How to equip the kitchen

Each of us watched Hollywood movies and certainly paid attention to the interiors there – spacious, functional and not at all like ours.

The kitchen is the American dream! Large, connected to the living room, with a lot of shelves and built-in equipment - this would not refuse the most sophisticated hostess. Of course, most overseas solutions are difficult to implement in our apartment realities, but it is still worth a try.



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"Site" 5 kitchen solutions that are not very popular among us, but are actively used by Americans. If you're thinking, guessing, How to equip a small kitchen Or what to change in a large, take note of our useful collection.

How to equip the kitchen
  1. The sink under the window
    American-style kitchen Many people associate it with the washing area under the window. A pleasant view, natural daylight, space saving and other advantages took over, prompting inventive Americans to install a sink in such an unusual place. By the way, the idea of placing a sink by the window originated not in America, but in England, where it was customary to place sinks in the kitchen so that a woman could admire the garden, not a brick wall.



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    In Russia, this is more difficult technically, because we have batteries under the window, without which it is not very comfortable to live, and the window is located far from the point of supply of pipes. The decision to make a sink at the window is time-consuming, but quite feasible.

    Washing by the window will help expand the working space, rid the windowsill of junk and generally make washing dishes more pleasant process. Of course, you can not hang a drying box over such a washbasin, and windows will have to be washed many times more often, but agree - the idea is amazing!


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  2. Garbage shredder
    A kitchen food waste shredder is a common thing for an American hostess. It is installed directly in the sink, and all small food waste when washing dishes it easily grinds. It is depressing, but in Russia, the installation of such devices has not yet grown, as well as garbage sorting. Installing a shredder in the kitchen is the choice of a modern person who cares about their own comfort and cares about the environment.





    First, it is hygienic, because the device easily rids the drain of food residues, thereby protecting from pests, insects and pathogens. Secondly, the shredder saves time spent cleaning the sink. And thirdly, thanks to the device of garbage in landfills becomes several times less.


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  3. Dishwasher
    In the United States, there is a dishwasher in almost every apartment, even in the smallest and not the richest. But the washing machine, on the contrary, here you will rarely meet, because everyone with diapers is used to wearing laundry in the laundry room. In Russia, the dishwasher is still considered an elite technique, although it pays off more than once: thanks to the dishwasher, you will retain the freshness and youthfulness of the skin of your hands, save precious time and effort, and also reduce water consumption for washing dishes.





    Dishwashing is a technique that is not very necessary in everyday life, if you think about it, and many domestic families easily do without it. Meanwhile, this technique simplifies life no less than a microwave, and if the finances and space of the kitchen allow, a good dishwasher will definitely not hurt you.


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  4. The island in the middle of the kitchen
    Without a kitchen island in American cuisine can not do! In the United States is not characterized by the arrangement of furniture only along the walls, preferring zoning and filling the center. The island in the center of the kitchen is not just a beautiful interior solution, it is a very functional technique.

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    Look for yourself: an additional working surface - once, the dining table - two, and if you order not a monolithic model, but with built-in shelves and drawers, there will be where to store kitchen appliances and excess dishes. In our realities, this is not often found, but the hostess prepare the old-fashioned way, along the wall. But if the size of the kitchen allows, why not try?


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  5. Everything that can be hidden must be hidden.
    Another distinctive feature of American cuisine is the absence of piles of dishes, utensils and other kitchen trifles. American cuisine is literally stuffed with many shelves and drawers in which housewives hide everything that fits, leaving only those items that are part-time decoration of the space.

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    Very often, for these purposes, in American homes, a special pantry is assigned, usually in the kitchen space, so that everything you need is at hand. We learn from the hostess of the USA and hide extra from prying eyes!




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Without a doubt, the modern interior of the kitchen in the American style requires a large area on which you can easily fit everything you need. But even if the dimensions of your kitchen leave much to be desired, you can always take note of proven solutions and apply them in your own way. Do you think it is possible to create such a kitchen in an ordinary apartment?

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