Open kitchen: regret or the ultimate experience?

our first apartment with a closed kitchen of about 6-7m2 was already well visited. When guests came, the men sat in the living room, and all the women crowded into the kitchen, a woman wants to hear everything that is being said. Now in the open kitchen, everyone stands relaxed around the peninsula and talks

With us too. It is often a coming and going. With some visitors, I don’t stop my kitchen work. How often does someone lounge at the peninsula or sit at the dining table, I continue bustling about. Here on some Sundays there is a coming and going. When I stop, there is breakfast only at dinner time.

You simply need enough space to connect two wings—one for living and one for cooking and eating—with a classic salon. And for quiet retreat, then the library or in summer a garden labyrinth with a trickling fountain.

Ok, seriously:
In my life, I have had more closed kitchens than open ones (now open) and I think everything has its pros and cons. I also think an open kitchen needs more space to work well. I also like the sociable aspect that describes.
Odors and noise are definitely a problem, or can be, even though with the appropriate technical measures everything can be kept under control.
The biggest problem currently is compatibility. For example, my wife can’t stand the smell of 3/4 of the dishes I cook; it even makes her quite nauseous at times.
I hope to get this under control with an appropriate downdraft extractor.

Many thanks for all the answers here. I hope that the discussion also helps other builders with their decision-making. To be honest, there was no answer for us that clearly deters us from an open kitchen. You have to say that an open kitchen is not just an open kitchen.. There are, as already mentioned here, many variations. Therefore, we would like to use the dynamic of the discussion to receive feedback on our considerations (especially from the advocates of the open kitchen).

There is option 1 with an open kitchen including kitchen wall:



Advantages:
- A door in the hallway is possible.
- Guests do not see the kitchen immediately when entering the living room.
- Sightline from the living room to the kitchen is more restricted.

Disadvantages:
- Less ergonomic
- Smaller wardrobe than in option 2
- Smaller pantry than in option 2

In option 2 the kitchen wall is omitted:



Advantages:
- "Clean" matter: fewer corners and edges than option 1. Probably even easier to keep neat and clean than option 1.
- Larger wardrobe + pantry possible (yes, for some the pantry might be oversized, but for us optimal).
- Representative kitchen (although that is not so important to us).
- Even higher sociability factor.

Disadvantages:
- Very open design which we might regret because of cold drafts (when the outer door is opened) and noise situation.
- Every guest first walks past the kitchen and might see any mess.

What do you think? Have we forgotten something essential? The mind says option 1, the heart says option 2 :)

Just came to mind: Better to start a new thread?

Thank you very much for all the responses here. I hope that the discussion also helps other homebuilders with their decision-making. To be honest, there was no answer for us that clearly dissuades us from an open kitchen. One has to say that open kitchen is not the same as open kitchen.. As already written here, there are many variants. Therefore, we would like to use the dynamic of the discussion to get feedback on our considerations (especially from the advocates of the open kitchen).

There is option 1 with an open kitchen including kitchen wall:



Advantages: A door in the hallway is possible. Guests do not see the kitchen immediately when entering the living room. View axis from living room to kitchen is more limited.

Disadvantages: Less ergonomic Smaller wardrobe than option 2 Smaller pantry than option 2

In option 2 the kitchen wall is removed:



Advantages: "Clean" matter: Less corners and edges than option 1. Probably even easier to keep tidy and clean than option 1. Larger wardrobe + pantry possible (yes, for some the pantry may be oversized, but for us optimal). Representative kitchen (although that is not so important to us). Even higher sociability factor.

Disadvantages: Very open design that we might regret due to cold drafts (when the outer door opens) and noise ambiance. Every guest first walks past the kitchen and possibly sees the mess.

What do you think? Have we forgotten something essential? Reason says option 1, heart says option 2 :)

In this case clearly option 1.

I am also rather pro open kitchen, but option 2 would clearly be too much of a good thing and the much-discussed "cosiness" of the open kitchen would not be given here in my opinion.