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      This is what gets me. If they were forced to have load bearing pillars there, I could at least try to understand making use of the space. What is even the point of these walls?!

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        Everyone is so god damn obsessed with “open concept” that they try to wedge it in to places it makes no sense. When we were looking at houses, this kind of thing was everywhere. There probably used to be an enclosed rather small kitchen and then they tore down the walls and there’s no where for the fridge. So the kitchen is now invading the living room so there’s no where for furniture to really fit and the openness is broken up by this dumb enclosure which ruins the openness anyway. And it probably sold for over the asking price.

        Usually it’s a flipper which generally means they have no taste, glob on to Pinterest trends, and do everything as cheaply and janky as possible.

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          Sounds like my house. The previous owner did all of the decorating, and she was not talented. I’ve only recently bought the house so I keep wondering around and looking at bits and going, why the hell did you do that.

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      It gets worse, what’s going on with the door in the background? It looks like the wall goes to the same level as the ‘nook’ and the ceiling light is in the room beyond it.
      Like there was some kind of mezzanine floor that got hamfistedly removed.

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        I bet the door is to a pantry. They don’t need vaulted ceilings, so it’s better used as space for potted plants and the fine/display china. I’ve seen a lot of plant ledges and alcoves in newer houses. They can make the spaces appear much larger than they actually are.

        ETA: the fridge enclosure is weird though. They could have just matched the bar height and put in 12-18 inch counters to make it functional

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    You freeze my food on the top shelf of the refrigerator side, you go into solitary. Your shelf pops off dropping my condiments, you go in solitary. You beep at me for having the door open too long while I’m loading groceries into you, in solitary. Do not fuck with me, Whirlpool.

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      You tell me to replace the 7 year old water filter, believe it or not solitary. We have the best refrigerators because of solitary.

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        You missed the ellipsis between “refrigerators” and “because”:

        “We have the best refrigerators… because of solitary.”

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      It looks a lot like a retrofit solution to the original kitchen designer never actually having used a kitchen. We’ve been house-hunting for a while and it’s amazing how many newly fitted kitchens don’t have space for a fridge. Or sinks butted up against the wall or the edge of a counter so you don’t have anywhere to put the dirty dishes.

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    It’s definitely to hide the back of the fridge which is ugly, that said I probably would have put it on the wall with the stove, and maybe moved the stove across if that was cramped.

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      Wow, at first I thought maybe they couldn’t put the refrigerator space there because it was a shaft, but it looks like that entire section of wall is for the closet, so I really don’t know what they were thinking here. Bizarre design. Looks like maybe the project was going out for bid when they realized they forgot to make room and this was the only solution they could come up with.