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CommentsKitchen: Front and Center
High design isn’t just for your living room, and mastering the fine art of functionality isn’t just for your bathroom. Right now, kitchens are the new design center of the home.
By Tiesha Miller
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Oh, the kitchen. The heart of the home. The vessel of warm baked goodness. The permeater of delicious smells. The kitchen. It’s making a comeback. For some time the evolution away from a Donna Reed culture of made-from-scratch meals seemed to suggest that there was less of an emphasis on the kitchen—or at least the activities that took place in it. There seemed to be more eating out than eating in, but in the midst of an ebb there is a revival, or perhaps just a realization that the importance of the kitchen didn’t go anywhere. It’s where guests gather. It’s where the family comes together. Now more than ever, we’re seeing designers, architects and homeowners treat the kitchen as the design center of the home. It decides the tone for the rest of the house, is placed in a prominent location and, of course, gets all the bells and whistles. From the latest gadgets to custom cabinetry, to high design, we bring you four kitchens from 417-land where the planning was meticulous, the details are many and the result is endlessly satisfying for those who love to whip up a meal.
