HOMEMADE Kitchens of professional chefs are often copied by remodelers

Baby-boomers with a disposable incomes are investing in the makeovers.
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If you haven't remodeled your kitchen in the last five years, chances are you know someone who has. The $47 billion home makeover business continues at a furious pace. It is up 17 percent since 2000, the Wall Street Journal says.
But the designs have a new twist. New inspirations are taken from kindergarten classrooms and theaters.
The professional chef's kitchen is increasingly a model. Designers are making an effort to develop ergonomic-friendly kitchens, like rolling cabinets that can be adjusted for the owner's size and age. One company studied dancers and actors who learn to not make unnecessary movements and enhanced every station in the kitchen.
Triangle is replaced
On the wane is the traditional triangle, which placed the refrigerator, stove and sink an equal distance to one another.
The new development comes from the massive maturing baby-boom generation who has the disposable income to spend, the Journal says. It's also driven by TV's Food Network, where star chefs such as Emeril Lagasse make people want to cook more, faster and more efficiently. On the other hand, some professionals say the trend is just a marketing matter.
Perhaps if you don't have the right recipe, the right knife or the right taste, it doesn't matter.