Pocket/Flipper Door instead of an appliance garage???
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Comments (4)I, too, live with absent minded folks, so whatever is easiest is better. I had been leaning towards the door that lifts up, as I thought that was cool looking. Do those have a tendency to break? I don't think they'd have a tendency to break. For me it wouldn't work since I keep plates and glasses in the above cabinet, and want access to those while using the appliances in the garage. So the lift-up door was out for that reason. Assuming you mean this type of lift-up door, that is: [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-houzz-an-architects-1901-home-in-pennsylvania-traditional-kitchen-philadelphia-phvw-vp~922011) [Traditional Kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Philadelphia Media And Blogs Colleen Steixner I think it looks totally amazing but for us it just wasn't practical. I imagined being halfway through blending a smoothie and then realizing I forgot to get the glass, or halfway through toasting and I didn't get the plate out. Then I imagined the attendant muttering and grousing when it happens with DH. That was enough to eliminate it in my world, lol. The lift-up pocket door I nixed for the simple reason that I know it would never get lifted-down again in our kitchen. Ay yi yi. :) Also, could you send a photo demonstrating the following quote, as I am not sure I am following you: "In a perfect world you'll want your base cab at less depth than your fridge and oven gables both for looks and also so that the counter overhang blends into the gable without impeding the fridge door swing." I was trying to say that you want room to have the countertop blend into the side gables without overhanging them like this: Does that make sense? I just think it looks nicer to have the countertop disappear into the gable, and it's also practical if you have a fridge door swing or cabinet door swing to the side of it to worry about. The fridge and ovens will be bumped out a bit so we have 27 inches of depth on this wall, (although we really have 36 inches, because that is the depth of the adjacent pantry), as we want to keep the aisle wider near the doorway. What would be an appropriate depth for the garage based on 27 in deep counters? At the end of the day, the appropriate depth of the garage is whatever depth you need it to be to comfortably house your appliances (remember to account for where the plugs will be too). In my case that meant 16" though I could have gone 15" if needed. You should measure your toaster and juicer to be certain. Then just plan for enough counter space in front and the counter overhang. In our case we had 29" max for the fridge/pantry cabs given how wide we wanted to aisle to be. So I went to that max depth and it worked out to 16" appliance garage, 26 1/2" base cab + 1 1/2" counter overhang bringing the counter to 28", leaving the extra 1" for it to end prior to the fridge/pantry cab at 29". If you have 27" then you might do something like 15" appliance garage, 24" base cab with 1 1/2" counter overhang brings it to 25 1/2, leaving an extra 1 1/2" prior to the pantry cab. If you can do custom sizes then you have some additional flexibility. If you have 3" sizes then you can just play around with spacing to determine if the 27" base cab and extra counter depth would be worth losing 1" aisle width or not. You might want to get out your appliances on an existing 24" base cab, mark up the appliance garage spacing with tape and the depth you need, and go through the motions of using them to see how it feels to you. Hope that helps....See MoreDo you like your appliance garage?
Comments (26)Great pictures that have already been posted! I don't have an applaince garage yet, and have appreciated the feedback in this thread so far. I am planning on adding an appliance garage during the remodel. I prefer the look of solid doors, so I'm gettin the "flipper door" hardware installed on regular cabinet doors instead of using the tambour door. I grew up with a kitchen with a corner appliance garage with the tambour door and we used it all the time. The toaster and can opener lived in the garage and we used each of them a few times a day. The only thing that I didn't like about it was that we always left the toaster out for 10-15 minutes after making toast to make sure that it was cool enough to safely put away. It would have been nice to be able to put it away right after making toast. Maybe if the garage were metal lined?...See MoreHow deep should a proper appliance garage be?
Comments (13)The upper cabinets are not at all recessed. The interior, of the garage-only, IS recessed. I'll take a picture that will also show you what NOT to do. 1) A worker "forgot" about the recessed cabinet while working in the closet behind it and put a screw through my cabinet material (see orange flag on left side). Just one of thousands of screw ups we've learned to live with (did I mention I hate my contractor at this point? We still have a HUGE punchlist for a project he was supposed to have finished in March 2008.) 2) the countertop fabricator was not shown the recessed cabinet so he assumed the rear dimension and installed the counter with a major piece missing! They didn't even mention it to us; I noticed the first time I opened the garage and freaked out bc the rear 4.24" of my garage had no counter! If this had been done properly there shouldn't be a seam in there (see orange flag on counter). BE THERE WHEN YOUR COUNTERS ARE TEMPLATED! YOUR CONTRACTOR DOESN'T NECESSARILY GIVE A CRAP ABOUT THE DETAILS! (and if he does, kiss his feet!) (Now I'm noticing the not-flush plate cover again - grrrrrr. You'd think they didn't BUILD that wall and install that new electric! MAN!) (whew - sorry for the rant, but warning you all means reliving it a bit for me -- I think I need a break from GW for a bit.)...See Morelift up pocket door hardware for appliance garage
Comments (1)Yes you can! I have been researching this as well. Go to the Blum website and you'll see what type you need, as there are 4 different types. They are expensive- so far I've found several suppliers on line, and you can expect to spend about $200. Here is a link that might be useful: Blum Aventos HL...See Morethreebees
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