Evening star., 1936-08-01
MODERN KITCHENS
ARE STREAM[|NED.
Value of Proper Planning
Cited by Expert in Home
Service.

Modern kitchens must be stream
lined to economic the time and en-
ergy Of the housewife, Miss Caroline
Cecil, home service director of the
Bronx Gas g. Electric Co., declared
In a lecture on modern kitchen plan
ming at the Columbia University
Summer session.
Location is the first fundamental
of efficient planning" Miss Cecil said.
Modern kitchen planning revolveS
around the three basic working CEN
ters. The food preparation center CO.
ordinates the refrigerator, sink and
counter space, with supply cabinets
above and below. In the cooking and
serving center the range, serving
counter and cabinets for pots, pans
and serving dishes must all be very
close together. Cabinets for dishes
used most frequently should be con-
yenient to the sink to comprise the
cleaning center.
ITO be streamlined, kitchen must
have continuous level working space
running around two or three walls
Of the room. Most old-fashioned
kitchens have appliances against each
of the four walls with empty spaces
In between, but in well-designed
kitchens any gaps between range, sink
or other equipment must be filled by
built tin, level working table. Counters
give twice as much working space.
Advantages Cited.
oil ~, laval for
example, pot of potatoes can be slid
off the stove onto counter, drained
at the sink and put onto another
counter for mashing and adding but
ter and milk without lifting a pot.
Free wall space should be utilized
for broom closets, dinettes-if the
kitchen is large enough-or perhaps
for a planning desk, where the house
wife makes out her market lists, plans
menus and keeps recipes
Kitchen equipment is keeping pace
with modern planning, Miss Cecil con-
tinued, pointing out that ranges,
refrigerators and sinks are being de-
signed to facilitate streamlining. The
separate sink with a porcelain drain
board is definitely outmoded. she as
serted, and the sink is now being set
into long counter of wood or metal
10 provide continuous working space.
Value of Smaller Kitchens.
Smaller kitchens have resulted from
scientific planning" she added. Even
in large homes the trend is away from
needlessly roomy kitchens. In very
small apartments where there is not
sufficient room for a dinette, shelf
can be built along about feet OF
wall space and stools used lunch
counter wise. This shelf can be table,
height or as tall as bar, and can
be used for breakfast or as a snack
bar at any time.
"A kitchens atmosphere is almost
as important in modern planning as
the arrangement and choice of its
equipment. In this connection, the
floor and wall coverings, the lighting,
and the color scheme merit careful
attention.
Sheet rubber as floor covering
Is replacing linoleum in many homes.
Dark colors should be used on the
floor, for light-colored floors are hard
! on peoples eyes and nerves. Notified
designs are better than too sharply
defined patterns.
Tile Held Losing Popularity.
GAS a wall covering ceramic tile is
losing its popularity, particularly in
city kitchens, because 1t does not
absorb any noise, and the light shin
ing on the tile gives of disturbing
glare. Washable wall paper is widely
used, especially where the kitchen
Is wainscotted, the lower part fire.
quently being painted. In addition
to a central light for general use,
bracket or cove lights for each work.
ing unit are necessary.
ITO work out pleasant color
scheme is one of the most enjoyable
tasks of kitchen planning. The style
in color has definitely changed within
the past few years. Then the demand
was for colored ranges and refrig-
orators, but recently the trend has
been toward all white equipment. 1t
was found that colored finishes on
various appliances did not quite
match. With white as the base color
and accent colors in curtains. can
nisters and towels, the color schemes
can be changed more frequently"
AS a good color plan Miss Cecil sug-
gested dark or medium green walls,
dark green mottled floor, white ranges,
refrigerator and cabinets, and coral,
Nellnu or fame accessories