There is truth in that... I struggled a lot because my kitchen is from before all these items existed and I did not plan ahead for ginormous items that have a 3 foot connection radius to the pot on the fire. If I started a new home and planned the entire kitchen around the spice rack, it would probably have gone a lot better. Still, I could stand to see a 50% increase in the radius to the cauldron for the rack and pans, and a bulk rack that fits attractively along with a cauldron over one hearth sized fire.

Don't get me wrong, I like what I ended up with apart from my spice rack. It was just harder than it needed to be with the short tether to the cauldron and oversized rack.