I Believe Kitchen Appliance manufacturers may be, out of ignorance, limiting their market share in removing model sizes compatible with Appliance Garage size Generally 10+" deep by 14+" high (tambor door)and 24+" wide.I believe the model unavailability is reducing kitchen garage popularity in response to the appropriate model size availabilities. I believe that any manufacturer advertising appliance model size options compatible with fitting in appliance garages to help people keep their counter tops uncluttered, with a quality appliance will not capture market attention as being attentive to the needs of the customer and dramatically increase sales. For some it only meas re-introducing prior, appropriately sized models with possible minor cosmetic changes. I have encountered this issue in replacing a toaster oven where, after extensive internet search, found only one an Elite cuisine two slice from Amazon (predominantly used in small kitchens and mobile homes. Prior to this I had GE/Black & Decker and other brands that were no more than 10+ inches deep. I also could only find one cone filter Auto-drip coffer-maker to replace my Braun "Aromaster" that was less than 14+' tall. It is a 12 cup Hamilton Beach and does not allow an option of a "permanent" type filter as the Aromaster did. Those of you share this concern, please, help in getting this into public discourse. Noting public trends in designing kitchens in stating kitchen garages are less popular doe us an injustice, as it does not look into the potential and likely causes of them. I believe it is the easy way of dealing with inconveniences, just adapting too them. Eventually, somebody will capitalize on meeting needs. In this case minimizing kitchen clutter and maintaining convenient access to storage and use of our kitchen appliances.

jterrilynn: That's more or less a medium cherry with an ebony wash on the cabinets. (And it is very nice.) plllog: Nope, that pillar is for design purposes only. It does not hold up anything. Our designer, who correctly called very other decision, felt it was needed to anchor that peninsula. It's not an island, and the ceiling squares off. The dropped ceiling was needed for plumbing reasons. On the grainte: The fabricator had never seen a notched in job like this, but was game and did a great job. A seam would not have been a big deal really, but he did it according to the design.

Is this in a corner? Is it next to a tall cabinet? Will it be in any of the three primary work zones (Prep, Cooking, Cleanup)? Will it be b/w the Prep & Cooking Zones? Could we please see your Kitchen and the space you want to convert to an Appliance Garage? (We need the Kitchen to see how it would impact workflow.)

I realize this is an older post, but I thought I’d share idea of using a one-piece slider mat to stick on bottom of appliance that you wish to pull out for use and push in allowing doors to close when not in use. There are also smaller adhesive discs and roller ball caster’s available for less than $1 each. Using those would allow you to have ease of use for any items you wish to remain out of site without sacrificing space for pocket doors, garage doors or slider door since you won’t need a rollout shelf for items to sit atop. The ones I have are less than 3/4” high so shelves inside shouldn’t be issue either. Sure beats a $1500 custom.