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HOUSEHOLD 



The Kitchen. 



While the kitchen is the center and 

 workshop of the home, its work also 

 extends more or less to other parts of 

 the house. In planning or building 

 a home, it is of greatest importance 

 that the relation of the kitchen to the 

 other rooms be considered. The kit- 

 chen work is most closely associated 

 with the pantry, dining room, and 

 the store room, cellar, or woodshed. 

 These should be located as near and 

 conveniently as posihle to the kitchen 

 so that the journeys which must be 

 made so often between these rooms 

 will be as short as possible, thus say- 

 ing many steps and a great amount of 

 energy. 



Other parts of the house which are 

 closely related to the kitchen, al- 

 though to a less extent, are the entry, 

 or other place where wraps are left; 



1. — The arrangement of the kitchen 

 and equipment here is inconvenient, 

 and means many unnecessary steps. 



the toilet, where hands are washed; 

 the laundiy; the living room; and the 

 bed rooms, where children must fre- 

 quently be cared for. Wherever pos- 

 sible these rooms should be located 

 within easy access of the kitchen. 



The pantry should be so located that 

 it is convenient to both kitchen and 

 dining room, which means that It must 

 be near or adjacent to both. To meet 

 the latter condition, it Is often located 

 between the dining room and the kit- 

 chen, and is then designed to be used 

 both for preparation of food and for 



the storage of food, food suppUea, 

 china, table linen, etc. If it Is narrow 

 in proportion to its length and located 

 lengthwise between the two rooms, it 

 does not very appreciably Increase the 

 distance which must be traveled from 

 the kitchen to the dining room. Two 

 pantries are sometimes desirable, es- 

 pecially when there is an abundance 

 of help in the kitchen. One of these 

 is generally used for the preparation 

 of food and storage of food and sup- 

 plies, while the other is used as a 

 serving pantry and contains counter 

 space, shelves, and drawers for the 

 storage of dishes and table linen, and 

 a sink for washing the dishes. In 

 this case, the sink in the kitchen 

 would be used for washing and clean- 

 ing meat, vegetables, and cooking 

 utensils. 



Floors, Walls, and Ceilings. 



All surfaces in the kitchen, whether 

 on floors, walls, or ceilings, should as 

 far as possible be plain and free from 

 cracks, ridges, moldings, and raised 

 forms of ornamentation, for such 

 places not only collect dust and dirt 

 and thus increase the difficulty of 

 keeping a room clean, but also may 

 harbor ants, roaches, and other pests. 

 The materials used in the kitchen, on 

 either waUs or floor, should be non- 

 absorbent and easy to keep clean. 

 Floors. 



Unfinished wooden floors can be 



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2. — Kitchen shown in illustration No. 1 

 re-arranged. Convenience and step- 

 saving are its obvious advantages. 



