If your kitchen is small, or open, where do you put your freezer?
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Comments (24)"Yes... the "One touch"... I've been intrigued as well!" Saw and bought a one touch during holiday shopping last year, hoping to get rid of the space wasting electric unit. It seemed cool and cute at first, but amazingly slow. But recently it stopped working on cans. Not that it did not work, I could trigger it to run by hand, but could not get it to run on the can anymore. Got so annoyed with it that I tossed it in the trash in frustration last week. Good thing I still had the electric unit in the garage. So today I went into Sur Le Table and bought the Rosle. It seems very similar in the way it works to the OXO, but seemed more compact to fit in the Drawer. Now I just need to find a can to open since I have yet to use it. Here is a link that might be useful: Rosle opener...See MoreWhere do you put your mail?
Comments (19)At the end of my refrig/pantry run I have a small section of countertop above a bank of drawers (about 21X24) where all the mail and other c**p get piled. Two of the drawers hold mailing and school supplies. The other two drawers are supposed to be for DH and me to store mail and other stuff that needs to be saved short term. Unfortunately DH's drawer remains empty while his pile on top grows ever larger. Heaven forbid he should have to open a drawer to get to something when he wants it. I have a three tier letter holder where bills, bank statements and that sort of thing are put until they get paid or whatever. From there they go directly to the file box that I keep in one of my kitchen cabinets. I wanted a filing cabinet in the kitchen, but it was one of the things that had to be scrapped due to lack of space. I wish DH could be a little neater/more organized, but as long as all the clutter stays on the one counter I guess I have to consider it a victory. In our previous kitchen there was so little counter space and his piles were so large, I had a space about 15"X24" to do prep work in. Totally Confused...See MoreWhere do you put your kitchen 'clutter'?
Comments (9)You can build a large message center into your kitchen, if you have room, which includes cork board, and clear pockets on the insides of the doors for the menus and lists, etc. It sounds like it's mostly school related. Do you have room in a family room or den for it? Maybe a cabinet with file pockets and a bulletin board? This is meant for computers, but would work for sorting the school stuff too: Or you could have a hot file sorter and a write on magnet board: You can use cubbies for each kid's detritus plus cubbies for supplies. Mount them on the wall, if you have a wall, and when the kids grow up paint them, and put cool vases and objet d'art in/on them. Or you could go full on Pottery Barn: My kitchen clutter is mostly things like glass cloches that are inconvenient to put away so sit too long on the counter... What's great about my new kitchen is that there's very little space for things to accumulate. If I tear out catalog pages I have to transfer them to my desk in another room or there's nowhere to eat breakfast. If I take down cookbooks to browse through, I have to put them away or shuttle them around the island because they're in the way. I guess I lucked out. There's a little extra counter space for kitchen items clutter, but unlike the mound of unsorted paper I had in the old kitchen, my new kitchen tends to shed paper quickly. I think that's because all that stuff got relocated to the desk during the remodel and it stuck!...See MoreModern Clutter Free Kitchens….where do you put your daily essentials?
Comments (25)Hi 2meforester! I understand your physical limitations--I have rheumatoid arthritis. I'm doing a complete gut of the eat-in kitchen of the house I just bought, and ease of access is critical in my planning. Not just what is accessible today, but also looking 5, 10, 15 years out. I'm also a fan of having as close to nothing as possible on my countertops; it's simply a style/taste preference for me. The eat in kitchen and living room are one big open space, and that is about half my house. My house is a single wide manufactured home, so picture a big rectangle. The "great room" is the middle. Each end is bedrooms, bathrooms, and on one end is also laundry area. So when you walk into my house, bam! you're in the living room, but the dinette and kitchen are right there too. I hate clutter with a passion. I want the focus of my home to be the beauty of the interior design rather than the dish rack, the popcorn tin, and several small kitchen appliances that are sitting on the counters. There's nothing wrong with any of those things! It's purely a matter of personal preference. I occasionally help a realtor friend of mine stage houses, and just like your magazine photos, the first thing we do is de-clutter. Potential buyers can't picture themselves in your house if all your stuff is everywhere. It's all very minimalist. But as sushipup1 so rightly pointed out, most people don't actually live that way. Herbflavor pointed out how some warm, inviting things on the counters can make a house a home. But, as I said, I personally prefer clean counter space. For one, I have very, very little of it. Anything sitting on it is taking away space I need to prep and cook. Second, because it's such a tiny space, even a couple things sitting out make it look cluttered or messy. So here's a couple of things I'm planning to do. One, do a hood/microwave combo over the range. Microwaves take up a fair bit of counter space. Two, no base cabinets, all base drawers of various sizes, except the corner one. That will be a cabinet with a super susan. Drawers are so much easier to see what's in there and pull it out. No more crouching over with a flashlight and a yardstick trying to get something from the way back of the cabinet, haha! Three, I'm getting a farmhouse sink. Because they're totally cool, sure, but also because you don't have to lean over counter space to do anything in the sink; you can just belly up to it. That might be easier on your arms...just a thought. Four, I'm a sucker for drawer organizing systems. I'm doing an IKEA kitchen, but even if you're not, go on their website and look at all their cool drawer organizers. Besides flatware and knife inserts, they have things so you can keep all your spices in a drawer, plate stackers, etc. Also go on KitchenMaid's website; they have amazing kitchen organizers!! Five, I'm getting a portable dishwasher. This won't work for everyone. Because it's an eat-in kitchen, I actually have a space to "park" it unobtrusively when not in use. This means I get a whole other base cabinet drawers! Also, the one I'm getting intentionally has a butcher block top, creating a small but valuable food prep station! Last, You can also get cool pull out organizers for all your cleaning products; they're easy to pull out and then you're not trying to dig into a bucket under the sink. So, by creating as much useable space as possible, I can be totally, 100% organized in my drawers and cupboards and thus, don't need anything on my counters, with the exception of a shiny SS tea kettle on my cooktop, and maybe, maybe a coffee pot, if I find the perfect one. Oh, just to weigh in, other than toilet paper, I haven't used paper products in a couple of years. Microfiber cloths, cloth napkins, and handkerchiefs. And wash cloths and towels in the kitchen. :-) Hope this helps!...See Morejakkom
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