The kitchen dining area was fantastic, I agree. I should mention that the laundry room is accessible through another door, not just the master suite. And yes, the grates need to go – some of the elements they added took things a little too far and would have been much more effective in small doses.

I think you hit the nail on the head with the steampunk reference, as it summed up what I was thinking but didn’t quite articulate. It was like they went overboard with some of the themes they were trying to incorporate. I think it could have been a lot more effective if they had incorporated some of those elements in much smaller doses.