Dissatisfied with the new building as there are now other options

A properly planned aircraft carrier in the kitchen is really nice if the space allows it. But nobody actually needs it. I believe it got its name because of the long, flat surface. That is, if it isn’t cluttered with all sorts of stuff.

... If it's not completely cluttered with all sorts of stuff.

That's why it's probably better to plan a "backup kitchen" right from the start. I'm curious when this trend will make its way into the wish lists of future homeowners – similar to a children's bathroom.

Honestly, I think the aircraft carrier is pretty. With lots of space and glass to the garden. Practicality is questionable. It will be expensive; I estimate the space requirement very high. 80 cm between the workspace and the wall is not enough. The house should be planned around the kitchen. Retrofitting is not an option.

There are kitchens where you go through the row of cabinets into a second kitchen (the ugly but practical one). So if I had an extra zero in my income, I would quite like that. You can leave all the little kitchen gadgets that you usually refrain from having or don’t want to leave out set up there. Quite practical.

The problem with the aircraft carrier is the running around. Long rows are simply impractical, having to walk around them even more so. Hence probably the derogatory term.

There are kitchens where you go through the row of cabinets into a second kitchen (the ugly but practical one).

I am probably in the minority when I say that I often don't find "beautiful" actually beautiful. The home magazines are a good example for me. Of course, I also find the depicted rooms beautiful. Really beautiful and harmonious. But having them at home, I would find much less beautiful. It is also the context that makes things beautiful. Here in the forum there are some very beautiful and also large houses that I really like. But in the context of "at home" and "living," I wouldn't want it and then I don't find it beautiful anymore. I can't explain it well, but I actually find many things beautiful that are made on a "human scale." If the kitchen is so big that you can hardly take it in with your eyes, the distances between rooms and furniture so large that you really have to "walk over there," then that is too much for living within my modest limits and possibilities. And then I don't find it beautiful anymore either. The nonsense that you then install a working kitchen, in my opinion, comes from that. The sheer beauty and size of a kitchen just doesn’t invite you. Not to linger, not to work. Then you go to work out of the open floor plan into a manageable kitchen. A bit bizarre, isn't it?

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The nonsense that you then install a work kitchen comes, in my opinion, from that. The sheer beauty and size of a kitchen simply do not invite you. Not to linger, not to work. You then go to work from the open floor plan into a manageable kitchen. Kind of bizarre, isn’t it?

A large (impractical) kitchen for presentation and a smaller (practical) kitchen for working. A large (impractical) SUV and a smaller (practical) second or third car. I actually know someone whose SUV is so big that it doesn’t fit in any parking garage, let alone a normal parking space.