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The Kitchen Edge: Service, Storage, and Domestic Boundaries in Compact Interiors

It often operates as an edge: a service wall or a boundary between domestic work and social life. Before a living room can feel open, the kitchen often has to absorb the practical intensity of daily life: water, heat, smell, appliances, groceries, and storage.

The Kitchen Edge: Service, Storage, and Domestic Boundaries in Compact Interiors

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It often operates as an edge: a service wall or a boundary between domestic work and social life.

Before a living room can feel open, the kitchen often has to absorb the practical intensity of daily life: water, heat, smell, appliances, groceries, and storage.

In compact homes, the kitchen is rarely only a room for cooking.

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It often operates as an edge: a service wall or a boundary between domestic work and social life. Before a living room can feel open, the kitchen often has to absorb the practical intensity of daily life: water, heat, smell, appliances, groceries, and storage. In compact homes, the kitchen is rarely only a room for cooking.

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In compact homes, the kitchen is rarely only a room for cooking.

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