I lust over kitchens all day long online. I look at pictures on Instagram, home blogs, and especially Pinterest. I keep hoping to myself that one day, I’ll be able to create my very own American Kitchen. It seems as if that day might be a while for my DH and me, but hey, a girl can dream. 
Everyone has their own idea of an American Kitchen, but mine would definitely be functional and sleek. I want it to be clean with splashes of color, inviting to the eye, and up to date with the most modern appliances. GE Appliances creates products that suit everyone’s dream, whether they want something more vintage looking or something more industrial. Since 1905, they have understood that creating a kitchen is about customization because no two families are the same. They’ve been doing this for 110 years, so must be doing it right! 
The kitchen is the heart of the home. I spend most of my time in there, so I want it to be as comfortable as possible. That’s actually why I’m considering moving in May when our lease is up. I need a bigger kitchen! Our current kitchen is teeny and I just can’t deal with it anymore. I’m running out of counter space and I dream of having an open layout, where I can be included with our guests while preparing food at the same time. I would rather live in a place where the kitchen takes up the entire downstairs. How fabulous would that be? 
There is a documentary series called Our American Kitchen that explores how real GE Appliance owners are living their lives. What common themes are found in the kitchen that we all want? Are there a lot of differences between the needs in a kitchen? How do families vary with their kitchen space? People use their kitchens for all sorts of things, from work to leisure. Some use it to escape from their troubles (That’s me! My kitchen is my stress reliever!), while others use the kitchen to bring their family closer together through sharing recipes and meals. You can check out the documentary here. 
I’m pretty sure we can all agree when I say that there is no “home” without a kitchen. What role does the kitchen play in your home? Leave a comment below to enter for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card! Entry Instructions: No duplicate comments. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
Everyone has their own idea of an American Kitchen, but mine would definitely be functional and sleek. I want it to be clean with splashes of color, inviting to the eye, and up to date with the most modern appliances. GE Appliances creates products that suit everyone’s dream, whether they want something more vintage looking or something more industrial. Since 1905, they have understood that creating a kitchen is about customization because no two families are the same. They’ve been doing this for 110 years, so must be doing it right! The kitchen is the heart of the home. I spend most of my time in there, so I want it to be as comfortable as possible. That’s actually why I’m considering moving in May when our lease is up. I need a bigger kitchen! Our current kitchen is teeny and I just can’t deal with it anymore. I’m running out of counter space and I dream of having an open layout, where I can be included with our guests while preparing food at the same time. I would rather live in a place where the kitchen takes up the entire downstairs. How fabulous would that be? There is a documentary series called Our American Kitchen that explores how real GE Appliance owners are living their lives. What common themes are found in the kitchen that we all want? Are there a lot of differences between the needs in a kitchen? How do families vary with their kitchen space? People use their kitchens for all sorts of things, from work to leisure. Some use it to escape from their troubles (That’s me! My kitchen is my stress reliever!), while others use the kitchen to bring their family closer together through sharing recipes and meals. You can check out the documentary here. I’m pretty sure we can all agree when I say that there is no “home” without a kitchen. What role does the kitchen play in your home? Leave a comment below to enter for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card! Entry Instructions: No duplicate comments. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
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Our kitchen is the most important room in our house. It’s a place where we all get together, talk, cook and eat
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/583320825861836800
The kitchen is a place where everyone can feel comfortable relaxing, talking, and spending time together with good food and good drinks.
My kitchen serves as the gathering area for my family to sit, talk and enjoy a meal together.
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https://twitter.com/Kellydpa/status/583368909127950336
Our kitchen has been a busy place for the last 40 years as we have enjoyed cooking, baking, and times of fellowship as we have enjoyed friends and family. We have raised two lovely daughters who now have families of their own and who are now doing the same. Our grandchildren now get to help learn about gardening and the preparation and preserving of food, but most of all about the quality time spent as family in the kitchen.
Our kitchen is where we gather and talk.
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/583440612264783873
Our kitchen is a place where the family gets together to eat, cook, talk and share their day.
Our kitchen is a place where my family often hangs out to do homework, eat, or simply chat about our day. It is a place where we can get creative with inventing new dishes!
https://twitter.com/yarbr012/status/583635274619604994
My kitchen is a place where I make and try out new recipes with my daughter and we have fun experimenting and creating new dishes! It is also a place for everyone to get together and have dinner and talk about their day!
The kitchen is always where everyone gathers….sometimes even for an impromptu dance party! My last Bunco night with friends is now referred to as the night of our “kitchen dance party.”
https://twitter.com/allierenee211/status/583671121469427712
The kitchen is where we make the food so we can host! Ours isn’t quite big enough for people to gather in, but it’s big enough to cook lots of food. 🙂
Tweet–https://twitter.com/JewelWood/status/583972753373433858
a big place for creativity
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https://twitter.com/leighanne000/status/584194013403701249
Our kitchen is the heart of the house. It is where we connect!
The role the kitchen plays in our home is for the gathering of family and friends to create good times and wonderful food.
My tweet: https://twitter.com/lil_lady_dz/status/584214532358176768
The kitchen is the MOST important place in my home. It is where I spend the most time. It is where my family gathers and builds memories. I love to cook, bake, and entertain…the kitchen brings all those things together in a beautiful way.
Our kitchen bonds us together, and keeps our family communication. We often gather here, allowing for great conversation and family time.
tweeted https://twitter.com/NikiJohnson8/status/584787249151275008
The kitchen is the heart of my home. It sees us through from morning to night everyday.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com
-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/584926844622778368
Our kitchen holds a lot of memories as a lot of time is spent there. It is where the fuel that keeps my family going is made.
The kitchen is where we create many of our happy memories involving food and good talks.
Tweet link: https://twitter.com/shala_darkstone/status/585045048758300672
It’s a place to share food and stories with the people I love.
https://twitter.com/OneFrugalGirl/status/585082521156722688
Our kitchen is a place for me to relax. When I’m baking or cooking, I usually am listening to music or a favorite podcast, and take time to savor the aromas, taste things in progress, and move around the kitchen at my own pace. Enjoying this time for myself while knowing that I’m creating healthy, homemade meals for my family is a truly wonderful feeling!
Our kitchen is a place for me to be creative. It’s also an inviting place for family and friends to gather and enjoy the meals that we make. 🙂
I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. our kitchen is a place to talk and just relax
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/588146873921368064
it is the place for the family to cook and hang out
tweet https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/589737097981898752
My kitchen means lots of warm memories and laughter with friends and family over a home cooked meal!
My kitchen is the heart of my home it is where I feel like I spend most of my time! I love to cook for them!
It’s the center of our home and it’s where I feed my baby, make meals, pay the bills and so much more!
I love my kitchen. I learned how to cook when I was pregnant with my daughter. My family really appreciates the food that I serve them.
our kitchen is where my kids learn and play at the table pryfamily5@gmail.com
My kitchen overlooks the family room and is the central gathering place when the family is home for the holidays throughout the years.
The kitchen in my home is the place where the family comes together to eat, cook together, share stories and make memories doing it.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/PrettyHotPink6/status/592684580982923265
The kitchen is the place where we all come together to cook and conspire, to hear about everyone’s day and to laugh.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/rubylorikeet/status/592913239064838144
Kitchen to me means quality time with my daughter
Many of my girls :problems” were solved over the dish water
https://twitter.com/mkjmc/status/596444749000749056
Our kitchen is the ‘nerve center’ of our home. Everyone and everything that comes and goes or stays has to first go through the kitchen.
My kitchen is a place for renewal at the end of the day – we nourish our bodies and catch up together.
our kitchen is our gathering place!
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My kitchen is everything to our home. IT’s where the heart and soul is. My kids and I spend many times in there sharing laughter and creating memories. 🙂 It’s definitely a playground for us.
amy [at] utry [dot] it
tweeted:
https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/600535739558801409
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The kitchen is definitely our gathering place, my children love to share their day with me while I cook.
My kitchen plays may roles, restaurant, office, workspace – whatever is needed at the time.
The kitchen is the gathering place in my home.
My kitchen is plays the role of a gathering space for my family!
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/610917135116816384
My kitchen is the biggest room in my house and most important. It’s where I get to relax and unwind after a long day.
Tweet https://twitter.com/Lindiac/status/611673077940785152
We gather in the kitchen and talk about our days.
The kitchen is a place where everyone can relax, talk, and spend time together with good food and good drinks.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/612429730059563009
my family has prepared and enjoyed many delicious meals in our kitchen
i posted a tweet here: https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/612459553804783616
OUR KITCHEN IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS… I MAKE DINNER AND THAT MAKES EVERYONE COME TOGETHER TO EAT IT LOL
2ND ENTRY https://twitter.com/kytah00/status/613230438350372865
My kitchen is the first room I come home to and the last room I leave…it’s where we all meet to laught and talk.
https://twitter.com/eliza_elliott/status/613854092213927936
It is the center of our happy home.
Our kitchen is the most important room in the house. It’s where we gather to prepare and enjoy food and share conversation.
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https://twitter.com/clc408/status/614030357000777728
The kitchen is the room where we plan cook and clean up a dinner on a weekly basis.
thank you
Tweet https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/614067616286699520
Our kitchen is where we share meals together and talk about our lives, hopes and dreams.
Our great room opens into the kitchen and together they are the heart of the home, so to speak. When we have family or friends over, people gather in the kitchen, great room and weather permitting the back yard in a way that it often becomes one big group. The kitchen is great for gossiping and drinking as well as cooking and eating.
https://twitter.com/Attea2d/status/614073034740252672
My kitchen is a place were we cook and gather
Our kitchen is the heart of our home. It is a place where we come together many times a day to eat, talk, and be together.
The kitchen is the central area of our house where we all talk and eat.
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https://twitter.com/aes529/status/614124629578354688
Shared cooking duties bonds family unity.
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In our home the kitchen is a place where family comes together for a great meal and conversation.
the heart and soul – where nourishment of family on many levels takes place!
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I think about creating a recipe with my daughter for our family to enjoy.
Our kitchen probably plays the most important role in the house (at least above all the other rooms!). We use it to catch up on life together while we cook.
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/pixel_berry_pie/status/614459010503344128
The kitchen is “the heart of the home”. It is where memories are made.
For me the kitchen is the most important room in the house, the heart of my home. I love to create delicious meals for my family !
My tweet https://twitter.com/AurelieRed/status/614881143972888577
My kitchen is just a place to cook the food. We socialize more in the other rooms.
Our kitchen is the place for the family’s “meeting of the minds.”
https://twitter.com/smilekisses/status/615027511211241472
Our kitchen is where we get together to cook, talk and have a good time
tweet https://twitter.com/iamdadtastic/status/615072198135394304
In our home, the kitchen is the place where we hang out, chat and help each other cook delicious food 🙂 It’s a nice little focal point in our lives 🙂
Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/615254786926071808
just a spot to prepare meals, wish it was larger
My kitchen is where family gathers to eat and play games and laugh together. My sons and grandsons have grown up in mine.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/eswright18/status/615342759587659776
The kitchen is the main room in our home where we spend lots of time eating meals together.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/615367593206128640
Growing up, the kitchen was the room we all got together to eat in, but we also gathered there for game night or visiting with others to just converse…our gathering place.
it is the core of my family
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/615546217167196160
The kitchen is the gathering place for my home where bonding happens.
I Tweeted: https://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/615620230279069696
It is a place to create and then to share!
It plays an important role in my home. It’s where I’m making memories with my girls when we bake together.
https://twitter.com/Stephanie64030/status/615657394668855296
My kitchen hasn’t been updated in 30 years. Now that my mortgage is paid off I plan to update it.
Thanks for the contest.
https://twitter.com/slehan/status/615698806923857924
being with my family
It creates bonding time.
my kitchen creates a role of bonding through baking
My kitchen is the heart of my home. Its where projects are done, meals are cooked and I spend ALOT of time cleaning up. Its also where people tend to gather. Its a very important part of my home.
It is a place where we cook and bake and make memories.
It is the place my hubby and I enjoy cooking large breakfasts together during our weekends. We always have them on Saturday and Sunday mornings and eat at the table enjoying the gorgeous view of our backyard.
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/615882829730287616
Our kitchen is a place where great meals are created by both my husband and I.
https://twitter.com/myfolly/status/615886804412178432
Our kitchen is our favorite room for great meals and great conversations
https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/615925178212745217
In our home, the kitchen is where all good things come from! We love to cook and bake, so our kitchen usually smells fantastic 🙂
It’s a gathering place where my kids can talk about their day while baking cookies
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
to me, an american kitchen means fond memories of helping mom clean, bake & also doing my homework at the kitchen table and in my own kitchen nowadays it serves the same purposes
2nd entry- my #SweepstakesEntry tweet:
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tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
Kitchen is central at our house. Lots of love and communication there!
https://twitter.com/ardy22/status/615985665797394433
Our kitchen is attached to our living room to create space
https://twitter.com/momsfocus/status/615986485121019904
It’s a place where memories are made. It’s a place that is used to help celebrate big holidays. It’s where my daughters’ make sweet treats for Santa and dye Easter eggs for the bunny. Thank you!!
Our kitchen is where we eat our family meals. Thank you
Our kitchen is place where the family gathers, and talks about there day, hopefully making memories along the way
https://twitter.com/davisesq212/status/616112618495848449
Its role in my home is to share stories of the day, cook together, eat together, do homework together and a general gathering place!