My brew days are limited to when I have a day off while my wife is working. She can't stand the smell, with the exception of bottling days for my hoppy beers - that is the rare time when I get a "what smells so good in here?".
As a matter of fact, I'm working 3rd shift right now and my wife will be at work when I get home. I'm already trying to figure out how much sleep I can get by with to see if I can squeeze in a brewday.
I'm currently devising a plan using Waring Pro 1300W burners for a small batch basement brewery to mitigate this. It's the smell really. My wife doesn't really dig the smell but supports the hobby.
Ideally I'd stay in the kitchen because I do small batches but what can you do. Kids complicate the matter! Who can find the time with a 2 year old boy and a newborn? I'm trying.
I have a 16month old, a 2 1/2 year old, and a six year old and I have brewed on weekends with my wife at work and by myself with the kids... before breakfast, sanitize and prep,get all the hot liquor going, mash-in at the end of breakfast, sparge at lunch, Nap time is the boiling/cool/transfer, store by the time they wake up from nap. Anything starts to go crazy just go turn on the best baby sitting team ever! Frozen, Rise of the Guardians, and Wreck it Ralph! That will keep my 3 going for a solid 5 hours... lol