Kitchen sink considerations
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Island considerations when seen from front door
Comments (27)Right side of entry with left side in reflection. (Mr. Mustache light has since been replaced.) There is still molding to come around the door. There's also room for a bench on the left wall under the kiddy coats. I just haven't found it yet, so I have a low storage unit there right now. Thanks for weighing in, Texaspenny. I like the idea of one level, too. I love to spread out when I'm working in the kitchen. We rigged bottom up shades for a little extra privacy. ; ) Thanks, Debrak for the vote for the sheers. I really like the film you linked too! I forgot that I used to have sheers on that door. We took them down to paint it, and never put them back up again. The door is really pretty bare. Plus, our little ones loved to wrap themselves in the sheers, so it was tough to keep those curtains looking nice! Therefore, the film might solve a few problems. Still thinking..... Rtwilliams, thank you for your insights and inspiring pictures. You made DH's day when you said it was a cute house. : ) I've attached a picture of the entry. It's a little tough to get a good shot of it since it's so small. I'll have to see if I can hunt down a picture of the eating area. With the reno going on, it's rather trashed at the moment. Sjhockeyfan and Fori, the door definitely stays. We would FREEEEZE without it there. And there is only a storm door for the front entry, so we need something more lockable to the house. I think you're all persuading me, ONE level island. It's what I always wanted. We'll see how long I get to use it....See MoreLefties - any special considerations?
Comments (18)I think most lefties are to some degree ambidexterous, because so many things are made to suit right-handed people that we've had to adapt more. For the kitchen sink faucet, I'd center it and make the handle as easy/difficult for a rightie to use as a leftie. I'm a big fan of not making things left-handed or right-handed, but making them equal. The main problems I've had as a leftie with the various kitchens I've used had nothing to do with the placement of the dishwasher. But instead with little or no counterspace to the left of the range and sink, which feels very, very awkward and causes some difficulties when first using the space, as I have to think about what I'm doing and where things will go, instead of just doing things. And there was that lovely kitchen with just a few inches between the range and the wall on the left--I kept whacking my elbow on the wall for the first few months I lived there....See MoreInstall considerations: Replacing KA dishwasher with Miele in FL
Comments (2)What you (and fauguy) say in point 3) may be true for newer Miele dishwashers, but mine specifically says to not use the side mounting screws at all if the opening is wider than the recommended 23-5/8", because of leakage concerns (from bending/separating?). Maybe the new models are stiffer there, but I think I would add shims at least where the screws go, to bring the width down to 23-5/8"...See More'Aging in place' considerations - are they effective?
Comments (25)Prairie, You're right that so many services are available to the elderly -- yet a lot of people don't investigate their availability /won't use them. My grandmother, for example, welcomed Meals on Wheels but balked at calling the county's handicapped /elderly transportation van. Public transportation? That's for poor people! One of the reasons I'm pretty much sold on a certain building lot is that the neighborhood is connected to the town's "city center", which includes the town's senior center, the library and a pharmacy. We'd be able to walk (or golf cart) to these places without getting out on the main road. Physical therapy? After a serious illness my grandmother had physical therapy while she was an inpatient at a rehab facility, then she went twice a week to the hospital for some months. It did her a great deal of good. More recently my mother had physical therapy after surgery. Her therapist started her with "in bed exercises". He brought a board to her house, which he slid under her, and she did her exercises lying down. Then they moved on to the kitchen, where he had her exercise while holding onto the counter as a stabilizer. When she was doing her exercises alone, she "cheated" and held onto the sofa back instead so she could watch TV while she exercised. I think my mom was fortunate to get an A++ therapist, and he did her a world of good. Are you asking because you're trying to make sure you plan space enough for exercise in your house? BenjesBride, I don't know that I'd say the toilet is more important than the shower. I think you're more likely to be injured in the shower because of the water /possible slipping .... but you use the toilet more frequently, so you have more opportunities for accidents. Of course, the right answer is to make both as safe as possible! I think my girls' bathroom has a good set-up for an elderly person's toilet, and we're actually copying it for our future house. This is a random internet picture, not my actual house, but it's the layout I'm discussing -- I do like the color scheme and traditional look in this bathroom: The person using the toilet is a bit hidden from view, but the wall and the shorty wall provide plenty of space to anchor grab bars. An assistant could help an elderly person reach this toilet, then retreat a step to allow for some dignity ... without leaving the person completely alone. I'm thinking I want to make the pony wall thicker so it can also hold spare toilet paper. Using the same thought process, we're using solid pony-walls in our shower /glass only on the upper portion. Yes, full glass would look nicer, would make the room look larger, and would allow light to pour into the shower ... but a piece of glass can't support grab bars on both sides of the shower, and I like the idea of having bars all around....See MoreR J
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