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Article: RECIPE FOR REMODELING; TAKE ONE OUTDATED KITCHEN, ADD A DREAM OF WIDE, OPEN SPACES, AND YOU HAVE...(CNY)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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Byline: Linda Bien Home & Garden editor
What's cooking in America's kitchens?
A whole lot of remodeling. New cabinets. New floors. New appliances. Plus, and perhaps most telling, a whole new attitude about the kitchen's role in the home and in our lives.
The kitchen, you see, has become America's "living room." It's not only where we cook and eat, it's also where families gather.
Kitchens of this sort have been common for the last decade or so in newly constructed homes, which often feature a floor plan with the kitchen open to the living areas. Now, homeowners with older homes and tighter layouts are remodeling to follow suit, and ...