When it comes to kitchen design, one must consider everything. Plus the kitchen sink. This once small, behind-the-scenes cooking cranny has encroached upon, if not surpassed, the living room as the warmest, most social spot in the American house. And as the room’s role has expanded, so has its size.

Kitchens are now larger and more openly connected to family rooms than ever before, with grander floor plans and fewer walls partitioning them from other rooms. If home is where the heart is, the heart is in the kitchen—and so are all of the guests when it comes to party time.

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