Ingenuity can often substitute for money in today's kitchen planning. An unconventional design carried out in budget-priced materials produced this kitchen, a self-contained cooking and serving citadel that is the hub of a big modern living room. Structurally, this is a straightforward carpentry job that could be duplicated in other materials, either expensive or inexpensive. The walls are ash plywood attached to wood studding and the cabinets are birch plywood. Walls and cabinets were given a satin finish: a coat of 50 per cent white lead and 50 per cent turpentine rubbed down after 24 hours with a rag dipped in linseed oil. The circular countertop was custom-cut from a sheet of Formica. Vinyl tile covers the floor.
The equipment is arranged so that the large pieces, refrigerator and wall oven, are at the flattened ends of the arc and the smaller appliances are fitted into the more confined space in between (a point to allow for when planning a circular kitchen). This floor plan saves on materials and makes it easier to prepare meals and serve them indoors or on the terrace (reached by a door opposite the open end of the kitchen). Two ceiling spotlights and strip lights over work surfaces illuminate the kitchen. Flame was chosen as an interior color because it goes well with soft wood tones and provides a surprise element of stimulating color when the pass-throughs are opened for meals.
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source: House and Garden Magazine | September 1956
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