There is a plethera of home restyling programmes on the tv just at the moment. These range from the basic formula of showing a couple around a nice cottage or house in the country as they are now thoroughly disenchanted with city living, right up through various stages to the full on buying a property at auction and doing it up completely and we see the results and the rise in value as a result.
In every case, it seems that the conventional kitchen that would have satisfied the domestic goddess in years gone by is now totally unsatisfactory and the world needs that kitchen the size of a football pitch. Unless there is a very useful worktop or island unit immediately next door to the wall mounted big oven and microwave, then there is much time and energy spent moving food about.