Fred and June MacMurray are home people and their favorite room in the house — the kitchen — speaks of happy times, good food and a gourmet cook. When the MacMurrays recently refurbished and updated the kitchen in their Indian Hill home, they furnished and accessorized the room in Early American style. The cheerful red-white-and-blue color scheme is an expression of the warm hospitality the MacMurrays extend to friends and guests alike.

A 4x6 foot kitchen island, equipped with two gas ranges and plenty of counterpace, is central to the kitchen’s efficiency. Countertops throughout the kitchen are blue-and-white ceramic tile but June specified one corner of the island to be genuine butcher block. A complete assortment of knives is displayed within easy reach for cutting bread and dicing vegetables.

No structural changes were made in the kitchen or in the informal dining area which is adjacent. The remodeling plan was simply to take a very functional layout and make it work even better with up-to-date conveniences and bright, inviting decorating.

Problem: How to make an unfinished attic area in a garage an income producer.

Solution: Designer Louise Rosenfeld, NSID, created an alcove kitchen by partitioning an open area of formerly dead storage attic. Bath and storage areas are back-to-back with kitchen separating bedroom and living room. Folding doors allow renter to shut minimum kitchen off from view when not in use. This type of door is ideal because it requires little space in an already space- pinched configuration.

Problem: Owner’s desire for a more open, airy kitchen-family room arrangement.
Solution: Eliminate wall between kitchen and step-down family room and create a buffet-storage divider that allows visual access between both rooms. Gain natural light and better traffic flow by replacing window with sliding glass door to deck beyond. Door also makes outdoor entertaining easy

Unless you’ve had the good fortune to design your kitchen from scratch, there is a strong possibility that there will be some basic problems you will have to cope with to make
your kitchen “work” precisely the way you want it to, functionally and aesthetically. We’ve culled some problem-solutions from our files with the hope that you’ll find some ideas, or at least some basic thinking that will help make your kitchen a source of personal satisfaction, one that “works for you”.

Problem: Gain more functional space and eye-appealing elbow room. Solution: By eliminating the walls formerly enclosing two small pantry areas, designer Eddie Javor was able to open this kitchen up to more flowing function. Beam, retained for structural reasons was encased in wood veneer matching new, lush cabinetry. An easy-care floor for today and interesting backsplash tile patterns add to the overall service and good looks of spacious kitchen.

In a well-ordered kitchen with all the interior convenience features presently available from the manufacturers, it should be possible to prepare a meal without bending, stretching, climbing furniture, juggling items or going to another room for things. Among the available goodies are: sliding pan shelves, bottle holders, towel racks, lid & ladle holders, pullout hostess carts and cutting boards, built-in bread drawers and warming drawers, flour and sugar dispensers, multiple can storage pantries, lazy susans, and hinged corner cabinets for more thorough access and good looks. The unusual design of Olde Dominion cabinet line is further accented by quality hardware that makes it welcome anywhere in house. Doors have self-closing hinges; drawers glide open and closed with interiors finished in simple-to-clean vinyl. Fine furniture wood is protected by tough, mar-resistant, baked-on finish, and drawers have smooth, round corners that don’t catch crumbs.

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