Reply #11: LOL i'll take function over form anyday

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although the kitchen I built (see above) worked extremely well in spite of it's "acres" of Corian the main cooking area was great, the stove top was a pivot from the sink and the fridge was 3 steps away with lots of counters for appliances. the "other side" had ovens and the half wall into the family room and was used more as a catch all for mail, newspapers and all the other crap that builds up in the kitchen but that was fine since I had all the nice counters on the other side

and the catch all counter was next to the desk

the room was about 20 x 30 but with good planning it worked extremely well and truth be told I truly only "cooked" in about a 5 x 8 area, the rest was seating and bar space and counters that had I been a clean freak/nazi would have been used to display beautiful things but since I'm not/wasn't it just looked lived in and what i really loved about it was I was always in the middle of the party, but had my own space and never tripped over anyone trying to get dinner done cuz nobody needed anything from my work area