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For art, you experience it if it resonates with you. So, for me art is first an experience. But going back to the original article, it says: "A well-appointed
by Loic 5y ago
For art, you experience it if it resonates with you. So, for me art is first an experience.
But going back to the original article, it says:
"A well-appointed kitchen allows you to cook healthy meals for yourself rather than ordering delivery night after night."
As we discussed with an architect about renovating a house, he asked us our budget for the kitchen. We said that we paid about 2500€ for our current kitchen, so we were ready to spend 5000 to renovate. His answer was: "You, you are really cooking!". His 20 year experience was that the more expensive the kitchen, the less it is used. We are effectively cooking every single day of the week.
- Ma8ee 5y agoWe bought an apartment with the most beautiful worthless kitchen (the apartment had other qualities). The bench tops were Carrera marble. Any type of acid dulled the shiny surfaces and any type of food, like tomato or tea, stained it irreversibly.
- taneq 5y agoThat sounds like it wasn't sealed or surfaced properly? I thought that kind of bench top needed to be protected with some sort of sealant to prevent this kind of thing.
- Ma8ee 5y agoIt was carefully oiled with the special oil the manufacturer gave us. That still wasn’t enough.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoIt really blows my mind that all these expensive ston(ish) surfaces stain so easily. Why in the name of God would you purchase something so expensive and put it in a room where most of the staining happens?
- doubled112 5y agoIt looks good in the brochure, and you don't realize how fragile it is until it is too late.
- jimmydddd 5y agoWe purchased a quartz (manufactured) countertop about fifteen years ago. It is robust to the point that you can cut on it and put hot pans directly on it. It looks almost as good as (or maybe the same as if you're not too fussy) a granite counter. At the time, it was significantly cheaper than the "natural" granite counters. But I looked recently and the quartz is now more expensive than granite. So I guess folks are starting to feel the same way you do.
- DamnYuppie 5y agoI love quartz countertops! You can even get them to look like marble or granite if you want now a days. As you mentioned that are incredibly sturdy! I even have them in my bathrooms.
- jader201 5y ago> and put hot pans directly on it. Really? We’re going to have to replace our quartz island countertop just from sitting a (hot) lid on it. And we were also told that we shouldn’t sit anything hot on it (I just wasn’t thinking when I sat the lid on it). A quick search [1] also shows that a downside to quartz is that it’s not as resistant to heat as other surfaces (including granite). [1] https://countertopguides.com/guides/pros-and-cons-of-quartz-countertops.html https://countertopguides.com/guides/pros-and-cons-of-quartz-...
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoSee that makes sense to me. Being able to put hot pans on my kitchen surface would be super useful to me. I kinda assumed that all stone surfaces were stain resistant, as otherwise why would people buy them?
- kansface 5y agoYou are supposed to periodically seal it.
- ejb999 5y ago>>His 20 year experience was that the more expensive the kitchen, the less it is used. My builder told me the same thing - the people that spend the most on kitchens, are those that use them the least.
- psyc 5y agoI once took part in a certain competitive sport in which it was possible to decorate oneself with all manner of expensive clothing and electronic gear. Without fail, the "tourists" bought thousands of dollars worth of optional new gear before they'd begun, while the two people who I was close to who became world-class competitors had minimal second-hand gear.
- lukeqsee 5y agoRoad biking? :D
- PebblesRox 5y ago"People with more money than time buy $3,000 road racing bicycles with ultralight carbon frames to shave two pounds off the bike, regardless of the fact that they themselves are probably at least 10 pounds overweight." From Chapter 2 of Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Fisker
- vocram 5y agoThe equivalent 2022 price for a top end road bike is closer to $15k. Just the bike.
- dfadsadsf 5y agoAs somebody with $10k road bike - it’s way easier for me to make additional $10k (even after taxes) than loose 10 pounds. Also expensive road bicycle is just nicer to ride regardless of weight. Frame is stiffer, electronic gear shifting is more reliable, etc.
- brandall10 5y ago"His 20 year experience was that the more expensive the kitchen, the less it is used." Which makes perfect sense as such a person is likely time constrained and has the financial means to dine/order out more often. At this point the cost is more decorative than utilitarian, it needs to have the fit/finish of the rest of their home.
- barbazoo 5y ago> His 20 year experience was that the more expensive the kitchen, the less it is used. I wonder how they verified that, probably didn't.
- a4isms 5y agon=1 counter-example (ha!) I know two retired lawyers. When they downsized from a mansion to a luxury condominium, they had an incredible kitchen installed. They don't cook much personally, but they have someone come in and cook a couple of days a week. They also entertain, and when they do so, they have caterers come in and use the kitchen. They knew all of this going in, and had the kitchen designed around being convenient for all three scenarios: What they need for themselves, what their chef/cook needs, and what a catering company needs when they throw a party.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoI never used to believe that sort of anecdote, but then some years back a woman my wife knew paid at least US$100k for a kitchen remodel/renovation despite the fact that to a good approximation, she never cooks. She literally wanted it all just for appearance. Mind blown (I cook almost every night, and will do so more or less regardless of the kitchen facilities).