XPost: alt.fashion, alt.home.repair, sac.politics   
   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 1/26/2026 8:54 AM, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   > On 1/25/2026 11:43 PM, Ed P wrote:   
   >> On 1/25/2026 10:50 PM, andy wrote:   
   >>> No guest wants to walk into your house, see, and smell your kitchen.   
   >>>   
   >>> The open floor plan is just bullshit to reduce construction costs.   
   >>>   
   >>> Kitchen oil residue and fumes screw up electronics, paintings, photographs   
   >>> and anything paper.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's what you get with an open floor plan.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Not at all.  Perhaps you are a slob and don't keep it clean or have   
   >> ventilation while cooking.   
   >   
   > My biggest gripe about open floor plans is noise - clatter from the   
   > kitchen area, overhearing a phone conversation not involving me, hearing   
   > my spouse's iPad playing a podcast through those tinny sounding   
   > speakers, etc. etc.  We told our real estate agent that it was an   
   > absolute non-starter when we decided to move from our single family   
   > detached 4 bedroom + den home on 3 levels and started looking for a   
   > condo to move to.   
      
   I like it open.  Most people have portable phones so the conversation   
   can be moved away easily.  No pod cast here, but music on most of the   
   day and is easily heard if you are reading in the living room or making   
   coffee in the kitchen.   
      
   I'm sitting in the living room.  My kitchen has an 8' slider and from   
   here I have a nice view of the outdoors.  I don't want a wall to   
   obstruct it.   
      
   I can also sit and watch the news and see the timer on the air fryer and   
   microwave if they are in use.   
      
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