Kitchen Designs that Never Should Have Happened

Trista - January 4, 2023

Kitchen Designs that Never Should Have Happened

Photo: Marie Antoinette was here. Source: Getty Images

If you think about it, the kitchen is one of the essential parts of the home. Most family gatherings deal with cooking, chatting, and eating whatever you make. So the kitchen design must make your time cooking and eating as enjoyable as possible. But then we arrived at this list, with some of the most questionable kitchen designs you have ever seen. From not knowing where to put the fridge, to sinks that will make you wanna run away if someone asks you to do the dishes. So sit back, breathe in and out, and be glad these are not your kitchens to deal with.

This kitchen keeps me up at night.

That’s a big no from me. Source: Getty Images

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When designing a kitchen, you need to think of ways to make it as pleasing to the eye and convenient as possible. So whoever designed this obviously has a vendetta over everything that is holy and hates cooking. If this was a simulator, moving that stove top would be a breeze, but in real life, it is a bit more difficult to fix this kind of screw-ups, and you will need a few bucks at hand too.

The bigger problem with this is that if the owner of this atrocity wants to sell their home, they will have a hard time finding a seller that doesn’t mind having this horrific stove top. We haven’t even talked about the kitchen hood that will not do its job because it’s on the side instead of on top of the stove.

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Holding on for dear life.

What is this? A ramp for ants?! Source: Getty Images

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This picture is real, and it’s not manipulated in any way, making it the worst kitchen for anyone who likes accidentally hitting their toe with every corner they find around. This monstrosity is on a San Francisco loft, which makes having a beam in the middle of the kitchen cost you $1 million.

Sure, a secured beam is vital for any structure, but who was the architect that thought, “sure, let’s leave it there, cut the cabinets to perfection, and we’re good to go”? The rest of the place looks great so maybe whoever lives there can find a use for that thing. Maybe it’s a fun way to slide your dog food all over the floor. The ideas are endless for this 1 million dollar loft.

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There is always a solution for everything.

No space? No problem. Source: Getty Images

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When living in a small apartment, you will have to use your creativity to make your place as comfortable as possible with everything you need. Having a good refrigerator is part of the deal, so what do you do when you buy a fridge that is a few inches too big for the space?

Get yourself a piece of plywood and make that baby taller. It seems like they didn’t measure the area well enough, so now they have room for the monster that lives under the fridge. If you are short, I hope you have a ladder ready in case you need to get some pizza rolls out of it. This also means that indirectly, this fridge is child-proof.

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Ta-da! Secret toilet for when nature calls!

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In places like New York City, space is always an issue. That’s why there are so many funny pictures of people exposing ridiculous New York apartments. They are tiny. So we’re sure that this picture is probably in New York City as well. These people had to get extremely innovative with their tiny space.

Whoever came out with this kitchen idea, must work for NASA and make millions with their genius toilet ideas. I’m sure someone would move to a place just because of this, there are people that always need to be close to a restroom in case they need it right away, so I applaud the mastermind behind this. (We hope you can tell this is sarcasm).

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Everything is bigger in Texas… for $999

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It’s nice being proud of where you came from and showing it to everyone who feels indifferent about it your roots. But there are always some limits in budget and creativity that you need to keep in mind before you go crazy and spend $1,000 on this interesting sink in the shape of Texas. We know it’s tempting for proud Texans.

However, you might not even be able to wash your dishes. If you have your kitchen Texas-themed, then sure, go all the way and get that sink and show the love to the Lone-star state. Even if everything is bigger in Texas, this sink will not be big enough for that big pot of chili that you will need to clean after that BBQ Cookout. I don’t want to think about how messy it has to be doing dishes there. But let’s be glad this sink is not in the shape of Rhode Island.

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The saddest island you will ever see.

I can’t cut onions there. Source: Getty Images

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This is the kitchen island you will get when you ask the designer for a discount when your budget is minimal. I’ve seen dinner plates bigger than this tiny little thing in the middle. If you invite a college professor over for dinner, he might stand behind it and start a 2-hour lecture about the impact of Microsoft Word in the year 1997. Choose wisely who you invite for a dinner party. Kitchen islands need to be convenient and bring extra space when preparing a meal or for anything else you might need.

But you cannot even play Monopoly on that little baby island unless it’s travel-sized Monopoly. Sometimes they might include a few drawers to put utensils that you might need for that area, but you’ll be lucky if you can place a spoon there without filling the room. You might as well destroy that thing with a hammer and have an open kitchen without that tiny zit in the middle of it. Not trying to shame it, but it’s difficult finding a use for it. Maybe put a buzzer in the middle and play Family Feud in the kitchen.

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A love that will last until the wallpaper peels off.

If this is love, I don’t want it. Source: Getty Images

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I know this is a real picture, but it feels like this was an AI art generator where someone asks for a collage of a happy couple with a floral background to awaken the nightmare fuel gods. This feels like something a husband who did something terrible to jeopardize his marriage would do to try to get some extra points from his wife. But in reality, this might be the cause of the divorce, and she’s keeping everything except that kitchen wall.

Imagine having to sell this house and show it to a buyer to convince them to buy it. I would run away as fast as I can because there must be a dead body behind that wall or something. The good news is that this wallpaper is the perfect way to keep anyone from making a midnight snack. It has to be terrifying, sneaking in the middle of the night and finding that staring at you in the shadows. This is not the love story that I want to tell my kids.

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It is time for the puppet show at the kitchen table!

Macbeth Live! In the kitchen! Source: Getty Images

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Step right up to the most incredible show you will ever see in the kitchen! It’s like a granny in her 90s decorated this thinking it looks “sophisticated,” but she even forgot to use an iron to at least get rid of those wrinkles. If you look closely, you will see a projector on the ceiling, which means that this is supposed to be their entertainment area right in the kitchen. It doesn’t sound bad. You can make a snack while you are watching The Lion King on DVD with the kids.

If you ever need to make a living space in your home feel expensive, put a weird dog demon statue on it. Not only will it protect you from bad vibes, but it’s a great weapon in case someone is brave enough to want to steal something from you. This is an excellent idea if you have a wall that needs something to get people’s attention and you are not in the mood of putting wallpaper with your wedding pictures. All you need is a quick trip to the fabric store, buy the ugliest fabric you can find on clearance, and make this masterpiece theater right in your home. These people know how to entertain the masses while having dinner.

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We don’t value our sanity that much.

Twin sinks gone wrong. Source: Getty Images

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What would you do if when designing your home you find yourself not knowing where to put your sink? Just put it in a corner like it did something wrong and separate it like you’re splitting atoms. There is no logical explanation for doing this, except that you want to use one sink for dirty dishes and the other for “drying them”? Or one side for plates and bowls and the other for glasses and cups. It is still not a convenient idea, especially with how small the sinks are, which gives me the impression that they are a sink for kids.

Judging that there is a dishwasher, I’ll say these sinks are just for making your guest feel uncomfortable when you ask them if they think your new kitchen is awesome. It’s beautiful, Susan, but this is nothing compared to the Texas-shaped sink. That’s how you get it done. I’m sure somewhere there is a sink idea competition and we are admiring the best of the best in sink making. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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A gamer’s dream kitchen!

Let’s party! Source: Getty Images

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Whoever came up with using LED strips in every corner, must have worked at a movie theater and needed to illuminate it to see where they were going at any given time. If you think about it, this is a practical thing to have if you don’t want to turn on the lights at night but need to see the floor in case an imaginary hole forms and you fall in it. But unless you do a rave in the kitchen every night, this is a bit absurd. It’s like a gaming PC with all the rainbow colors to hypnotize you while you play Roblox at 3 am.

Adding LEDs might give you the approval of the gaming community and Pitbull, but it’s nothing but a trend that will soon die away, and it will leave you with glue residue at the bottom of the walls. I’m surprised they didn’t go all in and filled the top part of the kitchen too, just in case Spider-Man wakes up at night for a bottle of water and needs to find his way to the kitchen. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Who moved the sink?

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Looking at this kitchen makes me anxious and makes my toes hide in my flip-flops in terror. I will need to speak to the person who thought this was a good solution for a client who wanted a long sink that is not in the shape of a U.S. State. There is no proper reason to do this unless you like hitting your pinky toe in corners and squealing for all your neighbors to hear.

Even the microwave looks in shock at this atrocity; I feel the pain in those square-framed eyes, and I’m sure that if it could talk, It would have screamed in horror while they were constructing this. The good news is, if you are considering buying this home, you will have a nice view of the woods while awkwardly cleaning the dishes in your out-of-place sink. Now that I think about it, what is up with people doing unfathomable things to their sinks? Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Welcome to the Rainforest Cafe. Are you ready to order?

Beware of the pine cones. Source: Getty Images

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When it comes to rooms you frequently frequent in your home, it is crucial to keep a good atmosphere that irradiates joy. Having a clean open area does that to a lot of people. The ‘less is more philosophy tends to go hand in hand in places like a kitchen. So when you see a kitchen that looks like chipmunks might jump at you from the pine tree that is glued to the kitchen ceiling, the atmosphere only wakes the flight or fight kind of mood.

It’s so cluttered that it’s almost like you are in the wrong place to cook something because something might get cough on fire. It’s almost like going to a Rainforest cafe, but without the rain or the animals making weird sounds at you while they stare at you eating. Maybe that also happens here, but we cannot confirm this. Maybe that’s the theme of this home, a type of getaway cabin in the middle of the woods with a bear stalking you to steal your picnic basket. Whatever you do, do not eat the mysterious berries you might find in this kitchen.

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Let’s snuggle up in the cabinets, darling.

Marie Antoinette was here. Source: Getty Images

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When you think about a kitchen, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? If the answer is a comfy place to rest your head, you are absolutely on the right track to getting into a psych ward. If you have toddlers running around the kitchen and hitting themselves over and over, then I guess this is a practical solution that might cost you a lot of money, but it’ll work.

To be fair, I do not know if those cabinets only give the cushion effect or if they are actually soft to the touch, but I want to think it’s the former. If that is indeed a type of fabric that might match your grandmother’s 19th-century sofa, you will need to make sure that nothing splashes on them or else you will have a staining problem in your hands that not even dish detergent and vinegar will help. For now, let us pray for that oven. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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You are one step away from a lawsuit.

A cluttered masterpiece. Source: Getty Images

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I look at this picture and don’t know where to start. Is this a kitchen or a bathroom? I’m guessing it’s both for the price of one, and I’m 99% this must be a studio apartment somewhere in New York City. There’s some practicality in this whole mess of a place. You can shower while cooking a hearty dinner, if you want to challenge yourself and impress your friends, you can throw fettuccine noodles from the toilet to a pot of boiling water on the stove and make a TikTok out of it.

Going up and down those tiny baby stairs must be a challenge on its own. Plus, it is a hazard for anyone who visits you, especially if that’s the only toilet in the house. You can easily trip and fall on the sink for a bidet experience. Just remember to aim at the sink, not the stove, because that might be troublesome. Nobody could possibly like these ugly kitchen designs. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Something is out of place.

Where’s the fridge? Source: Getty Images

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Not going to lie. It took me like 5 minutes to finally see where the fridge was in this kitchen. Of all the kitchens, this one at least looks like there was thinking regarding the bold choice of where to put the refrigerator. You will need to be either a very tall person or have a ladder on standby if you want to reach the top area of the fridge, which begs the question: who in the right mind thought it was a great idea to put up there?

Either that space was already there and the homeowner decided it was the perfect place to put a medium-sized refrigerator in there, or they broke a window and wanted to put something there to hide the hole to see if anyone would notice. I don’t even want to think about if that fridge ever needs repairs, how the repair man will get in there to fix it. Do they need to take the refrigerator down? Is there a secret compartment in the back of the wall to work in? I guess we will never know.

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Cheers, Mr. Bond!

Shaken, not stirred. Source: Getty Images

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Tell me that you have a drinking problem without telling me you have a drinking problem. If you thought that the Texas-shaped or the two tiny diamond-shaped sinks were an inconvenience to anyone who has the task of cleaning the dishes, behold this comedy sketch of a sink. You cannot fit a typical plate in there, but I’m sure you can at least include a couple of martini glasses and some utensils at the bottom of the sink.

Do you like these kitchen designs? What makes this at least funny and clever is that they knew this was so bad, that in order to make it at least hilarious is that they added an olive to the faucet handle to complete the look. I can say that whoever is the owner of this is a party animal with a great sense of humor. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Do I see spots?

Please tell me what you see because, to me, it looks like mold. Source: Getty Images

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If these tiles had a name, it surely would be something like “an artist’s ink accident” or “Ooops, there’s mold on the floor.” I’m sure these tiles won’t look too nasty if you weren’t lying on the floor admiring every spot, but it’s still not too pretty either. If you ever had to deal with black ink for a fountain pen, you know how messy it can be sometimes to do a refill, and sometimes it will spray all over creating the exact same effect.

Having tiles that look like this makes you wanna walk around with a mop at hand to try to clean those spots out. If you didn’t know better, you might have thought that something really bad happened to make that mess. So always remember, if you are searching to change the tiles of your home, make sure they don’t look like they are sick with black mold, it might be for the best. Even if you love dalmatians, these are horrible kitchen designs for anyone!

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The neighbors will like to check on your sour milk.

Rent this place for $2k a month. Source: Getty Images

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This picture gives me the vibe of a parent lifting their kid to a high window so that they can wave goodbye to their grandparents. The view from the outside has to be interesting, and the neighbors must ask where you got such a tall fridge. Seeing how challenging it is to get something from it, I would prefer to just stay hungry or go out and go to a drive-thru. If the kitchen is too small, I think a solution is to place it somewhere else in place that it can fit without needing to get on top of the counter to get a TV Dinner.

But while all eyes go to the poorly placed fridge, if you look closely you can see that there is something else that feels a bit out of place: a washing machine right beside the stove. Here’s a crazy idea: move the washing machine where the fridge is, it will make more sense. But what am I talking about? That’s as insane as what they did here. I think these pictures are messing with my brain. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Your toes’ biggest enemy!

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This picture might look simple and not that bad, but my toes might think otherwise. I have a problem in that I get attracted by very sharp corners which end up with my pinky toe always paying the price of my mistake and because of it, the battle wounds on them are bad. It’s even worse seeing that the upper tile has a really sharp edge, and I can tell you right now that if you like walking barefoot, it’s not going to be pretty.

The flashbacks looking at this picture are so bad, that if I was looking at a home that has everything that I always wanted, but had this corner of death, I might think about destroying the house and remaking it without that corner. It’s not worth losing a toe for it. Although, a cheaper solution is to baby-proof that corner and put a piece of pool noodle on it.

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At least it includes the range hood.

“Honey, don’t let the socks fall into the stew.” Source: Getty Images

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There’s a lot to unpack in this picture. Like wow… there’s so much going on that it’s difficult to know where to start. Let’s just say that even if this is on the list, this is not, I repeat, not a kitchen. This is a bathroom that deep in its imaginary heart thought it could also be a kitchen because someone put a stove with a range hood on top, and what looks like a stainless steel sink. Make no mistake that this is also not a laundry room, even if there’s a travel-sized washing machine between the stove and that baby counter.

In a way, this room stopped being a bathroom and became an essential room the day the stove and the washer moved in. I wish we could see what else is in that tiny place. Perhaps there’s a tiny bed behind that counter or a PC and monitor in front of the toilet. This room can be anything and all that it wants to be. We won’t judge it too harshly, but we will admire the dedication and cleverness of whoever put this together.

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What the fork?!

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Brain farts happen to everyone. There is nothing to be ashamed of. But knowing this hangs on someone’s home without thinking much of it is an achievement. It tells me that there are things that fall through the cracks, and you just go with it. I’m sure many of you are still trying to figure out what is wrong with this one, so I’ll just tell you: That is not a spoon, to be a “spoonful.”

Maybe someone made it as a housewarming gift or bought it themselves without analyzing the mistake. Or maybe the factory that made this ran out of spoons and went with a fork, thinking no one would notice. But we did. Now it’s on the internet for everyone to share and use on dorky articles like this one. Do you like these kitchen designs? Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Everything after the lamppost is Narnia is our kingdom.

That lamppost is on point. Source: Getty Images

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It seems that after Aslan went on vacation to the Caribbean leaving Narnia with no ruler, someone made a home and left the lamppost in place since they couldn’t take it out. This thing looks so out of place, just sitting on the counter next to the sink like it’s the most common thing to have inside a kitchen. I’m just expecting Mr. Tummus to come by and make us tea and cookies. But enough Narnia jokes that only a handful will get. We need to talk about the vibe of this place.

It feels like this bad kitchen design came from a 1960s design magazine. The thing that gives it away is that old-timey brown oven that I’m sure nobody has cleaned since Aunt Molly made roast beef on a plate, making all the juices fall to the bottom. Going back to the lamppost, if you’ve seen Final Destination, you know that you shouldn’t get on a ladder to do anything next to that lamp, or else there is a chance that you’ll end up impaled by that spike. Not a good way to go.

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Woody fridge? No thanks.

Fancy woodwork you got there. Source: Getty Images

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Do you like these kitchen designs? Rule of thumb is that there are things that are better left as they are, or else they end up looking weird and out of place. This is exactly what happened here when someone thought it was cool to put a wooden vinyl sticker on the stainless steel fridge. This might have worked somehow if only at least it matched the same wood as the rest of the kitchen because instead, you have something that looks so fake, that it almost looks photoshopped.

There are better ways to create this effect that looks better than this, it might be more expensive, but at least it doesn’t have this “I saw a 30-second video on Facebook on how to do this with a glue gun and a wallpaper” vibe. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Ariel’s grotto had a kitchen!

I want to be part of this kitchen. Source: Getty Images

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I don’t think King Triton saw this when he broke into Ariel’s grotto. Not going to lie, but I think that ceiling looks really cool, but only if it belongs to a pub or maybe a gaming room, not a kitchen with antique dark cherry wood cabinets. Do you like these kitchen designs? There is so much going on here! I get the impression that this is a ’90s kitchen with dreams of renovations in the early 2000s. However, the job is incomplete.

Maybe it’s the lighting outside, but this actually looks like this is an underwater home in the Falkland Islands because, correct me if I’m wrong, the window scenery is a bunch of algae because of the blueish colors. It’s so bizarre, but the worse is that white stove that feels like it doesn’t belong in there. Besides that, I think I want to live there. Keep reading for more bad kitchen designs.

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Here’s the loudest kitchen in the neighborhood.

Sorry honey, I can’t hear you. Beyonce is on. Source: Getty Images

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If you look at this kitchen in the distance, it looks good. It has a Mediterranean style, with a simple, yet effective decoration, and it feels somewhat normal. That is until you see that the cabinets have an integrated sound system that belongs in a 1998 Toyota Corolla. Listen, I like listening to music while I’m cooking or cleaning, but having that many speakers can’t be good; Imagine listening to “Under Pressure” by Queen, and the bass alone might shake some plates in terror.

The somewhat good news is that I’m sure those are only decals. Which brings another problem into the mix: Who let the teen ruin the kitchen cabinets with all these? Someone wanted to make their mom scream in terror as soon as they walked in and then record it for TikTok. Or maybe this was part of a presentation to show their parents how “cool” their kitchen would look with that many speakers. Imagine cooking Mac n Cheese with the sounds of Bad Bunny at full blast.

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Who let the kids loose with crayons?

It looks like Jackson Pollock’s kitchen. Source: Food is in the House

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Art is great. It can do so many things to the soul that I cannot describe. But there is such a thing as too much; this is a prime example. It’s like a clown puked rainbows all over the place. Everywhere you look, you see a million colors, and I’m sure that if you look at it for too long, it might make you dizzy. Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is famously known for saying, “less is more,” and that is something that the designer of this place didn’t take to heart.

Cooking in that space has to be so trippy, if you stand there for too much you will start seeing things that you had never seen before. It’s an experience in itself. What we can be glad about is that there’s not a toilet hidden somewhere, a fridge on the ceiling, or a sink in the shape of Picasso. That we know of.

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