This first kitchen showcased here belonged to Dr. amd Mrs. David Frankel of Chicago. The island is the pivotal point, where Mrs. Frankel can work and still keep an eye on living room and patio. When guests arrive, the island converts to a serving buffet. Close at hand, the range and refrigerator line on the wall. The tall bank of shallow closets around the corner keeps food and utensils within easy reach. An adjacent desk is both communication center and home office for the family.
This mix of materials and styles creates a striking variety of textures. Art objects, discovered during family vacations to mexico adn Europe, add itnernational flavor. Hand-turned pulls against contemporary cabinets repeat the shape of the chair spindles. Stained shelf conceals fluorescent lighting. Windows seem to float above the quarry-tile floor and the continuos patio beyond.
This crisp and invigorating kitchen was the property of Mr. and Mrs. Alan LaPat of Rydall, Pennsylvania. The kitchen is zoned to save steps and time. The work top and the storage surrounding the sink-dishwasher make up the prime food preparation area. Short cabinets, resting directly on the counter. hold small appliances, staples, mixing supplies. Natural light floods the room from eye-level windows above. The adjacent desk, with dropped counter, doubles for pastry roll-outs, mixing and blending.
Pull-out table, below the built-in refrigerator simplifies salad-making oor serving from oven or warming drawers just below. The abundant work space beside vegetable sink and range hastens meal preparation.
Cabinet in foreground has doors on both sides for toaster and grill. Undercounter refrigerator here handles mealtime and party foods. Storage for dishes, linens, party supplies lines the wall beside the table. Every utensil, every jar has a specific home - not an inch of storage space is wasted.
The 3rd kitchen belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ritz from Orono, Minnesota. Authentic french countryside furnishings, gleaming copper pots, stained beams checkerboarding the emerald green ceiling - all contribute to the friendly feeling
In this kitchen a giant 3x9-foot island is the main work space, while food and dish storage lines the wall behind. Cook-top and grill, island mounted, help speed hot foods directly to the nearby table just beyond the ovens. For daily use, handsome copper utensils and braided strings of vegetables hang from meat hooks within arm's reach.
Wood tones, copper and emerald green warm this black-and-white scheme. The floor, which looks and feels like antique french tiles, is really easy-care linoleum. Near the table, a hounds-tooh-checked wing chair is in constant demand. Toile de jouy fabric on walls, chairs, window shades is in black and white instead of the usual colors. Wrought-iron trestle legs under the walnut-slab table repeat the lovely scrollwork supporting the french baker's rack.
BONUS - a colorful laundry room
Imaginative thinking transformed a dull storage area into a colorful laundry room, that Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. LaDue from Dallas, Texas enjoy also as a hobby and game room.
Color is the key! It starts with a deep-pile carpet in shocking red. Off-beat hues - right from the paint tube - and pure easter-egg colors add to the fun. Tall banners of yellow, red,blue and pink punctuate the louver bifold door which conceal laundry center.
Paper Tiffany shades camouflage ordinary bare light bulbs. Pillow and seat cushions are multihued; even the TV set is papered to match the walls. There's space to spare for flower arrangement equipment, games, toys, pet and art supplies.
The corner desk converts to a sewing center at a moment's notice. There's a pattern-cutting work top nearby and a tier of drawers to hold "things" below the vivid painted TV. Each child stashes his treasures behind favorite-color door. Pink hides Suzy's toys; blue denotes Rock's domain. Orange is Kevin's; yellow, Barbarea's. The game table and chairs serve up party fun for youngsters and adults alike.
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