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JAN 2015

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January 2015 ForResidentialPros.com | 65 CASE STUDY 3 In our next solution (at right), the kitchen is segmented into the pri- mary gathering space and a back-up work space by creating an island that has a full wall behind it. Because the powder room is in the back area, the pantry is a separate, enclosed space. CASE STUDY 4 The same designer transformed a typi- cal large kitchen with an island into a more functional space that works bet- ter for a family that needed a place to serve as a "mud room" as the family enters from the back door, as well as a secondary sink area (see Page 66). Our last foor plan (see Kitchen 6 on next page) refects another reason con- sumers may be intrigued with the idea of a "two kitchen" home: the ability to have the kitchen working and gather- ing area part of an outdoor living space. Kitchen designers are going to be challenged by both large and small kitchen spaces in 2015…and beyond. In addition to the large kitchens we have studied in this article, very small second kitchens are also being requested. » » Innovative new home designers are incorporating a fex space that can be outftted as a "home within a home." These locked of, apartment-sized living spaces Here is the kitchen with the wall opened up completely between the elegant cooking area and the gathering space. The pantry I spoke about is to the right, behind those dramatic barn doors. Incorporating the refrigerator in the pantry area might at frst appear to require extra steps. However, if this kitchen had been a large L with an island, the actual refrigerator might have been in about the same area. The designer also placed the microwave in the separate space. Placing special-purpose appliances that are not used frequently in a separate pantry/secondary workstation area makes sense. CASE STUDY 2 The existing kitchen was closed of from the living area. There is also a great deal of wasted space from the foyer into the small L-shaped kitchen. The solution very creatively re-imagined the entire fow of the area. While the kitchen is maintained in its original location, it functions much more efciently and attractively. To me, the secret is the interesting pantry placed to the right of the kitchen. Many of us might have planned a hard-working L-shaped kitchen with an island. This designer created a separate pantry housing the refrigerator and microwave that could be closed of – hiding some of the prep work or the dishes after dinner, in place of a more predictable layout. CASE STUDY 3 An important key to this space is that there are no walls or passage doors separating the gathering kitchen and the working pantry area behind it. Note how the right-hand- side tall elevation houses the variety of cooking and warming appliances. Had there been some type of wall or door – in an attempt to completely close-of the second sink area – this well-organized appliance installation wall might not have been possible. The large walkway opening between the main kitchen and the long wall housing the cooking appliances allows for an easy fow back to the second sink area. Two people could comfortably move between these two spaces. A person working at the back area sink feels like they are still 'in' the kitchen. Source: Jonas Carnemark, CR, CKD, KONST Kitchen Interior Design, Bethesda, MD, www.carnemark.com, www.konstsiematic.com. Photography by Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography, Washington, DC, www.hdphoto.com

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