A stylish new kitchen workstation that stores pots, pans, crockery and utensils in a compact, functional cabinet is similar to a design first seen in the early 1900s, it has been claimed.According to a blog on core77.com, Bulthaups tool cabinet for kitchens is a thoroughly modern piece of furniture with a rather antiquated antecedent - namely the Hoosier Cabinet, which was in use about a century ago.In those early days of the last millenia, when more people started moving into cities, apartments and especially tenements didnt come with built-in counters and cabinets, observed the blog.The Hoosier Cabinet - named for its original producer, the Hoosier Manufacturing Co. of Indiana - was the thing you needed.It noted that one of the work stations core characteristics was its space del space saving quality which saw the top and bottom sections divided with a slide-out countertop that removed the need to prepare food alongside the kitchen sink.Meanwhile, Andrew Leech, director of the National Home Improvement Council, recently observed that some people are delaying important home DIY jobs in order to spend their earnings on foreign trips.