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Bob joins homeowner Julie Graham and Merillat rep Faith Allen to discuss the new Merrilat kitchen that Julie has planned. Merillat has developed a new concept that they call "organomics" to help homeowners overcome some of the problems most commonly encountered in a designing a kitchen. Organomics is a blending a organization and ergonomics that allows the homeowner to take a look at the space beforehand and divide it up into activity-based zones. In the case of Julie's kitchen, the space is divided up into a storage zone with pantry, utility cabinet, and refrigerator, a sink zone for clean up, a cooking zone, a food prep zone, a planning zone encompassing the island, and then an eating zone in the nook. It's important to consider the interrelationship of all of these zones before ordering your cabinets.

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" Let's talk with faith Allen for Merillat cabinets and of course Julie Graham our homeowner. Who is I guess getting involved in the fun part of the redesign here right to a -- Yeah. Now beat the design of the kitchen space is something that you know a lot of people end up making a lot of mistakes early on and what are the basic. Points that you want to look at first."

" Well what I want to take a look at and we start to design a space as. Something that with what went Merillat's come up with called organics F -- unique way to look at -- organ and accepts angle that Dave had the blending of organization and ergonomics. -- analyzed and take a look at the space beforehand and divide it up into activity activity based zones. So an taking a look at what we wanted to do here in the space. We have a storage zone Franklin you're orient this even though the handwriting is upside down. We have a storage zone you were saying that starts at a -- trade utility cabinet -- refrigerator so we'd have all hot cold storage over here yeah. I must think so much for being mostly for clean up. In an area. Cut things out an arrangement -- it. Food prep zone. And a plantings around so you can make and use of the island and Anna eating zone over Carolina senate. And be a little bit separated from parents catch."

" So these are all kind of the functions or destinations that you have to think about. The beginning before you start ordering kitchen cabinets and so we're -- standing where that island's going to be reference and what happens on this big blank wall over here."

" I think what we're gonna do -- is I'm -- that she wants to have a lot of glass storage here. This has got to be a good nine foot height to -- in Ukraine go all of that up with -- and they'll probably can consult from top -- and I think we're -- uncle asked could we want to do with that much."

" That much display area."

" I think of -- combination of dishes there will be some objects for display pottery things like that little bit combination of both utility and interesting object."

" And then in the space behind me is where we would have the the the guts of this him. Of the area which is really is still."

" Right right yeah we're gonna have a 48 inch gas stove here right right and so we'll have a lot of cooking area we'll put pots and pans over here Julie and her partner like to cook and entertain."

" And then in this corner of the space is."

" Our pantry is this story gets framed in right -- I -- friend and -- gonna -- a window right there. And then we're gonna have the pantry right here which could be shelving mark and he cabinets were really haven't decided the law order for boxes and cans and write and paint and and utility cabinet as it has the UNESCO refrigerator well all right next -- telling you."

" Haven't there refrigerator and then we get into my age at least favorite area which is clean up and into the water right. And then we wrap up with the nook area which is an original part of the kitchen. And we are gonna reuse the benches and the table that we -- here right there we're gonna just put them right back in this --"

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