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This really seems like an extended "stop liking what I don't like" rant. There are legitimate reasons to prefer either open or closed kitchens, and most of them
by PhasmaFelis 7y ago
This really seems like an extended "stop liking what I don't like" rant. There are legitimate reasons to prefer either open or closed kitchens, and most of them come down to personal preference. Personally, I like being in open, airy spaces. It's got nothing to do with "entertaining."
Also, this:
> A large, single, continuous space is harder to get and keep clean. Messes and smells are no longer isolated, but can be easily tracked throughout the entire first floor of a large home. Less house in general means less house to clean.
...What? Sure, more walls make it easier to ignore messes, but that's not the same thing as easier to clean.
- Qwertystop 7y agoIt's easier to sweep four small rooms than one big room without. With a big room I usually mentally break it into smaller sections to sweep one at a time, so as to always have a pile nearby whichever bit of floor is currently being swept, and then inevitably some of the dust from one section blows into somewhere I'd already finished. If the small rooms have thresholds, that helps too; that's what they're for. Also you can do one room today and the next tomorrow; that holds for vacuuming as well as sweeping.
- viburnum 7y agoThe same author makes the case for criticism in this article https://thebaffler.com/kate-takes/dont-let-people-enjoy-things-wagner https://thebaffler.com/kate-takes/dont-let-people-enjoy-thin...
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoThat's kind of ironic, actually. Here she's telling us to be more tolerant of other people's preferences, but in the OP article, she's basically saying "my preference is objectively correct, and if you disagree you must not understand the situation."