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This is the answer to the question Open kitchen or closed kitchen?
Revision 1
Definitely an enclosed kitchen.
We've lived with open kitchens ourselves for 10 years, and we have one every vacation, and I just find it annoying.
I don't even mind the supposed mess or smells. But it really annoys me when I'm sitting cozily in the living room with a cup of coffee and a book or a movie, and just then my husband or teenagers get hungry and turn on the stove, the noise of grunting and banging plates included, the open kitchen honestly annoys me depending on the mood of the day – closed kitchen, closed door and everyone is quiet.
Oddly enough, in our circle of friends/family all also cured of open kitchens, only one family consciously decided to do an open kitchen again in the new house.
Everyone chooses what works for them, you have to be happy with it yourself, regardless of what others say.