Lifestyle Planner

Computers

Computers are now an essential part of the kitchen hardware, helping with recipes, family schedules, emails, you name it.

Remember to plan a space for a monitor, as well as a printer, scanner and any other peripherals you think you might use there, but if the kitchen is integrated with into the home network then all these other bits can be stored elsewhere. Be sure to plant plenty of phone and data jacks, as well as electrical outlets, near the workstation.

Doubt you'll ever sit down long enough to need a dedicated workspace? Then consider a portable Web tablet instead of a traditional computer. This small device, usually designed for Internet access only, can plug into any data jack in the kitchen.