Anyway. Once again, I have the luxury of drawing upon existing traditions. My Rus characters would see the kitchen, with a small table, as the center of the household; if friendly, they immediately draw you in and pour vodka ("Any meeting which does not begin with a drink is assumed hostile" is axiomatic in my works). The Japs would have a much smaller kitchen with somethiing like a narrow counter separating it from the dining table. Imperials, being former Americans, would have what we would look around and see about our homes today. There are some outliers for the wealthy as I mention three large houses where the kitchen, dining area, and living room/hearth are one open floorplan.
On Mars, with space at a premium, they tend much more the Jap style. A place for everything and everything in its place.
"Where's the kitchen? Where I keep my wife."
Anyway. Once again, I have the luxury of drawing upon existing traditions. My Rus characters would see the kitchen, with a small table, as the center of the household; if friendly, they immediately draw you in and pour vodka ("Any meeting which does not begin with a drink is assumed hostile" is axiomatic in my works). The Japs would have a much smaller kitchen with somethiing like a narrow counter separating it from the dining table. Imperials, being former Americans, would have what we would look around and see about our homes today. There are some outliers for the wealthy as I mention three large houses where the kitchen, dining area, and living room/hearth are one open floorplan.
On Mars, with space at a premium, they tend much more the Jap style. A place for everything and everything in its place.