– Hotels and Motels: – Kitchenettes are common in hotel and motel guest rooms – Kitchenettes often contain a coffeemaker and a mini-bar – Some hotel kitchenettes have provisioned refrigerators with interior sensors – Management uses sensors to monitor guest use and charge for consumables – Consumables typically include soda, beer, and liquor – In Britain: – In British English, kitchenette refers to a small secondary kitchen in a house – Often found on the same floor as children’s bedrooms – Used by a nanny or au pair to prepare meals for children – Similar feature found in hotels, such as some in London – Small Apartment Style: – “Kitchenette” referred to a small apartment in African American communities – Prevalent in Chicago and New York City during the mid-twentieth century – Landlords divided single-family homes or large units into smaller units – Living conditions in kitchenettes were often wretched – Described as a “prison” by author Richard Wright – Brazil: – In Brazil, a kitchenette is a very small apartment – Composed of one room, one bathroom, and a kitchen – Kitchen is often in the same space as the room – Corresponds to a studio apartment in American culture – Similar to a bedsit in the UK and Ireland – References: – Department of Buildings in New York City has information on interior environments – Archived document provides details on kitchenettes – Jerry Washington Ward and Robert Butler wrote about kitchenettes in “The Richard Wright Encyclopedia” – Source from ABC-CLIO in 2008 – External links to media related to kitchenettes on Wikimedia Commons