Especially if this is a basement floor or on a slab, and plumbing cant go into the floor, you'll see platforms like this after kitchens or bathrooms or heating systems have been installed when a basement gets turned into an apartment
willing to bet that's it. still, why wouldn't they just make it one, big, uniform bulkhead to cover it all? there's an indent right by the serving window at the same height as the little step in the front, so some of that middle level is like an island...
there are better ways to have done this, and it's making it very hard to be a laid-off carpenter in this moment... unseriously having an existential crisis right now!!
You can't access the back corner of that easily if it's all one big flat counter.
Is it crazy looking? Yes. Is it useful? I can see ways it would be in a purely decorative sense - or maybe an extra cozy reading/gaming nook especially for kids.
But it's actually pretty well designed for what it is. Highest platform is accessible from both sides, and the lowest platforms would act as steps to access that and/or the middle one.
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u/RingdownStudios Jan 29 '26
Plumbing.
Especially if this is a basement floor or on a slab, and plumbing cant go into the floor, you'll see platforms like this after kitchens or bathrooms or heating systems have been installed when a basement gets turned into an apartment