The Palm Beach Lakes development, Florida – The Edgtewater | Architect Charles F. McKirahan | Builder Perini-Westward | Designer Henry End | Landscape Frederic B. Stresau | Accesories Burdine's

A small but well proportioned house like the Edgewater should appeal to any young people starting out who realize that space is what you make it. In the $14,000 range, the Edgewater enjoys the same high quality materials and equipment as the higher priced houses in the group. The compact plan wastes no space. More important, a family can make every room seem larger by strategic use of furniture, color and texture. Nesting tables and seating pieces can turn tight quarters into roomy ones, and multi-purpose ideas can give one room the utility of two. A textured wall and a really beautiful area rug assume even more meaning in a small room than in a large one. The kitchen, well equipped with L-shaped work center, is just around the corner from the terrace and garden areas. Nearby but independent from the house is a storage room with enough space for a washer-dryer.

L-SHAPED WORK PLAN is the most logical arrangement of equipment in a kitchen with two entrances—the hub of a youthful household. Two cooking centers, built-in oven and the surface burners are well separated, thus giving more elbow room to the cook. Between are a stainless steel sink and countertop with ample work surface. Cupboards are faced with woodgrain plastic; flooring is vinyl tile.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | January 1960