Kitchens Ad Nauseam

[David Goldsmith]

There's no end to my surprise at bad kitchen design, especially in new kitchens in projects where some sort of "professional" designer was probably involved. Perhaps my 2 biggest pet peeves revolve around appliance placement and "handing." Then you get a combination of bad placement plus wrong handing.

 

[Upstairs Realty]

That seems like a small kitchen to have two sinks.

 

[David Goldsmith]

For some reason in Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village the upper cabinets are 24" above the countertops as opposed to the standard 18".

 

[Upstairs Realty]

So zap this post if it's too ad hominem, or ad kitchenem as the case may be, but I keep coming back to this kitchen photo, thinking, "is this apartment something DG has a connection to, maybe a listing DG has?" Then I go down the roads of "it can't be an individual's apartment, it's got to be staged, because who keeps three green apples (which look faux) on a plate like that?" But the other road is, "if this is a model/staged apartment, then why didn't they wash the window for the shot?" And then Mr. Upstairs said to me, "you keep looking at this kitchen photo, why is that?" and I said, "well, it's that vignette in the back; who puts *three* wineglasses out on display?" And then Mr. Upstairs said, "two parents and a child" and I LOL'd, so I thought I'd share that. Please spare a smile for me before you call Child Protective Services...

 

[David Goldsmith]

An oversized ranged pushed butt up against a wall, and seemingly unnecessarily so.

 

[Upstairs Realty]

Found the kitchen photo I referenced above (thank you Facebook) ... how do you open the door on the left-hand side of the photo, exactly?

 

[David Goldsmith]

Why would you hand this refrigerator that way?

 

[woodside]

The refrigerator is pushed against the wall on the right-hand side with no space between, which leaves no choice of the handedness of the door opening.

With the space limitation of the kitchen and the location of the sink and stove, there is no other location to place the refrigerator. The only way to remedy this problem is to buy a refrigerator with a smaller width.

 

[David Goldsmith]

I am speechless.

 

[inonada]

That is an impressive piece of work, dare I say the best you’ve ever uncovered.

 

[David Goldsmith]

Am I the only one who expected more from a kitchen in a $2.5 million listing?

 

[inonada]

Yeah, that’s pretty sad for a $2.5M listing.