Kitchen pictures thread - Show us your kitchens!

The kitchen is in London (belongs to my daughter), I planned it last year.

This seems very familiar to me. I'm having a deja vu... Have you posted the counter on another platform before?

People with a lot of money and people do not think in "either-or," but in "both-and."
People who do not attach too much importance to money and possessions do that, by the way, too.
Both enjoy the same form of freedom in completely different ways.

Wise words and surely true. But those who think and live this way do not, as a rule, mention the countertop from the other side of the world with the genuine fossil impressions for 50k. They have it because they find it meaningful for themselves – or not.

I mentioned the vegetable garden because I would cultivate it myself and it gives me meaning in several ways: gardening, possibly old varieties that I cannot buy, and ultimately products for cooking, the central activity for which the kitchen exists (instead of a showroom). Sure, in the end I spend the same amount of money, but for a different effect.

Or in short: Those who find meaning in spending money only by showing off their purchases and depending on the reactions of their environment ("oh, how great your kitchen is, I’m so jealous") have taken an unhealthy path in their development (or been taken down one).
That does not mean that the same money couldn’t be spent meaningfully in another way that is healthier.

We also have the pantry. Amazing how much fits in there

I would classify myself as upper middle class, but for example, I have no interest in cars at all. I don't understand why anyone would spend 50,000€ on a BMW, which after all just gets you from A to B. Sure, it's a nice car, comfortable, good materials. More powerful than my ride. If I had 50,000€, other things would come to mind instead of buying a car with it.

If you buy the BMW because you genuinely enjoy the driving experience, that's one thing, but it's different if you want to be seen in a BMW.

Anyone who wants to be noticed for what they have rather than who they are always has a problem. But of course, they are the dream customer of our industry, which is why every advertisement only features this type of person as a role model. That doesn't bring satisfaction. Having a kitchen just to show off is simply nonsense. And if you don’t even want to show it off, but simply have so much dough that you don’t know what else to do with it, then better get it out and into other pockets—I fully agree with .

I simply love cars with high horsepower. Sometimes reason wins and it's a Golf station wagon without the R. Even though I still mourn the R Golf. When it comes to kitchens, there is eventually a point where the last bit of technology costs a lot, a whole lot of money.

If you know how to cook, you don’t need fancy gadgets/kitchen.

Reminds me of my student days: knife, cutting board, pan, pot, gas stove. Worked. Even tasty. Still, later I treated myself to more comfort and efficiency and little helpers ("Why do we have to wash up today? No more spoons left to cut the bread rolls! Oh."). And I could imagine even more space and nicer, higher-quality materials. But at some point, the limit to the pointless is reached.