I agree, to me this is a whole lot of nostalgia with little of substance to say. My bedroom, dining room, and living room are all much more intimate than my kit

I agree, to me this is a whole lot of nostalgia with little of substance to say. My bedroom, dining room, and living room are all much more intimate than my kitchen. My kitchen, on the other hand, is a functional place used in between my time in those living spaces. So organizational tools like cabinets and clean workspaces and bright lighting are all very useful for it. I have the luxury of not having to live out of it, but it's still indoors and connected to the living spaces, so a certain level of cleanliness is much appreciated too (contrast to a garage). I find any claim that aspects of modern life are somehow making us desire practicality in these manners (and that we've lost something as a result) deeply suspicious. We developed all these things in response to desires and pain points. Often quite literal pain points of backbreaking manual domestic labor.