For the vast majority of homes the kitchen is the focal point – the place where all the magic happens. Whether it's friends congregating for a glass of wine or a natter over a cup of tea and a few biscuits, or the family getting together at the end of the day for a home cooked meal, your kitchen sees it all.

Given how much time we spend in this one room it's arguably important that you turn it into a beautiful place to be. While there are a variety of units and countertops available to add your own personal touches many people find themselves opting for the same old conventional ovens and cookers. However, you can quickly turn what, on the surface, is just another kitchen appliance into an amazing statement piece by installing a range cooker.

Available in traditional or conventional styles range cookers can be found to suit every conceivable taste, style, preference and individual requirements. Asides from the aesthetics, these cookers also have a number of benefits over their counterparts.

• Cost efficient – these cookers operate as a stand alone appliance. This means that you do not have to build the kitchen around them, matching work tops and counters and cabinets to suit them. Your cooker can stand in the corner of a room, or wherever is applicable for full functionality.
  
  
• Bigger – the space available in a range cooker is significantly more than in a normal cooker or oven. In fact, they are typically 20% larger which means you can cook more at the same time (making Sunday roasts a far less stressful experience as you try to juggle keeping parsnips warm without burning the potatoes). Equally they often have more burners on the top meaning you can fry and boil more items at the same time.
  
  
• Less odour – as these cookers vent via the back the odours associated with cooking are removed at the source (rather than via an overhead extractor). While you may not consider this a huge benefit, just cast your mind back to the last time you cooked fish, and your house reeked of mackerel for three weeks.
  
  
• Specific tools – most of these cookers have dedicated grills and wok burners which means that you can perform specific tasks quicker, and more efficiently.
  
  
• Space saving – a large number of these cookers can be tailored to your own needs, and can come with additional storage space in the sides.
  
  
• Two ovens – as the vast majority of cookers have two ovens you can have all your dishes cooking at the same time, at different temperatures, meaning you can spend more time doing other things rather than clock watching. Ideal for when you are hosting a party, or serving Christmas lunch!