I wouldnt do it. If the look of an appliance garage is important to you, then perhaps try smaller appliances… but Im one who is not worried about seeing a few visible appliances.

You can't fit an air fryer and toaster in a 13 inch deoth. Don't understand.." did not measure correctly"

I hate appliance garages, there is nothing wrong with a toaster on the counter top. Can't speak to the air fryer and how much space you have......I'd find another spot for it.

If you must hide? Nice below

this BELOW???? UGGGGGGGHHHHHH : ( !!!! Far rather see the ( clean ) appliances.

I too have never understood them due to the counter space they take. BUT I did note my MILs and how much crap she could tuck in hers...recipes, bits and scraps that come out of kitchen utensil boxes.

IMO appliance garages are a dated look and IMO not functional at all Some appliances you use daily are not an issue to have on the counter , a kitchen is a work space I do think unless that airfryer is used daily it could find another home.But toaster coffee maker not an issue .What you are planning will never look good

Not a fan of appliance garages, if I had one it would always be open anyway and I would need to pull out my appliances every time anyway so I might as well have them out for everyday use or get them out of a cabinet when needed.

Thank you for the comments. I'm just wondering if an 18" cabinet below the 13" cabinet would look bad? I'd be using a hydraulic pull up door that opens from the bottom. Here is a photo of the space..in construction right now!

It will look truly terrible. And function even worse. That is a terrible design. You can not afford to close off your counter space like that.

But that is just 1 of the MANY other functional design errors issues visible in that picture. Like having unprotected wood directly in the prohibited zone for combustibles. And the burnable quartz behind the rangetop. And the rest of the complete jackleg that is that OSB hack based hood. That whole fire hazard thing needs to be ditched.

The whole kitchen needs to be put on hold while you hire a kitchen designer to sort ALL of those mistakes out. Theres probably a lot more than are in the picture. Renovations cost too much to end up with that many amateur mistakes.

I do think that it would look unorthodox, and like an afterthought. Here's an idea. Paint a cardboard box black and set it on the counter, and squint your eyes and see if you like it.

You know, you've spent $$$ to have that waterfall counter there. I think the whole idea of a waterfall counter is to give the look of an abundance of marble/stone, so much that it falls off the side down to the floor. Now, aren't your losing a bit of that "luxe-like" feel if you cover up the horizontal part of the waterfall?

I'm not even understanding why you need a "garage" for these appliances? I mean countertop appliances don't last as long as your kitchen cabinets do anyway.

I see some things I would've done differently in your kitchen space, but you didn't ask about that, and probably too late.

I would not do it. It will leave you only 6.5" of counter footage in front of the appliance garage -- not deep enough for staging those appliances when removing them as well as not enough space below the upper cab to stage items being taken out or put in.

25.5"D counters - 18"D cabinet - 1" door = 6.5" left

In addition, it looks to be close to the gas range, significantly reducing your emergency landing space on that side.

I also think that , as others have said, it will look like a mistake (oops! I didn't measure right but I crammed it in anyway).

Finally, unless you are a tall family, it will make accessing items in the upper cabinet more difficult b/c you will be reaching over a taller item to reach inside (you won't have much "lean into" space when trying to reach into the upper cabinet).

I like Mrs. S's idea to try it out...but make sure it's the full size and close to the right color. Don't forget that Kitchen cabinets take up the depth of the cabinet + 1" for the door, so it should be 19" deep, not 18". (I assume you mean a door similar to Jan's first picture.)

Great points! The kitchen is under construction so nothing is installed..cabinets are being painted..hood is being redone. Thanks all!

There is 2 ft of countertop between the cabinets and stove. And there is countertop at the perimeter of the kitchen as well as a 12 ft kitchen island so I'm not worried about counter space. I never would take the toaster oven out of that space. I just love the look of a clean counter, hence the garage..but I definitely don't want it to look hacked together. We just may forgo this idea and put the quartz backsplash in.

I’ve just never seen the point in an appliance garage. They essentially steal counter space that can otherwise be used for prep, etc. For most things put in there you are taking the appliance out to use it next to the garage. More work pulling the appliance out and it uses two times the space.