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Article: Manhattan Beach, CA: the whole point of having an outdoor kitchen is to sit back and relax and not worry about a thing. So choose materials that weather naturally.(KITCHEN OF THE MONTH)(Interview)
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- House Beautiful
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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CHRISTINE PITTEL: It's not easy to make an outdoor kitchen look like part of the landscape. What's the secret?
SANDY KOEPKE: You have to acknowledge that you're going to be parking all this stainless steel in the backyard, and consider not only how it looks out there, but how it will look from the house. We placed the long run of appliances so you don't look at them head-on when you're in the house. Instead, you face that beautiful outdoor fireplace. The smartest thing we did was to take off the whole back of the house and replace it with glass doors. Now, as soon as you walk in the front door, you see this great outdoor room, ...