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Best-laid plans: learn three common kitchen layouts to help your clients work best in their space.(Design Clinic)

Barbara Rose of S.N. Peck, Chicago, says most of her clients are making the kitchen the focus of their remodeling and the center of their homes. "More often this is the place people put their greatest effort--the most thought, the most money, and the most space," she says.

She and her staff work on a range of kitchens from mid-priced to expensive, suburban to urban. Their experience helps them explain the pros and cons of three standard layouts to their clients so they can make the appropriate changes.

U-SHAPED KITCHENS

This is one of the most common layouts and is particularly convenient for multiple cooks. The large expanse of counter space gives two people ...

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