I've Accepted My Own Challenge: My Dream Kitchen
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
July 25, 2016 4:51pm CST
What would I want in my “dream kitchen?” I certainly DON’T have a “dream kitchen” right now, and I may never get one either, but the whole idea is to DREAM.
So, here goes. First, my kitchen would have to be VERY large, with plenty of room to move around. I want LOTS of counter space and an island for meal preparations. Of course, I would want all the latest gadgets.
Although I would want a separate, formal dining room, I would also want a “breakfast nook” which captured the morning sun.
My Aunt Alice had a “breakfast nook” and I loved to eat there, with the morning sun shining through the window.
Appliances would have to include a large capacity refrigerator/freezer, a modern smooth-top cook stove, a dishwasher, of course, and a trash compacter.
I would want an expensive, easy-to-clean tile floor and lots of windows and an outdoor patio out of the kitchen door.
I’m sure there are other things, I would want, but I’ll add them later as I have more time to think about it.
Oh yes, I already thought of one more thing. A wine-cooling refrigerator.
Now, the challenge is yours. Tell me what your “dream kitchen” would be like.
Picture by Pixabay
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
26 Jul 16
Yes, someone to cook all the meals. That would be great.
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 16
@IreneVincent When we had this house built Vin specified a larger than normal stove so he could cook all the things he wanted to. It is slightly wider than perhaps a standard stove and has six gas burners.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
26 Jul 16
@JudyEv So your husband likes to cook? That's great! Two of my sons like to cook, but unfortunately my daughter does not.
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@miniam (9151)
• Bern, Switzerland
25 Jul 16
My dream kitchen should be large enough to hold a sofa so l can relax after a meal or be able to sit and talk to whoever is there while we/i prepare a meal.
It should have enough storage space and a small TV.In general, i want a kitchen where l can live in in a way,not a place l cook then rush to go out and watch TV or relax on the sofa.My kitchen floor will have lovely white easy to clean tiles.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
26 Jul 16
Ahhhh! A sofa, now there's an idea. Storage space, YES! Plenty of cabinets for dishes and cooking utensils and groceries. A TV, yes that would be nice. I can see my TV in my living room from my small kitchen.
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
27 Jul 16
@IreneVincent Even just normal cooking smells. If you don't have one you sure miss it. I would like a large kitchen too. In fact those country style kitchens which are the main room in the house suit me just fine.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
27 Jul 16
Yes, a hood is a good thing to have. I have one over my kitchen stove. It will quickly remove the smell of burnt food if that should happen.
@wiLLmaH (8801)
• Singapore, Singapore
28 Jul 16
@IreneVincent My husband is always amazed by the arrangements at IKEA. Maybe one day, we will pattern that on our kitchen.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
27 Jul 16
I found that photo on Pixabay. It looked pretty much like what I would consider to be a "dream kitchen."
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
28 Jul 16
@wiLLmaH We can all "dream" about the kitchen or house we would like to have some day. It could happen. Who knows?
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@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
25 Jul 16
I don't have a dream kitchen per se but since my house is only a few years old my kitchen has pretty much everything I wanted. Since I was downsizing my kitchen is smaller than those large ones they show on TV or magazines but I do have plenty of counter space and an island for prep work.
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@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
26 Jul 16
@IreneVincent it's abut 85% what I would have designed if I had the choice but yes, it is totally my almost dream kitchen
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
26 Jul 16
That's wonderful. So you already have your kitchen the way you want it. That's good.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
27 Jul 16
I'm OK with my small kitchen too. It's called a "galley" kitchen. Not big enough for a table and chairs. I have my table and chairs in my living room near the front window. It works for me. I don't need a large kitchen anymore, since all my children are grown and live elsewhere.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
26 Jul 16
Yes, write about it. Tell us all about it. I am very interested. I have designed my
"dream house" but will never get to build it.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
27 Jul 16
Many dream of such things, but what I have is just fine. Hope you get one soon that is what you want.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
27 Jul 16
Oh, I won't ever get my dream kitchen. I just like to dream about it. LOL
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
26 Jul 16
i used to wish fer a larger kitchen, particularly when there were 9'f 's livin' here - 'tis the gatherin' place'n our family. right now though, my dream kitchen'd 've an oven that worked, cabinets made'f real wood 'n a kitchen floor that'd not holes worn :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
27 Jul 16
@IreneVincent yepperz, those kitchens were the central hub 'n here such still remains to be true. there were a few walton scenes involvin' the livin' room, jest not that many. folks'd not that much leisure time back then :)
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
27 Jul 16
@crazyhorseladycx I have always enjoyed "Walton's Mountain". Supposedly, it was filmed in Virginia but actually it was filmed in California, even though the story was about Virginia.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
26 Jul 16
If the kitchen is large like kitchens used to be years ago, that's where the family usually gathered. I was thinking about the TV show, "Walton's Mountain" and I recall that many of the scenes in that show were in their huge kitchen with them all sitting around the big table. I'm trying to remember a scene in the living room.
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