how much space between open shelves
bicyclegirl1
8 years ago
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bicyclegirl1
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How much space between your upper and lower cabinets ?
Comments (11)Mine might be higher than average. I'm 5'7" so I have a decent reach. I absolutely would not allow the microwave to be placed over the stove. We have it over the counter and it's just right. If you are worried about heighth, you might consider a cabinet right on the counter. Our kitchen designer put one on the end of a line of cabinets. The bottom is a shallow drawer which I have rolled up placemats in. Since it doesn't need to be opened very often, there's just enough counter space to place bowls, plates, etc that I'm taking out of the cabinet. I really like having the plates and serving dishes within easy reach. The cabinet is right beside the doorway to the dining room. Glasses and coffee cups are next to the frig on the other end but in upper cabinets. Due to 9' ceilings, our upper shelves require a step stool so seldom used items are up there....See MoreHow much space should there be between fridge and wall?
Comments (10)... in any case, once you start shaving off space down to the thickness of a couple fingers, what really counts is air circulation, heat and humidity in the air (A/C on all the time or not), and where the heat pipes are underneath the metal cladding of Your Chosen fridge. To get fresh air to flow around it and to give the air an exit path too, it would make sense to put a mini fan (the size of what you see inside a PC) somewhere under the cabinets, without any kickplate either. The manufacturers won't help you because they don't want to discuss how close is just barely close enough and not too much -- and they wouldn't want to start saying that arid climate dwellers have a bit more freedom to squeeze the fridge and humid climate dwellers have to leave more space... If you build the fridge into an airtight plastic bag, it will fail as a fridge because its heat will be retained in the bag surrounding it. Same thing for a smaller and smaller space, you just end up heating the material surrounding it. I know the small LG has a lot of its heat pipes in the front sides near the door gasket, adn this is mentioned in its online PDF. Someone posted here how it still manages to work even after he built it into a tight space and had it practically "plug" the space. It's a 24" wide fridge. HTH...See MoreHow much space between sconces and mirror?
Comments (14)Sconces mounted on mirrors can look good, but I'm not sure that mounting a sconce on a wide wooden surface in the middle of the mirror is a good choice -- esthetically or practically -- particularly with that nice, formal cabinetry. Why don't you simply dispense with the wood and mount the sconce directly on the mirror? I have a pair of sconces mounted on a 5-1/2' wide mirror in my powder room. I also get better light distribution because the light at the rear of the sconce reflects off the mirror....See MoreHow much space do I need between wall and fridge to open it fully?
Comments (4)Manual says minimum of 2 5/8" for door to open 90". For the full 125" opening, clearance would need to be 10". We tested it yesterday by moving the fridge around and found that about 4" would be enough to open the door a bit past 90" and all drawers and shelves can slide out fully should I ever need to take them out for cleaning. One possible option is to put in a narrow utility cabinet in the corner and have the fridge go next to that. Ikea's narrowest is 15". I'd need to double check exactly where the water line is to make sure it would still be in the fridge area and not get stuck behind the utility cabinet. That may be my best option to avoid a large filler. Thanks all!...See Moreamg765
8 years agoOn the sink wall my cabinets are raised so an open shelf fits underneath. There is 9.5 inches between the shelf and the bottom of the cabinet, which is enough for a decent size stack of plates or bowls, but not enough to stack two pint glasses without taking them both off the shelf to remove one. (DW needs run so there isn't much on the shelf :) )
On the other wall, which has no upper cabinets, I don't have the shelves up yet but the plan is 18" and 30" above the counter, which with 1.5" shelves will leave 10.5" of space in between.
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