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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On May 15, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Marie McHarry wrote:

> Whoever suggested living in the kitchen for a bit to see what you want
> had the right idea. In the next year I'm going to re-do my kitchen to
> a certain extent, but I rarely cook for crowds, so my needs are
> extremely simple.

This makes me muse that kitchens--indisputably the heart of the house-- 
might well be always thought of as temporary. The real money cost in a  
kitchen is in cabinets and appliances. Who's to say we can't change  
all or part of the rest of it every ten-to-thirty years?