A Kitchen For Living

If the living room is the most lived-in room at 1509 Long Cove Ct, then the kitchen is the most used and, possibly, loved.

We do so much in this fantastic kitchen. Thanks to it's spacious layout and plentiful counter space, we can cook a meal while talking to the kids and surfing the Internet. The built-in desk is especially convenient, allowing the kitchen to double as a home office without closing one of us off in a room away from the rest of the family.

Before we decided to sell this house, we kept a small easel beside the kitchen island. It's the kind of child's easel that doubles as a chalkboard and painting or drawing surface. Our eldest son (the youngest wasn't quite old enough to handle crayons and chalk yet) loved drawing rockets and dinosaurs with us as we prepared lunch. Between the easel and linoleum floor, which is ideally suited to racing Matchbox cars, the kitchen is as much a place to work as it is to play!

Apart from the usable floor plan, the storage capacity is something to be envied. The cabinets lining the walls and the kitchen island provide plenty of space to store the usual kitchen supplies and more. The pantry has ample shelf space for whatever we need to put there. And, the drawers under the built-in desk make for an ideal spot to hide away all those home-office supplies.

And, of course, the fact that we can eat in the same place the meal is cooked adds a wonderful benefit to family meals. The cook doesn't have to stay in the kitchen while everyone else waits by the dining table in another room. Whether its just you and a loved one, you and the family, or you and a whole bunch of friends; conversation and time together here are easy. It's no wonder why the kitchen is so frequently called the heart of a home.