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Unfitted kitchens offer a flexible solution for the heart of the home. Jenny Oldaker extols their charms and shows how to create the look

Life in the kitchen got easier in themake light work of previously gruelling tasks. To house, or maybe to hide these wonder gadgets, fitted cabinets became de rigueur and the concept has stuck: for decades, the kitchen has hardly changed from the built-in formula.

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