March 28, 2008 |
Kitchens Take Home’s Center Stage
Philip Guarino, Contributor
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| PHILIP GUARINO is president of Arclinea Boston (www.arclineaboston.com), the flagship showroom he launched in 2001 for Arclinea, a manufacturer of luxury contemporary kitchens designed and coordinated by Italian architect Antonio Citterio. |
By Philip Guarino
The magnetic pull that our kitchens exert seems almost primal and perhaps it is, for it is a room where at least three of our most basic needs (food, shelter and warmth) are apt to be satisfied. But as popular as it’s been, for decades the typical kitchen was a strictly functional and enclosed space featuring stove, sink, refrigerator, storage and perhaps a small table and chairs. In New England, with its large stock of traditional, historic housing, this has been especially true.
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