Open kitchen: regret or the ultimate experience?

Hello everyone,

is there anyone who advises against an open kitchen? Especially homeowners who previously had a closed one and now regret having an open kitchen after the new build? Or do the positive experiences clearly outweigh the negatives?

Thank you very much!

Hello everyone,

is there anyone who advises against an open kitchen? Especially builders who previously had a closed one and now regret having an open kitchen after the new build? Or do the positive experiences clearly outweigh the negatives?

Yes. I have had four properties for personal use in the last 15 years. Once a closed kitchen, then only open ones. I would always do it that way again. An open kitchen is sociability, coziness, a simple way of living together.
I see no real disadvantage - some say you can see the dirty pots, etc., or that there would be odors. The first is maybe a question of how you handle the kitchen after cooking, the second a matter of planning and technology.

Our kitchen life consists of 3 closed kitchens in apartments, and 2 open kitchens in houses. For us, the advantages of an open kitchen outweigh, never closed again

3x closed kitchen. 1x open kitchen
never closed kitchen again. wrote everything

3 x closed kitchen, in the new building "semi-open."

The kitchen is indeed open, but will have a beam, so that, in case we eventually don't like it, we could work with a sliding door.

Is there anyone who advises against an open kitchen? Especially homeowners who previously had a closed one and now regret having an open kitchen after the new build? Or do the positive experiences clearly outweigh the negatives?

Lived with an open kitchen in the USA for the first time, and loved it. Planned an open kitchen in a terraced house in 2001 and we loved it. We took openness to the extreme in our current house and... we love it. Of course, it is always a matter of preference and also a question of approach. If avoiding disadvantages is particularly important to you in decision-making, then you will focus on that: odors, a messy scenario, noise, people looking over your shoulder... If advantages are more important to you, you will assess the characteristics differently. You may think of the feeling of life with a kitchen that belongs to the center of living together. By the way, you can also plan with more than just one kitchen – depending on how you design the concept for your house.