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The growing outdoor living kitchen and outdoor living room trend has not completely passed me by. Rather, I will admit it has bumped me, almost intentionally, and knocked my snack tray over in the hallway. I first saw outdoor kitchens at homes in Florida and in California-oriented design magazines. However, the “outdoor kitchen” was a glorified grill area. The grill was still a grill, but it was enclosed more like a stove. The furniture was regular patio furniture and everything was in a screened enclosure to keep the bugs out.
On the contrary, I am now being told outdoor areas are NOT just areas around a grill but are “open air” kitchens, complete with outdoor upholstery that looks like indoor upholstery and an outdoor tv. The televisions are not your wimpy clipped to the wall affair, but include major cabinetry so you can pretend you have a 6,000 square foot home instead of a 4,000 square foot home. The romanticism of the American hobo has just died. Sleeping in a tent or under a tree with a three week old beard for the guys and a smell that Secret cannot hide for the ladies is going by the wayside. Now, you can just flop on the sofa in the yard of your out of town neighbors while waiting for the next train to hop or after recreating your version of Man vs. Wild.
All kidding aside, if you have a tiny home in an historic area and you cannot expand but love the charm of your 850 square foot bungalow, creating such spaces outside might do the trick. Entertaining in the warmer months would be a lot easier and it would expand your living quarters. However, if you are living in Alaska or in a tropical rain forest perhaps cramped togetherness is a bit safer.
