My dad took a time-and-motion-study class to secure a job promotion, and he needed a project to implement the concepts. Sp he chose to completely reorganize my mom’s kitchen to improve its efficiency.
She was ordinarily very placid—which may have been what deluded him into trying this stunt. It made her the angriest I ever saw her.
That is their area and the way it is done up make sense to them even if their reasons are beyond your ken.