{"id":1332,"date":"2015-07-17T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2015-07-17T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:56:16","slug":"functional-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/functional-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Supremely Functional Kitchen of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houzz has a new Kitchen of the Week that deserves to be called out &#8211; one of the most functional kitchens I&#8217;ve ever seen. \u00a0For someone who loves to cook for company, and who doesn&#8217;t need people underfoot while she&#8217;s preparing food, this layout is hard to beat.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/34200213\/Urban-Kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-toronto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/st.hzcdn.com\/simgs\/f101a5d005805fec_8-9534\/contemporary-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #444;\"><small><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/contemporary\/kitchen\">Contemporary Kitchen<\/a> by <a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/professionals\/interior-designer\/c\/Salem--ON\">Salem Interior Designers &amp; Decorators<\/a> <a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/pro\/essar\/lemontree-and-co-interiors\">LemonTree &amp; Co. Interiors<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A large island that also functions as a bar is a great way to share the kitchen space &#8211; it keeps the chef company, and also separated. This one has a table attached at one end that makes a perfect place to share meals also.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowners are a Canadian couple with 3 teenage sons &#8211; you can imagine trying to keep them in line during mealtimes, but this works. There&#8217;s a separate drinks station outside of the working area, so there&#8217;s never any need to come inside when Mom&#8217;s cooking.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/34200312\/Urban-Kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-toronto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/st.hzcdn.com\/simgs\/7ff1d9020580603c_8-9609\/contemporary-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"752\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #444;\"><small><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/contemporary\/kitchen\">Contemporary Kitchen<\/a> by <a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/professionals\/interior-designer\/c\/Salem--ON\">Salem Interior Designers &amp; Decorators<\/a> <a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/pro\/essar\/lemontree-and-co-interiors\">LemonTree &amp; Co. Interiors<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #444;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>The design was for function based on how the cook actually works, but the touches add warmth to make a great gathering place- the use of wood, the layered grays, the herringbone marble backsplash (love that!), and the orange chairs.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full story for more:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/ideabooks\/50980702\/list\/kitchen-of-the-week-function-and-flow-come-first\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen of the Week: Function and Flow Come First<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houzz has a new Kitchen of the Week that deserves to be called out &#8211; one of the most functional kitchens I&#8217;ve ever seen. \u00a0For someone who loves to cook for company, and who doesn&#8217;t need people underfoot while she&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/functional-kitchen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1340,"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stephaniepassman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}