James Newtons Massmind wrote:

> An automated kitchen. 

Or maybe even a "real" kitchen. One with a door to close, and big enough to
have a real table in it to sit around. That's probably something European
(or at least old-fashioned :) but it's really nice (if it's a cozy
kitchen).

Another thing from my German background: the entry door doesn't go into the
living room, there are two "thermal DMZs" between. When you go into the
door, you are first in a small hallway that is not heated, where you
typically leave dirty clothes etc. Then you come into another that's half
heated, from where the doors go into kitchen, living room, other rooms etc.
I've never lived in the US in a cold area, and in SoCal you don't really
need this. But I can imagine that in Michigan something like this could be
useful :)

Gerhard

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