which warming drawer do you like
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Warming Drawers - which brand do you recommend?
Comments (4)When I was choosing I was looking at temperature range and looks. For looks I wanted integrated (cabinet panel). It all can be done with custom cabinetry, but as Mrsthesun said, some don't do as well with some factory cabinetry. The alternative was to match my ovens--but the price went up on that and I cheaped out and got the Monogram. Miele and Gaggenau have open sides. Those would be more useful in a narrow drawer; with a 30" WD it doesn't really matter. For temperature range, some only go down to 140°, which is the lowest safe food temperature, but is too hot for gentle plate warming. Others go down to 85-90° to allow for plates and rising dough. Some top out at 190° or so, even though a lot of solid, dense food could need a higher temperature. Others go up to 210°. Some have a vent for steam to escape to allow you to choose moister (closed) or dryer (open). Some have a four hour automatic shutoff, usually with a Sabbath mode override. I've just found that if I actually remember to heat my warming drawer before putting anything in, like you're supposed to, the heat differential between inside and outside makes the sheet steel at the bottom pop with a bang. It doesn't do that with a pot to weigh it down. Conventional wisdom is to have the WD as high as you have room for, and best to have it near the stove. Many people have it right under the cooktop. Mine is just under counter height which is great for dishing up right out of the drawer, but it's about 8' from the cooktop, which is fine for pots, but too far for holding fritters as they're coming out of the oil. Which one should you get? The one with the best looks, features and price, is the one you should get. The fanciest feature you'll find is the shutoff. They're very simple things, and all should work pretty darned well....See MoreWarming drawer at waist level? Do you like it?
Comments (3)Mine is under my 30" oven stack. I use it quite a bit simply because I need/want it. I read many times here that people who put theirs under the ovens didn't use it often because the location was not very user-friendly and that those who put theirs up higher used it more often. My WD was a last minute add-on after my cabs were almost completed. It was easy to swap the drawer under my ovens for a WD so I went for it. I wouldn't worry about the hot sides any more than I'd worry about the hot oven door when open. Like Dretutz, I can't out 4 dinner plates side by side in mine. Mine, a KA, came with rails and racks like those found in ovens so I think I could use the racks to put two plates on top and two on the bottom. Instead, I always store the food in the bowls, tray, etc in which I either cooked the food or would serve the it instead of plating and warming. Side note, I don't store food in it for serving for more than about 70-90 mins or so. I find that food that needs moist storage gets soggy and food that needs dry storage gets too dry after a certain period of time. (Mine has a switch for moist or dry storage.)...See MoreWhich counter stool do you like best with this unstained cherry?
Comments (11)megs1030, I think you are probably right about the wood finishes competing. I liked the cushion color a lot which is why I'd narrowed it down to that one, but I wasn't super thrilled about the base color. I hear you all on adding color. I think one of the reasons I'm hesitant here is because the configuration of the kitchen is such that there will be a fairly narrow area to pass through between the island and a wall that juts out behind it. Currently this is where the fridge sits and there is literally only 21" right now between the right corner of the island and it, but that should hopefully not be for much longer. Once the fridge is moved there will be 54", but I hope to put in some lockers along that wall to capture the jackets and boots that everyone wears out back, so it could potentially shrink to as narrow as a 36" walkway (that's still tbd though). So I don't want there to feel like there is a lot there, I think I want the stools to seem to disappear when not in use. It could be when the fridge is out of here I won't feel that way, it really closes the area in right now. I'd probably have to see the low back chairs in person to get a feel for if they'd tuck away enough. I doubt there is anywhere in town that would have any. Maybe I should stick with a couple of really inexpensive stools until we're further along....See MoreWhich warm gray exterior color do you think looks best? (pics)
Comments (17)Thank you to everyone for your input! It was a tough decision, but BM Rockport Gray won out in the end and we're very happy with it. Any of these colors would've looked great (no "perfect" color, in my opinion) and it was helpful to think about the overall look we wanted. This website is so useful to me, so just wanted to pay it forward with some pointers that may help anyone considering painting their exterior these colors: 1. Rockport Gray is a really pretty "warm" gray. In direct sunlight it looks almost beige-khaki, and in the shade or indirect light is where you see more gray. 2. RG does not clash with our reddish-brown roof! 3. I was surprised how much lighter the color came out to be. We might have been ok going a little darker, but in any case I'm still happy with it. Our original exterior color was so light, so I think that testing RG on top of it made RG seem much darker than it turned out to be. 4. It was really helpful to narrow down all 20 of our "warm gray/ greige" paints to just 3 or 4 samples. The paint chips are great suggestions to point you in the right direction, but after a while they start to look the same and you really don't know until you test it directly where it's going! 5. Our house is east-facing and the roof is multi-gabled, so we needed a color that would work with all sorts of (mostly direct) sunlight angles & roof appearances. We tested various paints in many spots and noticed right away with all paint colors that there's no one "true" shade that came through. Every test area looked different. Another reason why I think we had no "perfect" color! 6. Our trim color is Benjamin Moore White Dove. We wanted something softer/creamier but I think BM Simply White would've looked crisp and really nice as well with Rockport Gray. 7. We're also painting our doors a soft black! One of the reasons we went with RG is because we thought it was the best color to go with black doors, so it was helpful to think about the overall look (siding with trim with doors). Best of luck to you all for your paint decisions! Note: Left side hasn't gotten its 2nd coat yet, but the side straight ahead with window is final....See Moredeeageaux
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