Estate Living Digital Publication Issue 11 November 2015 | Page 51

Chronicling the Kitchen Today’s kitchen is centred on the family – the natural gathering place where everything happens. A large open-plan space with plenty of natural light and room to cook, eat, entertain and live and thanks to increasing connectivity, it’s also the place where we help children with homework, watch television and even conduct important business. catching fire. Filled with chaos, heat, loud sounds and unsavoury smells, they were situated as far from the main areas of H