A capable housewife is always careful to have the kitchen as well appointed...as the drawing room, for the comfort of herself and of the household...depends largely upon it, and she cannot expect to obtain and keep respectable servants unless she provides them with proper accommodation.
The book goes on to say that of course it is crucial to have comfy chairs in your kitchen! enough "for each servant and one or two over." One also must have in addition to the stove a table (round and folding if your kitchen is small) of course furnished with a tablecloth -- it seemed important to be able to make the kitchen attractive after any messy or dirty work was done -- so one had attractive comfy chairs and a bright rug that was rolled up when one might be messy, then put back down afterward, and also "pretty" curtains, and also "a picture almanac and two or three Christmas annual pictures [to] enliven the walls."
Other recommended furnishings were "a strong American clock...of the portable kind fitted with an alarm so that the cook can take it to her room at night and set it for the hour of rising," plus:
Hmm, it was recommended that one purchase "inexpensive crockery and cutlery" for the use of the servants! The next chapter is on "The Pantry," and features The Butler if one has one. But even without the butler, it was recommended that one have his pantry. There one has the expensive dishes and foods! It's recommended one count the silver every evening!! and have a safe. There are also interesting instructions on "hardening" one's fine china upon first buying it....