Kitchen Remodeling Professionals in Minnesota

History of the Kitchen in Minnesota

Kitchen designs and layouts have changed dramatically in their use and function over the last few decades. It seems there are four leading reasons for this. First, as a result of the rapid growth of electric appliance usage, and second, how people generally use their kitchens has also changed significantly. As an over all function, we use the kitchen as an extension of living areas in open concept settings, and not just for basic food prep work. Our kitchens have now become infused into our daily patterns of living and socializing. The third element is that as a rule, we don't spend much time in the kitchen preparing meals from scratch. With the enormous amount of prepared and processed foods available, we don't think of cooking as a basic necessity. The fourth important factor is because there's no basic need to cook any more. It's done mostly for enjoyment and variety. Also, the advent of the increasing use of small electric cooking gadgets has created a new kind of cook. One whose purpose is enjoyment and not toiling in the kitchen to prepare basic meals. There's no longer a need – or even probably a desire – for most of us to prepare all meals, every day from scratch. So yes, things have changed in the kitchen.