A kitchen to use

As the pattern of our lives change, kitchens have become social gathering areas as great as the so-called "living rooms" of old. To reflect this we altered the layout and removed walls to eliminate the maid's room and the laundry room to create a spacious, user-friendly and pretty room, which seems to be the first port of call for visitors to our apartment. With close proximity to essentials like drink, ice and snacks, sometimes this remains the main gathering area throughout the evening. Previous posts have shown orchids in large glazed pots to add to the prettifying process. Pictures help too, (the two shown in the first photo are posters of works by the Scottish Colourist F C B Cadell, of his flat in New Town Edinburgh; the remaining two, by the drinks tray are rare "Spy" cartoons, of Edward VII and George V ). It is also used most days as a functioning kitchen where cooking actually takes place too!