Kitchen Squeeze Play by Gordon Tully Kitchen remodelling problems are often solved by combining spaces or by extending sunspaces into the backyard. But there are many times when such tricks are impossible, and extra ingenuity is called for. Careful design and attention to small details really pays off in getting the most out of a small space. One example is a kitchen we did about 10 years ago in a historic southern farmhouse. Like many large 8th-century houses, the symmetrical main building was flanked by two smaller buildings or "dependencies," one of which contained the kitchen. Originally, servants carried food from he kitchen outside and up a small exterior stairway into the dining room. Early in this century, a link was built to connect
