DESIGN FOR A KITCHEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 158, 9 July 1935, Page 9

DESIGN FOR A KITCHEN

MAN DEFEZ TS 20,000 WOMEN Those who maintain that women would be more successful in house planning than men will be surprised to hear that a man has beaten 20,000 women in a competition to find the ideal kitchen, states the Morning Post. Some of the prize-winners were entertained at luncheon recently at the Carlton Hotel by Sir Francis Goodenough, chairman of the British Commercial Gas Association. “One could well understand a man winning a prize for designing a power-house, but it is surprising to find him producing the best design for the power-house of the home,” said Sir Francis when congratulating the winners. The prize kitchen, for which the award was £5OO, was designed by Mr. Anthony Trew, a 75-year-old retired architect, of Poole. It provides for a gas fire in addition to a gas cooking stove, a refrigerator run by gas, a hot-water supply, boiler and airing cupboard. The decorations are carried out in deep green and cream. The kitchen will be shown at the forthcoming Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, as also will be the kitchen designed for the King’s house.