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      Really depends where the fridge is… Triangle is optimal, but if the fridge and sink both require walking around that counter it’s gonna get annoying fast.

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      Also lets them have a little breakfast area as well.

      Seems like the most efficient use of space to me.

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        It looks like a good use of space if you have never really used a kitchen before. Very difficult to use in any real world cooking scenario.

        There should be laws stopping people who don’t use kitchens from designing them. I see so many terrible choices like this.

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          Oh fucking please.

          The sink situation is easily solved with either filling up that kettle, or using a stock pot. The fridge being out of frame means you’re not having to go around the partial island.

          This is a nice utilization of an awkward space. The stove placement means you don’t have to teach young and/or stupid housemates ‘hot behind’ because there’s space for both mis en place and to set a hot dish, in a way that doesn’t mean someone has to scooch behind you and bumping butts.

          This is far from the worst design this room layout could have and is actually pretty damn smart given the layout.

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      Turn oven 90° counterclockwise, counter along the wall left of the oven instead of where it is now.

      Bonus: You can now have storage above the counter!

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    Placement of the oven does not concern me, what does and always do, is that pathetic exhaust fan above it, which may or may not be connected to the outside by a duct, but in either situation, it’s a low quality system that does not even remove 50% of the cooking aroma, it’s like no one has ever figured out how to make one for home use that is effective and not sound like a jet engine. I’ve seen $2 million dollar condos that have that problem.

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      Ok it’s not just me. The one in my house clearly had a duct but the previous owners removed it. Now the range hood exhausts out the front directly into your face.

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        Maybe they had an olfactory disability and needed assistance with identifying when they were poorly cooking their meals

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      I’ve lived in a couple of apartments in Norway where they had a genius solution to the problems you mention (except the jet engine sound): it sends all odours to your NEIGHBOURS who have their kitchen right above or below yours 😎

      (warning:it works both ways. So if your neighbours are cooking you better turn it on, and you better set it to superjet mode, because the strongest decides where the odours go.)

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    Naughty cooks are sent to the Oven Dungeon

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      yeah I sorta liked it. I can cook while someone else is grabbing stuff from the fridge or lodaing/unloading the dishwasher and we are not in each others way. Just have to prep well with stuff on the counter to the right.

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    I kind of like the place one of the oven.

    You can open the door and there’s no way it’s going to block the path for anybody else who’s walking in the kitchen. So you got a lot of people in there cooking say for Thanksgiving no worries.

    It would also be very hard for say a kid to come in on the side and potentially get hurt. I know there have been many times I’ve had to keep a sharp eye on some very curious young ones.

    Cleaning it might be a bitch though.

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    1. Tear out that oven, hood, and the extended counter to its right.

    2. Replace with new oven and hood, rotated 90° so they’re facing into the kitchen.

    3: STRIP OFF THAT FUCKING PAINT.

    1. Wood stain newly cleaned wood.
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    I dig the oven placement. If I need to chop something, the counter is right there and I can have a beer closeby. Less space for people to crowd around you getting to other areas of the kitchen.

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      Agreed. Husband and I are constantly bumping ass because the space around our stove is just a hair too small. There’s plenty of space to prep and drop cooked dishes.

      I would enjoy a cubicle cooktop, i think

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    That’s an… odd… placement. I do like the counter immediately next to the stove like that, but, yeah … no.

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      Maybe those are fake cabinets that are just hiding the channel for the vent?

      Probably not, but it’s nice to dream I guess.

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        They’re not fake since they have hinges, but the wall they’re against looks to be exterior considering the placement of the window, so they might have an actual vent and some extra storage around the outlet.

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          It’s so you can easily get to the vent for maintenance or repairs, I’ve seen this sort of “fake” cabinet before.

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            Maybe but I’ve seen a lot of real cabinets above these too. The house I grew up in was like this and my GF had one in the house she was renting too. Seems very common unfortunately.

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          This is what I have almost always had in my place. Almost identical range hood with a cupboard around the vent tubing to give some storage for spices and shit. I assumed that’s how it was in the picture cause that’s literally all I’ve known.

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            I would advise against keeping spices there. Heat and humidity are bad for them. Or store most of your spices somewhere else and only small amounts near the stove.

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              I keep my tamale steamer/giant stock pot in there because it fits nowhere else and I don’t use it often. Also the coffee pot from my old coffee maker, as insurance against breaking the one that came with my new coffee maker. It’s an awkward space, perfect for awkward items.

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      Fake hoods have a vent on the front to helpfully blow the steam and fumes back into your face. This doesn’t appear to have that, so it’s probably real.

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      How did you know the hood is fake? Mine has a cabinet above it too but the hood duct is run through the cabinet and boxed in leaving room around it to still store things