A home design specialist has said that pulling out all the stops and making the kitchen the most advanced room in the house is one of the hottest trends around. Interiors specialist Lesley Zolnacz told design site Homemaker that the kitchen sets the benchmark for the rest of the house, indicating that cutting corners is not an option when considering how to equip the room.She told the site We are finding more and more people wanting to incorporate technology like fibre optic lighting and discrete TV/audio systems into their kitchen. Developers have known for years that the kitchen sets the benchmark for the house so cutting corners never pays off in the long run.Ms Zolnacz added that clean lines and clever curves are making a resurgence and creating a sleek backdrop for the hi-tech appliances of the pioneering modern kitchen.The tubular rounded spout of the Astracast Tiber mixer tap could be just the sort of product to provide the clever curves now sought by modern kitchen enthusiasts and the product boasts an unconventional side lever for ease of use.