Refrigerator nook of shame.

It doesn't even go to the ceiling! Imagine the dust.
- 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?!
  
  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.
- That's where we put the booze.
- You can limit the atrocity by putting hanging plants on top.
  
  hmm dusty plants
  
  I can't picture how plants on top will reduce dust?
  Is that a thing? Indoor plants to control dust?
- 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.
  
  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

how to make a refrigerator 5x less efficient and 10x as ugly
- Why less efficient?
  
  Because it pumps heat from inside to the back, so if the back is blocked it will struggle to pump heat into that tiny overheated space
  
  No room for it to breathe. Just massive amounts of expelled energy trapped in a small space.

It's even pointed away from the kitchen??
- That's the shame part.
- Is it? I think in the top right picture you are looking at the left side of the fridge not the back.
  
  Nope, look at the floor pattern. You're looking at the back.

My cat would find a way to be up there all day
- Looks like a good spot to lie down

I'd totally paint that to look like a Tardis.

Needs a fourth wall and all painted black. Then it can teach all your apes how to use tools.
- EeeeEEEEEEEeeEEEeEEEEeeeeEEEEEE!
- My thought exactly. Clearly this is the home of a serious Kubrick fan.
- One to four to nine, and beyond.

It's so egregiously bad that I kinda like it.

When the architect graduated from The Sims School of Design and Urbanism

Should've painted it like Dr Who's TARDIS.

I would remove the fridge, keep the box and explain nothing.
- Put a swing in there!
  
  A toilet. Make people wonder.

Stoner design

Is it even plugged in?
- You don't think they'd build a refrigerator nook at an odd angle in the middle of the room without installing an outlet too, do you?
  
  Honestly? Kinda
  
  "did we forget anything? Ooh man!"
  
  And water line for the water dispenser

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.
- You tell me to replace the 7 year old water filter, believe it or not solitary. We have the best refrigerators because of solitary.
  
  You missed the ellipsis between "refrigerators" and "because":
  "We have the best refrigerators... because of solitary."

Who would think of this? It's so random.
- 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.

This makes me nauseous.

I hate this so much haha

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.
- 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.

Is it me or does it look like it's impossible to open the doors?
- My last refrigerator required some clearance on the side in order for the doors to open. My current one kinda swings in and out so the doors are flush with the sides when open.

That thing moves around on its own at night.

Is that how you're supposed to use fridge bought in Wallmart?

What the California new money is this?

For SHAME!
- Shame! Shame! Shame!
  
  Honestly, not the "Shame! Shame! Shame!" video I expected. I thought we were getting game of thrones. Pleasantly surprised.

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That fridge looks like it's sitting in the middle seat on an airplane.

Totally see myself bumping into that dumbass cube wall looking for a midnight snack or a glass of water in the dark.

Turning this into the dog cage of shame for an imagined significant other :3
- Is this Marilyn Manson?

photoshopped?

I mean, there must have been a wall behind it at one point but who would demolish the wall and not the nook?

The refrigerator is disgusted and has turned its back on the lounge.

"careful with the refrigerator nook, honey"

Am I old if I even recognize reddit reposts on lemmy? I guess we've gone full circle now

I saw this house if it’s in texas around austin! I was seriously considering using the fridge nook as a little server rack closet by finishing the front and making it extend to the ceiling for a vent.

You people don't get it its for the refrigator to hide out in case of nuclear war