Show WOMAN'S WORLD Kitchen Should Be May Be Decorative By Ertta Haley kitchen with GRANDMOTHER'S its homey Its genuine and roomy space for family dining ii not so much a thing of the past as one might These features are being incorporated Into many of the new kitchens now being Most of us have seen the era when the kitchen was a place for the chores of getting meals and not too adequately at Then came the streamlining phase when kitchens shrunk In size as time and labor saving devices Now the cycle Is about to complete for the kitchen is going to be the center of some family activity say the experts who have studied The fact that the term Is being applied nore and more to kitchens Is highly indicative of the Kitchens are no longer streamlined rooms of white and shiny wallpapers and plastics us well as the use of colorful tiles and different Woods such as knotty pine are being used extensively in the newer If you're planning on doing even minor remodeling of which is called the most important room in the keep in mind the as new treatments may have a definite bearing on other work done in the kitchen at a future Efficiency of the first thing for which to strive in an out- an lai Give kitchen homelike charm dated but streamlining with an eye toward appealing colors and arrangements is an Important part of the whole Correct Outstanding Faults In Remodeling Detailed analyses have been made on many older homes with special studies of the These have resulted In a general Impression which has a great deal of firm that older kitchens in general are poorly Poor arrangement is one of the first and foremost The others include Insufficient counter storage Inconveniently placed traffic through the various working little window badly placed doors and too many Another item which cannot be seen on house plans Is a common upper cabinets are so high above base cabinets that the average woman can often reach only the first and never more than two of them without resorting to a stool or a New Dinnerware Golden blue lupines arc featured on this New California earthenware pattern wreathing so effectively on a modern coupe-shape The plate has slightly curving edges Instead of the conventional thus making a roomier A bold-pattern such as this Is displayed best on plain background like gray Candles are firmly held with florist's clay and fruit Is gently arranged around them for an attractive In changing the kitchen to eliminate these the plan is Another feature is that certain work areas like cooking and washing dishes should have sufficient space In their various areas to hold ample equipment for their various activities so that steps may be saved and energy Equipment should be chosen with an eye to what is needed in each A large family with many having meals at home will naturally need a range with more burners than a smaller Counter la Essential Anyone who has ever done a minimum amount of work in a kitchen will realize the necessity of having counter or table space adjacent to the major When the with new color and kitchen does not already have cabinets and table are readily available in assorted sizes to provide The refrigerator for should have a counter space on the side to which It where would one put food tak- I en from there without This according to experts should give a minimum width of 15 Anyone who has stood over a range mixing cooking knows that counter space is needed next to the range or within reach without stepping This space counter width should be a minimum of 24 Mixing food preparation centers need at least a 36 inch width This allows for enough places to stand ingredients to be as well as for equipment and for actual When the above widths ore especially when the top Is provided by a there Is usually sufficient storage space beneath the top to hold most of the necessary equipment for the activity Arrangement of Kitchen Should Be Sensible There is much controversy on Just exactly how kitchens should be but time and motion studies do reveal that a right-handed person works from right to A good way Is to place refrigerator at the right of the kitchen and adjacent to the food preparation This is then followed by the the range and the serving Dinnerware may be stored cither in the sink or dining but if it should be easily accessible to Single isolated those which don't follow in the are satisfactory If they are one sees how many steps may be used to bring items to an isolated It Is more important to have each unit complete in itself than to have a sequence of tho work Choice of Decoration Varies Widely There is so much available In floor and fabric coverings one may decorate one's kitchen to her own since so much variety is the choice is sometimes difficult to Kitchens should be in keeping with the type of home you so that the whole house shows n unity of Some of the newest trends In kitchen wall covering show the use of wood real brick and real All of these coverings are practical because they don't show soil Heavy finishes are frowned upon since they require lots of care and It's to keep as much of the natural finish as all the coverings are When using pattern in a select the pattern first as colors to be used with it depend upon those in the Give Kitchens Some Refreshing Touches Some of the most casual details seen in kitchens are the result of careful and painstaking For there was the kitchen which took its color theme from a set of antique china with an amethyst Soft blue eggplant linoleum and violet toile wallpaper was and everyone kitchen matches your grandmother's The new trend for plants in the kitchen is to mass them in one location rather than have them in small separate Place these near a snack for le and get the fill |