Microwave [drawer?] below counter?
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Drawer or counter microwave for under counter
Comments (3)We have a drawer MW, and we love it! The control panel is angled so that it's easily seen from above, and it takes very little bending to put something in or out of it, because the drawer comes out to you. A regular MW would need stooping and bending to put things in and out. It's also really nice to be able to stir things from above without removing the dish from the MW. Here's a link to when we installed ours....See MoreCompost bin: on counter or below counter?
Comments (34)Ahhh... wow. Never know what you'll find when you google. There was a thread - many threads no doubt, on this subject but at least one to which I contributed a couple years back. I googled and found this on pinterest, which I've never even visited; it's my kitchen!: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/44543483788641019/ Let me report that a couple years forward I consider my long-standing compost issue a complete non-issue now. All those years buying expensive compost buckets that break, being given wacky devices with filters and odor soakers and the rest .... all nonsense. For me, the solution was simple in the end. I have two sinks. Next to one is built in an open shelf, into which I set a plastic square food-service type bin. They're cheap, about $5 for the container and the same for the cover. They are, therefore, easy to replace for little money, but being plastic and a heavy duty good quality plastic at that, just don't need replacing. I think I have replaced them once in a couple years? Or maybe I just thought about it ... I do find that the opaque and not clear bins are better. Having an open shelf for the bucket makes it easy to just stuff the container in there off the counter when I am overtaken with a rare fit of cleanliness. I usually grab it back out within 5 minutes, but it's easy when the shelf is open like that. I have three bins total, a 4qt one and 2 2qt ones. The 2 qt ones fit, end to end, in the space as pictured on pinterest. It's the top of a totally groovy, very expensive rev-a-shelf double bin trash pullout. The cans are stainless steel and hence worth their weight in gold, evidently. The small sizes work great for me, I think the small container is 10L and the larger is 20L. Here's the piece. On top of that plastic shelf you can make out above the section the bins pull out of, is where I set the two smaller food service bins. Wow, Look at all the products this company has. The bins are called Camsquares, but any food service store will carry them for cheap. My cabinet is taller than the pull out bins need so as to leave space up top on that plastic shelves to set the compost. Those go at the food cleanup sink, the larger bucket at the prep sink. I prefer smaller bins for all of the above and just to take it out more often. Smell is *never* a problem unless I forget that third container back there! Which is just as well, how else would you know there had been an oversight? Do search the archives on GW on this topic. The subject has been explored for years. Some folks have some pretty imaginative solutions, with drawers that have overlids, and inset circles into the counters, etc. For the long haul, I recommend simple=good. Grunge happens and builds up and I think it's better to have cheap, easy, replaceable with time. I scrub my bins every time they come back from a compost dump but still, eventually they get a little grubby. I have nothing invested in plastic tubs, so that's easy to just change out....See MoreMicrowave placement - above or below counter?
Comments (8)Ours is below the counter and we like it a lot. I was leery at first but I think it depends on what kind of use you need maybe. Ours is popcorn and reheating for convenience. Probably light use. But I prefer lifting the hot items up rather than bringing hot items down to the counter. Again that is preference. Because our microwave is used less than heavy microwave users I can see that it would be more difficult if you had to bend down to clean it often. I like the look of it being under the counter too. When my grandchildren are over I just lock it. Takes seconds and it's locked. So I can see both sides and only wanted to say it works great for us under the counter....See Morecounter top microwaves?
Comments (2)The answer really depends on how much counter space you have and how you plan to use it. I've had a microwave on the counter and it was great for access. If you use it as much as any other cooking appliance then it's worth the space it takes up. You really shouldn't be concerned about a built in looking too contemporary if you are doing a remodel because your whole kitchen is getting an update. You can also just put the microwave on a shelf and not use the trim kit....See MoreSammie J
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