steps. well-define- d Windows above the range are not recommended for reasons of safety and ease in housekeeping, hut a window above the euik riot only permits better light for cleaning jobs, but also offers a view when you are doing d lores at the sink Limitations imposed by family needs and architectural features determine only the general Outline of the kitchen Other factors play as important role in forming tha final Doors in corners taka up wall apace which Could ho batter utilised for shelves, eebiaets. ed |