The Heart of your home is the Kitchen?

There is no doubt that in most households around the world, the kitchen is the heart of the home.  More than any other room in the house, it always seems to be the place where families spend most of there time.  It's where people tend to gather almost as if something were drawing them towards the kitchen versus any other living space in the home.  No matter the occasion, people feel most comfortable in the kitchen - is it because food and drink are produced in the kitchen?  For centuries these things have brought people together, riling up great conversational memories.  It's where families have discussions about the good and bad parts of their days.  It's where most big decisions are made.  It's where we learned about great news and also bad news that are sometimes life altering.

Is this why people are so concerned and focused on the "look" or "feel" of a kitchen when they are considering buying a home?  Real estate professionals have always lived by the law that the kitchen is one of the most important rooms, if not the most important of a home when trying to sell or buy.  Why is it that at every Open House you visit, the Realtor is mostly "set up" to greet you in the kitchen, filled with their marketing propaganda, home information flyers and sign in sheets?  Do Realtors subconsciously realize why their clients place such huge emphasis on the impotance of having a "great" kitchen?  It seems like two things are a deciding factor in determining those "good feelings".  The kitchen either has to be updated if not exactly but even close to their taste, or maybe just a kitchen with lots of potential so that someday, the client can make it their own.

We must realize that as time goes on, peope change and evolve so naturally the kitchen will follow.