THERE’S usually a lot of thought that goes into designing and fitting a kitchen, with every element having a specific purpose.
But that wasn’t the case for one homeowner who was left baffled by a random feature on her kitchen worktop.
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She took to a popular Facebook group to see if anyone had any idea what the feature might actually be for, but most people were equally as confused.
“Anyone know what this is?” The woman wrote alongside a snap of a curved piece of her kitchen worktop that hangs over the edge.
Other Facebook users had a bunch of ideas what the added worktop might be for, some of them more serious than others.
“A belly rest for pregnant people in the kitchen,” one joked, and another reckoned the overhang could be “FUPA support.”
Another commented: “A piece to measure the curve of bananas to ensure adequacy before eating them.”
“Does it pull out or flip/fold at all? Because otherwise that’s just the thing you run into to get random bruises,” someone else wrote.
Others thought it could be a chopping board, but since it can’t be pulled out not everyone was convinced.
Meanwhile, another social media user reckoned it would be the perfect place for your head for at-home haircuts.
But after much debate, people concluded that it’s actually a pretty savvy design feature meant so you can scrape crumbs and food scraps straight into the bin without making a mess.
“I would assume you put a garbage under it and push your scraps in,” one wrote.
Someone else replied to their comment: “Yep. And the door underneath has a waste bin that slides out.
“The curved piece of wood can be lifted out, rotated, and dropped back in so the surfaces are all flush.”
So there you have it.
This isn’t the first time people have been left confused over weird design features in homes though.
Previously the internet was stunned after it was revealed why new build houses often have bricked up windows.
A picture of one of these bricked up windows on a new build house was recently shared on Facebook, and people were stunned when they realised the simple explanation.
Of course, when one person posed the question there were lots of different theories.
One person joked: “It’s the new gateway to Hogwarts. Run straight at it really fast; you’ll figure it out.”
And a second commented: “Think it’s cause they are all pre-made to certain specs and whoever bought it didn’t want the window there in the end and they filled in it before completion.”
Well, it’s not a design error – there’s a legitimate reason for them, even if it is a bit odd.
One person explained: “These are faked bricked up windows.
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“Developers add them because they think it looks more period authentic. Its to mimic old houses from when the Window Tax was in force in the UK 1696 -1851.
“People were taxed on the number of windows they had in their houses so many windows were bricked up to reduce tax paid by home owners.
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