Could this kitchen cause our house to lose value?
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Anonymous
| I have a modern kitchen, and I think this kitchen looks great. BUT - it is not a usable kitchen. It would never work with my kids and my husband. It is just too much trouble. I would not buy the house because I would not be able to live with this kitchen but I wouldn't want to destroy it in order to replace it. |
Anonymous
| I agree with 17:40 -- it's a great kitchen, I'd love to see it, but it would not be usable for me. |
Anonymous
| I hate how sink is exposed. This looks very trendy and would be a minus for me but not a deal breaker. |
Anonymous
| It's very stylish, but would not work for me at all. I would significantly discount the value of your house in bidding on the assumption that I would need to soon pay to redo the kitchen. |
Anonymous
| Huh. |
Anonymous
Where is the dishwasher? Oh another picture has a cube on the floor. Note the pieces are all in old homes in Europe. Reminds me off murphy beds. The hanging glasses looks like a real pain. Farmhouse kitchens. Now I assume they will also have old hutches etc. Some stuff from this compqany would work in NW DC. But the one OP picked is really for some teeny narrow space in NY or city in Europe. Small apt image 5: http://www.newyork.bulthaup.com/bulthaup/partners/usa/newyork/home.nsf/contentview/D933195B975A8280C1257194002F8ED5 Those kitchen cousins that were/are[?] on HGTV do urban work and use Italian cabinets. The first in non yellow is better IMHO than OP's stuff. I like 15. http://www.hgtv.com/on-tv/dazzling-kitchen-transformations-from-kitchen-cousins/pictures/index.html?i=1 |
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I would never want that kitchen. It's super impractical. What to you looks like a cool minimalist concept of opened/closed in reality translates into a whole lot of extra effort with opening and closing these damn doors. There is also an added pressure of maintaining the insides close to immaculate for them to be acceptable for viewing. Who has time for that?
On that very same note, I never understood the appeal of shelves vs. wall cabinets in kitchens, especially when you see these shelves taken by neat rows of mugs, stacks of dishes, etc. It would be a full-time job to maintain these items looking good - after a couple of weeks of open storage even the items you haven't used will be covered in dust and kitchen grime. Who needs all this extra effort?? We are redoing the kitchen right now and going with only base cabinets and open walls. My designer tried to pressure me for the shelves look, but I told her I'd only do it if she commits to coming to my house every day to keep them looking good and orderly. |
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Trendy looking but impractical and not very functional.
We are pretty minimalist but we go for function over aesthetics so it would be a walk in walk out. |
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I think those are good kitchens for folks who don't like or do not cook, and who usually eat out or cater in for entertaining.
It would appeal to a very small target group of consumers who don't do much in the kitchen. |
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The looks are fine (I tend toward traditional-ish aesthetic, but this is a really nice modern take). My concern would be with storage. The reality of our kitchen is that it has to store a LOT of stuff. I'd see that big blank space under the countertop and think: My god, why didn't they put closed shelving down there?
Maybe I'm underestimating the storage space in there, since the photos are by design very minimalist in a lot of square footage. But in my "real life," I'd want every square foot to be actually doing something. For me, a kitchen needs to be extremely practical that way. |
Anonymous
This, exactly. I do a LOT of from scratch cooking and a kitchen like this would be a nightmare for me to work in |
Anonymous
NOT true. I have a cousin in NY with this ( or something similar) and they LIVE in their kitchen - cooking up a storm.....she has a 3 year old and the doors are kept closed. Not my taste but it does get use. |
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I think it looks beautiful, but if I were to walk into that kitchen as a potential home buyer, I would see that not only would I have to buy the house, I'd have to but a whole new set of kitchen equipment, dishes, and glassware to make it work. I love my All-Clad stainless steel utensils -- but they don't have hooks on them to hang on the hanging racks, etc. Plus I don't see how I would ever be able to get my kids to put dishes away. And I don't think there's nearly enough counter space, at least not in the b2 link, and I think doing dishes would be a PITA and would end up with a wet floor.
Maybe something along these lines could work in conjunction with base cabinets, maximizing storage and counter space within the space constraints? Maybe a minimalist but not quite that minimalist look would be the way to go. Flat front cabinets, sleek backsplash, etc. I like the wood and stainless steel look together. One thing I do like about the minimalist look is absolutely flat panel kitchen cabinets. One of the things I hate in a kitchen cabinet is trim that accumulates dust and grime and is impossible to get clean. I agree with a PP about open shelving -- total grime attractor, but so are highly detailed cabinet doors and backsplashes. |
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The b2 looks really cool, and I generally prefer to see more design-forward elements in houses, more cutting-edge architecture, etc. (Our last house was architecturally significant and published.). BUT I also cook food for a family, and I just do not see how I could do it in that kitchen. Maybe in a Manhattan pied-a-terre when we are empty nesters (in my dreams), but not in a house. All I see is a hot plate in the counter, a few coffee cups, and about 3 square feet of pantry. That just wouldn't work for me.
It's not that it's out of the ordinary - I would love the design - it's that it wouldn't be functional. |