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• 04.26.07
  Five Home Trends: Kitchens, Closets and Laundry Are on the Move
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  By AMY GREEN For The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - You want that where? Never mind the traditional home layout. Judging from the exhibits at the recent International Builders' Show here, new homes now are increasingly about what their residents want, wherever they want it: Kitchens in the backyard, Jacuzzis in showers, laundry rooms near bedrooms and closets everywhere. With bigger homes, and even in small apartments, people want easier access to conveniences, and are looking for ways to put things where they want them - and not always where you'd expect. "I want to live how I want," as Brian Maynard, a spokesman for ...
  
  

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