@alis re: pasta machine mixing pasta dough is super easy but the hand crank rollers for shaping (which are much smaller and therefore easier to store than the all in one models) are worth it imo!

if i did even 5% less baking than i currently do i would probably say the stand machine isn’t worth it (but also i have a beater attachment for my immersion blender, so its really just creaming butter recipes that actually need need a full stand mixer)