"What I like the best is the sense of history my kitchen has. The older items remind me of the two families who lived here before us. One of them lived here for 40 years and raised three children in the house. If it worked for them, why not us?
"I like to think about the happy times we are adding to theirs in this kitchen - birthday cakes, holiday dinners, breakfast on a child's first day of school, and all the little moments that add up to a lifetime of happy memories."
A kitchen with heart
For many, the kitchen love question had more to do with love.
Amy Runte of Brownsville, Wis., believes she has the best kitchen in the world. "I love my kitchen because it is the place in our home that is most often filled by the people we love," she wrote.
"It is where I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner last year and where we gather to blow out candles on our sons' birthday cakes. I love that it fills the house with the smells of chocolate-chip cookies and the sounds of laughter. It is where we cook dinner together, say thanks together, and enjoy each other's company.
"I love that it is the center of our home," she said, "is constantly filled with activity, and was built by the hands of my husband and father. I feel grateful to not only have a kitchen that I love, but a family I love as well."
