Home Office

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

A couple of links to explore later:

Welcome to Your Home Sweet Office

Budget Makeover: Home Office Heroics

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Kitchen tips

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

From the Washington Post of May 6, 2006 comes Good Kitchen Layout, Just a Few Steps Away, with some good tips on choosing (or designing) a kitchen. To summarize, the main takeaways for me were:

  • Try to arrange it so that the stove and sink are opposite of each other, so that one can access either just by turning 180 degrees around. Particularly important when moving a large pot of water to the stove for boiling, or going the other way, for draining.
  • The refrigerator shouldn’t be so far from the cooking area.
  • When visiting model kitchens (or kitchens in model homes), pretend to cook a meal (and don’t worry about looking silly doing it).
  • If cabinets have glass panes, try to visualize how these will look with actual dishes (your dishes!) behind the glass.
  • Remember to assess how the lighting will be at night. If possible, visit a model house at night.

    • My main concern for the kitchen is that it isn’t too small, or feel too cramped. I would love to cook together with Naoko (don’t know if she feels the same way), and in general I want to feel comfortable in there as I would like to get back to baking, and cooking once in a while.

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