No longer simply a place for cooking and storing food, the kitchen is also where meals are served and family and friends congregate, so there is every reason that it should be stylish, comfortable, and functional as any other room. Vinny Lee opens with a chapter on planning, to help you identify your own needs and priorities, and then provides a survey of the four principal styles - Traditional, Simple Country, Simple Modern, and New Professional. She then takes a comprehensive look at the elements, such as lighting, countertops, sinks, appliances, and storage, with a multitude of creative ideas for decorating and adding colour. With photography by James Merrell.
Date Published 2/1/2005
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Rated By: A reader
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Comments: Ideas for kitchens with function and panache This is indeed a source book. The appendix is well filled out. The four main sections of the book, Principles, Style, Equipment and Decoration lead the reader in a logical path through kitchen design concepts. Each superb photograph focuses on the feature under discussion. The many unusual and clever ideas in this book are going to help me in my discussions with my designer.
Rated By: S. Roberts
From: Seattle, WA
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Comments: Disfunctional kitchens R us I checked this out from the library hoping to find some good ideas for a kitchen remodel. This book is full of showy kitchens that no real cook would tolerate. If you want you kitchen to look pretty, modern, or authentic, this may help you. If you want to use your kitchen instead of just dressing it up to look nice, buy another book.
Rated By: Sherri J. Thorne
From: Brooklyn, New York
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Comments: A Very Good Starting Point For Kitchen Design After reading this book you'll realize that, gone are the old notions that a kitchen is the place where June Cleaver baked cookies for The Beaver, Wally, and the omnipresent Eddie Haskell! The kitchen has now become a showcase of sleek design and gleaming stainless steel, and YES you CAN cook in it! This book is full of ideas for designing your kitchen and using available space to maximum advantage without sacrificing beauty. From the traditional to the contemporary kitchen you will find many excellent ideas, and it will broaden your horizons about what can be used in a kitchen. Imagine having a set of chairs by: Charles Eames, Alvar Aalto and Marcel Brever sitting side by side while the Dualit grills your sandwich!
Rated By: "secrethalo"
From: Springfield, VA
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Comments: Another hit for Vinny Lee I enjoyed the other book in the series, so I assumed this would be a delight as well. I am so glad that I decided to buy this! Wonderful detail and full of great ideas, this gets the creative juices flowing! Kitchens is a great buy.
No longer simply a place for cooking and storing food, the 
