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Hosting for the Holidays: Best Kitchen Features for your Home

Nov 17, 2023

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Our homes are utilized to their ultimate potential when it comes to hosting for the holiday season. From festive, lively dinners to cozy Christmas mornings, your home will bring a sense of welcome and peace during these months that your friends, family, and loved ones will greatly appreciate. Below are 4 great home features we at R.K. Construction Co. love to include in our clients’ kitchens, that make hosting not just a joyous possibility but a total breeze!

1. Instant Hot Water Dispenser

Although this tends to be considered a luxury add-on to most kitchen remodeling projects, installing an instant hot water dispenser is one of the most underrated practical features to include in your home’s kitchen. Instead of lugging a pot from the stove to your kitchen sink, filling it up with water, then returning to the stove and waiting for what feels like hours to heat the water to a boil, you can have boiling water in the turn of a lever. Not only does it decrease the prep time needed for cooking for your guests, but it decreases the opportunity for a spill or accident in the kitchen when lugging a large pot of water back to your stove.

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2. Extra-large Oven

What’s hosting without cooking? One of the greatest ways we show our friends and family how much we love them during the holidays is by crafting a homecooked meal. This means lots and lots of time spent in the kitchen. With traditional ovens, you’re limited to how many dishes you can prepare at once, because there’s just not a lot of space. By deciding to include an oversize oven or even a double-oven in your Granville home’s kitchen, you’re having a huge impact on the ease of hosting.

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3. Expansive Island


The kitchen becomes the gathering space during so many hosting events. Instead of keeping yourself apart from your guests in the kitchen, install a beautiful and expansive island as its centerpiece so that while you prepare a meal, your guests can still mingle and conversate with you. It also makes a great buffet set-up, and a perfect way to display your holiday dinner dishes for easy guest access.

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4. Outdoor Spaces


Although the holiday season in Granville means cold winter weather, we have many clients who prefer to have a flexible indoor/outdoor space for hosting during the cooler months. Consider creating a screened in patio on your home’s exterior, equipped with a large outdoor fireplace and heaters so you’re not just limited to entertaining indoors during the holiday season.

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Get a leg-up on next year’s holiday season by reaching out to R.K. Construction Co. today so we can help

build the home of your dreams in Granville, Ohio, readily-equipped and perfectly curated to host your

loved ones in comfort. Contact us today to start the conversation about your new home.

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