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Kitchenware for Easy Living and Entertaining

The open-plan family room of the Punta Gorda house overlooks the canal on one side and opens onto the living area and kitchen on the other. Cecile Hemphill of Oh Cecile in San Francisco shows Bob the cookware and accessories that now fill the cupboards. Starting with Chantal cookware in bright colors, a teapot with a whistle, a Lodge pre-seasoned cast iron skillet, and a Joyce Chen wok, Hemphill has completely outfitted the kitchen for cooking and entertaining. The drawers are filled with Oxo ergonomically designed cooking utensils. Ironwood Gourmet's Acacia wood cutting boards stand ready on the counters, as does bright-colored Chantal ceramic ware that goes from the freezer to the oven to the table. Bob also remarks on the Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator-freezer that measures and dispenses water. All of the appliances are from Whirlpool, including the dishwasher and front-loading washer and dryer. Bob and Hemphill remark on the overall design of the kitchen, the openess and the size of the elements, which are perfectly scaled and large enough for easy living and frequent entertaining.
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" And that's the view from Teresa and Jim's family room and when they designed this house together with Mercedes homes. They wanted to make sure that they were capturing those canal views wherever possible this is a kind of a seating arrangement that they've set up. To enjoy the view and then the rest of the family room is decked out with a big. Big sectional leather sofa that part of it is a recliner and eventually they plan on having a big plasma screen here right now they have this huge selection of borrowed art from the local gallery so they can. Try to pick something that they like and that. That breakfast area and the open plan kitchen and the bar everything is looking very very good and our friend Cecile Hemphill is here all the way from San Francisco Bob and she's an old friend of Teresa's and has helped accessorize the kitchen. I'm hungry no right yes I don't look at stern look great now tell me about some of the things that you've picked and again it's the same story somebody who loses their entire home and contents to a hurricane have to start over again right."

" We started with Chantal cookware and we set Teresa and Jim up with me at ten piece. Cookware set which will be enough to start any kitchen he then comes the Dutch oven and saute and serve a couple sauce pans to insert that teapot. This is their classic teapot with a homeowner harmonica whistle that you see and share -- can -- show -- it is that cast iron skillet you've put on -- yesterday -- This is from lodge manufacturing in Tennessee yeah this is their pre season's. Cast iron skillet. Which is probably the most cast -- personal piece of cookware. To have you did you keep it seasoned and stuff -- you can season it and keep it -- but now lodge has started pre seasoning their."

" That's correct now there's a drawer under the -- so is there room -- that for yes for all the goodies."

" Let me have room and we have fit this with fox for good growth. And acts as a capital it's based on design form and function. They have just I -- the perfect tool for anything you might do good thing ergonomically. Designed and great teens."

" And then you've got lots of nice colorful. Since in your -- this just caught my locks are great to have. It's right this is from Joyce Chen cookware as little eastern cookware for the western world fantastic. And our Corian looks very good -- this kind of wooden object itself as the teacher. -- red yes. I would remain very very nice I cannot stop here without pausing to look at our whirlpool side by side refrigerator. Which not only dispenses water but measures it out by the accounts and course the rest of the appliances in the kitchen are whirlpool the dishwasher the double ovens. And beyond that door in a very practical -- location we've got the the washer drier team. This hasn't really been designed for easy easy living it's perfect for a little entry entertained yet and I like the that the size of the different components of the kitchen -- this is a very good size out. So is all this stuff over there oven proof."

" Yes it is this of course ceramic ware from Sean -- called. They've taken traditional big square shapes and made them a little more interesting and they're all in fashion colors."

" That's great at learning about things in and freezer very very nice with thank you --"

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