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13 years ago

Visualize a "T". The top of the "T" is a wall that houses an appliance garage and the leg of the "T" is a penisula countertop. The door of the garage faces the peninsula and therefore anything housed in the garage will spill out onto the peninsula countertop. The peninsula is 60 inches long. My delemna is what door to put on this appliance garage. A door that opens outward will cause me to move stuff on the peninsula away from the door in order to open it. The same goes for a door that flips up from the bottom and then slides back into the wall like a pocket door. A door that folds back on itself will decrease the opening size of the garage. A roll top door like that seen on Victorian roll top desks does not suit my kitchen style. And last but not least, a door hinged to first go out and then upward will block my microwave located above this garage. My instint tells me a roll top door is the best but how to get away from that roll top desk style? Any ideas to solve my delemna? By the way my house has an 18th centrury look and Victorian roll top doors just don't look appropriate.

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judydel
13 years ago
We have appliance garages with doors that swing out. How wide will you garage be? It will only swing out the width of the door(s). We have one garage with a single door and two garages with split double doors. The other question is what will you use the garage for and will it be used daily? And also, what will the peninsula be used for? In other words, if you prefer the look of the swing open door, maybe it wouldn't be that inconvenient? I don't know the design of your kitchen. But in our large kitchen, this style door hasn't been a problem.

Appliance garage to left of window holds meat slicer, which isn't used every day.
Nancy in Mich
13 years ago
It seems to me that the Victorian roll-top effect will not occur if you do not have a curved roll-top, but use a flat one instead.

The cherry tambour below says that the slats disappear when the tambour is flat. That seems to solve the Victorian problem very well, if cherry will match your kitchen.

Here is a link that might be useful: tambour at Lee Valley
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wildturkey450
Original Author
13 years ago
Been away from my computer for awhile and I want to thank both of you for all your effort in answering my question. Judydel, love your kitchen--so unique. My peninsula will get heavy daily use so doors opening outward would be a constant problem in my opnion. The appliance garage will hold those items one would use daily also. Nancy in Mich, this may be the ticket--will check into it more. I've been consternating over this problem for so long and it is so good to get some real imput. Thanks!

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