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The position of the kitchen in a traditional Javanese house is always in the back and occupies a fairly wide area. This is not independent from the traditional lifestyle of the people who have the notion that the kitchen is a private and enclosed areas. Until now, the phrase “secret kitchen” still can we meet in the Indonesian percakan daily. The phrase implies that everything that happens in the kitchen does not need to be known by the public, enough homeowners and certain parties who know about it.

Currently living in a modern style home was not familiar with the concept of the kitchen as the most “secret” inside the house. Lifestyle and habit patterns of Javanese society has been shifting in line with local cultural interaction with the culture of global society. The kitchen is now considered as a space that can be in the “trophy” to a stranger even. Homeowners have not felt the need to hide what he kept in the kitchen as in the past.

Dapurpun layout has changed radically. Modern houses the kitchen putting it on the front of the house for easy access from the car garage or carport. Change the layout is not without reason, modern society is too busy with work and other activities to prepare and deploying large quantities of food stocks. They shopped at a supermarket to meet the needs of the week or even month. If the kitchen was far behind the process of moving groceries into the kitchen becomes more difficult and time consuming.

Another trend seen from the changes in the layout of the kitchen is the function that started combined with other activities. The kitchen is no longer functioning as a single place to prepare food but also as a sitting room and a guest. The kitchen can also be used as a space to watch television in the kitchen since the activity takes a long time. Keberadaab television in the kitchen can be utilized as a friend when processing food for the family.

The kitchen is well designed and performed with high aesthetic taste has now become the new status symbol. While visiting some friends who have a high level of economic life, I am often asked to see their kitchen and luxurious well ordered. See what’s in their kitchen I suspect that the budget is spent on making the kitchen such a greater value than the budget spent for filling the living room.

Business creation in Yogyakarta kitchen set turned out to also show a similar trend. Projects associated with this kitchen project turned out to be one of the most frequently done by design consultants in Jogja. The kitchen is now a space that “sexy” and interesting to be processed. His image as a dirty room, smelling and unfit to appear gradually been changing.

Nevertheless, some things about the kitchen still has not changed. Charles Jencks, an expert on post-modern architecture, stating that the form in architecture can change rapidly, but the meaning attached to them to change slowly. Javanese until today still use the phrase “your kitchen!” In the context of a less pleasant, though currently has a beautiful kitchen that gives a sense of pride for the Owners.

The kitchen not only serves as a place to cook. Lifestyle changes raised the role of the kitchen as a gathering place for families, and even received a visit.

Mega Siulina, Architects and Interior Designers, says the lifestyle changes that must be supported by restructuring the stylish kitchen. “The style kitchen and family depends on the will should be tailored to the aesthetic,” he said on a talk show ‘Cooker Cooking in the Kitchen Set Style “in Jakarta, Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

Modern kitchen design that is now emerging, according Siulina, need practical tools, without removing the three main things that is a stove, table and refrigerator, and sink. Such kitchens are usually picked clean kitchen is a separate concept with a dirty kitchen.

For minimalist house, Siulina suggested that the kitchen table is made of strong materials and durable. While the cabinet can be selected from timber. To reinforce the impression of simple, choose neutral colors like white, combined with wood color harmony. “The kitchen can survive long net would be very good because the equipment in the kitchen is rarely replaced, he said. Read the rest of this entry »