So I’m reading this PDF on how the designer lays out kitchens and repeatedly all I can think is “Have you ever actually fucking set foot in a kitchen?!?”
I’ve always held the belief that bookcases and not designed by people who read books or collect books.
And the more I read about how to build and install kitchen cabinets, and how to lay out a kitchen, and all the useless hardware and fixtures that can be found inside a kitchen cabinet, I am a strong believer in people who design kitchens (because we are doing a huge re-model of our kitchen right now) never actually work in the kitchen, because if they did, they wouldn’t make these enormous fundamental mistakes in the designs.
You want to know why your dishwasher, fridge, oven and built-in microwave is 22" (counter-depth as they call it) deep?
Because kitchen cabinets are 24″ deep.
You want to know why kitchen cabinets are 24" deep?
Because plywood boards are 48″ by 96″.
Which explains why you can never reach the bit off the Kitchenaid stand mixer that has lodged itself right at the back of the deep, deep cabinet.
Also, people have no clue how to design for and handle blind corners in kitchens.
As an engineer it makes me bury my head in my hands.