Welcome
It’s undeniable that kitchens and bathrooms are the workhorses of our homes. In these rooms, we repeat our familiar daily routines of making, baking, bathing and soaking. But these service zones can also be elevated into inviting rooms that encourage us to take pleasure in everyday habits: to revel in the conviviality of a family kitchen, to savour the careful preparation of a meal or to immerse ourselves in the solitude of a long soak in the tub. As the houses in this issue of Houses: Kitchens and Bathrooms attest, the opportunities to express personality in the design of these domestic zones are plentiful. Designers are using materials, texture, tone and spatial organization to reflect the people who live in them and to create homes that are by turns tranquil, sensual…