Agencies and other headaches, keys and cleaners, running costs and contracts...in short, all the things we spend so much of our time doing behind the scenes.<br>
My understanding is slightly different - open plan, but with its own separate doorway, if you can work that one out - so it's effectively a separate room but with a counter instead of a wall to separate you from the living area. But since I'm not American, am happy to be corrected on that one!
When I bought my house the estate agent told me I had one- oh, err...that must be that strange counter top thing then that separated the sink/power point areas from the rest of the room
I didn't know there was such a thing! I've been in lots of kitchens in America, and they're all pretty different.
Maybe it's something to do with the enormous appliances we use. Refrigerators you could store a whole cow in, that sort of thing. Or, yes, maybe something about the kitchen not being a "room" in the traditional sense of one doorway entrance/exit. They're usually thoroughfares here.
I'm curious to know what this means, officially.
What is a UK Kitchen? a French Kitchen? a Spanish Kitchen? an Italian kitchen? Do these things exist?
I think Helen has summed it right.
When we bought our villa it was described as having an 'American' kitchen which was a new description to us!...But it is an open plan kitchen area overlooking the loung/dining area.
