Article: Kitchens; THAT; cook; Kitchen designs catch up with room's real purpose

By TERI BORSETI

For The Patriot Ledger

If the walls in Paula Urquhart's kitchen could talk, they'd never run out of stories to tell. The Duxbury mother of two adult children said the kitchen was always the most popular room of her home; the one where everyone congregated. Homework, craft projects, board games, endless snacks and discussions big and small always took place in the room designed for food preparation.

"Even now, when my kids or anyone else comes over, we all end up in the kitchen; it's funny," Urquhart said. It seems that today more than ever, kitchens have become the new "family room" for many families. The room where the fridge, stove and center island are located is usually ...

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