{"id":1175,"date":"2013-07-24T17:58:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homecheck.server285.com\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2018-02-07T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:53:23","slug":"kitchen-work-triangle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/?p=1175","title":{"rendered":"What is the Kitchen Work Triangle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the_content\"><p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; transparent_background_fb=&#8221;default&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"ccm-page-list-date\">When designing your kitchen, it is important to keep in mind the work triangle &ndash; the imaginary line between the sink, refrigerator and cooktop.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ccm-page-list-description\">\n<p>The concept of the kitchen work triangle was developed in the 1940&#8217;s with the goal of maximizing efficiency and creating a user-friendly space.&nbsp; A lot has changed since the 40&#8217;s &#8212; kitchens now often need to accommodate two cooks and other activities.&nbsp; As a result, a&nbsp;double triangle or &#8220;zones&#8221; have emerged.&nbsp; The prep, cooking and cleaning zones are still the main areas.&nbsp; However, the optional supplementary zones help create a kitchen that fits your lifestyle.&nbsp; Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baking zone &#8211; space for rolling out dough, cabinets to&nbsp;store the appropriate supplies<\/li>\n<li>Beverage or bar area with&nbsp;stemware &amp; compact beverage center for entertaining<\/li>\n<li>Second sink adds convenience and another prep station<\/li>\n<li>Spice or wine rack or other specialty storage<\/li>\n<li>Desk or homework zone &#8211; for multi-tasking or helping the kids with their school work<\/li>\n<li>Communication center &#8211; look up recipes, catch the news\/weather or charge your cell phone<\/li>\n<li>Rolling cart can serve as a prep station in smaller kitchens<\/li>\n<li>Pull out trash center in cleaning zone<\/li>\n<li>An island is a great element that is useful in housing multiple zones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For kitchen layout ideas,&nbsp;<a title=\"Kitchen Layouts &amp; Floor Plans\" href=\"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/blog\/kitchen-layouts-floor-plans\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When designing your kitchen, it is important to keep&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p class=\"ccm-page-list-date\">When designing your kitchen, it is important to keep in mind the work triangle \u2013 the imaginary line between the sink, refrigerator and cooktop.<\/p>\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<div class=\"ccm-page-list-description\">\r\n\r\nThe concept of the kitchen work triangle was developed in the 1940's with the goal of maximizing efficiency and creating a user-friendly space.\u00a0 A lot has changed since the 40's -- kitchens now often need to accommodate two cooks and other activities.\u00a0 As a result, a\u00a0double triangle or \"zones\" have emerged.\u00a0 The prep, cooking and cleaning zones are still the main areas.\u00a0 However, the optional supplementary zones help create a kitchen that fits your lifestyle.\u00a0 Here are some ideas:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Baking zone - space for rolling out dough, cabinets to\u00a0store the appropriate supplies<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Beverage or bar area with\u00a0stemware &amp; compact beverage center for entertaining<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Second sink adds convenience and another prep station<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Spice or wine rack or other specialty storage<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Desk or homework zone - for multi-tasking or helping the kids with their school work<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Communication center - look up recipes, catch the news\/weather or charge your cell phone<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Rolling cart can serve as a prep station in smaller kitchens<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pull out trash center in cleaning zone<\/li>\r\n \t<li>An island is a great element that is useful in housing multiple zones<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFor kitchen layout ideas,\u00a0<a title=\"Kitchen Layouts &amp; Floor Plans\" href=\"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/blog\/kitchen-layouts-floor-plans\/\">click here<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-ideas","category-kitchens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcp.dalegruberconstruction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}