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Trash pull out cabinet or stand alone trash??

16 years ago

Okay, what are we doing? Pull out trash cabinet or a trash can that stands alone somewhere in the kitchen? Can you show me your trash, yes your trash? There are several different kinds of trash cabinets, are you happy with yours?

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gizmonike

16 years ago

We are thrilled to have 2 trash pullouts in our new kitchen. Our old kitchen had a stand-alone trash can that was always in the way, and there was no good place for recycling other than the garage.

This is the one in our island:

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beware
16 years ago
Loved having a pull out trash can in my previous home and want not one, but two of them in the kitchen of my dream house (it exists only in my mind at this point). We recycle more now and I want more compartments for those items and also because we seem to fill up the kitchen trash very quickly and having two would provide better capacity.
alanandnancy
16 years ago
I think we're spending all this money and redesigning plan after plan just so we can have our trash in a cabinet instead of in the way all the time! :-)
Everyone in my house complains about the trash, but part of it is just not having a spot that's both out of the way and convenient too. I'm more excited about the pull out trash than about finally getting a dishwasher!
--Nancy
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alku05
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dorothyct
16 years ago
we have the pullout trash and I am almost shocked at how much I LOVE THIS THING. I LOVE IT.

It is one of the things in our kitchen that I find myself unexpectedly LOOOOOOOOOOOVING!

Pullout trash gets the thumbs up from me! :)
hapyfrustrated
16 years ago
I also have the revashelf pull out trash. I picked mine up at the big box store. I have seen one that has a space behind the trash can to store your trash bag container.

We installed a regualar cabinet door that opens, instead of having the attached door with the handle that pulls it out, I have seen these wear out and come off.
sail_away
16 years ago
Gizmonike,

Are those electrical outlets above the garbage pullout? How did you modify the upper drawer so that it would accommodate the outlets and so that the drawer front would slide back and then over the outlets like that? Fantastic idea.

I also had the idea of putting a shredder on the garbage container in the back of the pullout cabinet so that I could use it for paper to be recycled, which would necessitate an outlet inside the trash cabinet as well. Is there room inside the cabinet to accommodate that?

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