Martha Stewart proves the versatility and suitability of medical furniture in the home by constructing her New York apartment kitchen with Duralab components from top to bottom.

"It's basically a service kitchen," Martha says. "I wanted dishes, linen, and silver for entertaining -- 40 people for a stand-up buffet. But it had to fit in this long, peculiar space; I call it a 'galley alley.'" Space-conscious Duralab cabinets create maximum storage.

"I don't want anything sitting out -- this isn't a country kitchen," Martha says of her floor-to-ceiling cabinets. She chose sliding doors for below-counter, to avoid kitchen-traffic accidents from open-out doors.

Above-counter doors have glass fronts, "because I think it makes the room look bigger," says Martha, who replaced standard cabinet glass with restoration glass to give it an antique ripple effect.

Shallow drawers house knives and silverware; deeper drawers, linens and cooking utensils.

A vintage dental-instrument case displays Martha's Venetian glass and Indian silver.

The adjacent dining area is enhanced, not disrupted, by a view of the gleaming kitchen.