Narrow cabinet vs distance between DW and range
Artur Souza
10 months ago
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What to do with 3''- 6'' between fridge and DW?
Comments (23)Thanks for posting pics and telling me what you will store in your pull-outs, Beagles. (btw, I've linked to the photo you tried to post, see below.) Very helpful. Do you know how much space, width-wise, you have in each of those 5" pull-outs? I've looked for this info on-line but can't seem to find the answer. Thanks! I've eliminated a 3" filler pull-out from the running because I don't think it's going to provide useful storage, especially given the cost for the hardware. I've added the suggestion of open cubbies for plastic wrap, baggies and/or rolling pins, at the suggestion of my friend, Kelly Morisseau, CMKBD and blogger at Kitchen Sync (she beat you to the idea, bmore, but thanks for popping in to help me). bmore, the towels I'd keep in the towel cabinet would be for drying off clean but slightly wet dishes from the DW. If I leave these towels on the counter, they get used to wipe less-than-clean hands. That drives me nuts. I try to put the "dish" towels in a separate location on the counter than the "hand" towels and that does help most of the time. If I had a cabinet just for "dish" towels, though, that would be even better. (oh, and the step stool is stored in the walk-in pantry about 4 steps away so no need to store one in the kitchen proper.) The other idea Kelly suggested was an open cubby to store over-sized butcherblocks, which is a great idea. I will have at least 1 large butcherblock and possibly a second (my late mom's large bread board) and I haven't yet assigned a spot for them in my new kitchen. Even though this is in the clean-up zone, it's actually a good spot to store these items because we set our large butcherblock on the island, directly across from this spot, to use as a very large trivet for hot items coming out of the oven (especially handy for pizzas since we can then slice them on the same surface). It would be similar to the tall open storage in the island in this kitchen (but only one cubby): [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/craftsman-kitchen-craftsman-kitchen-seattle-phvw-vp~92385) [traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by seattle architect knowles ps herbflavor, by apothecary drawers, do you mean a series of narrow, shallow drawers top to bottom? I wouldn't want a drawer stack less than 6" wide and even then each drawer would only yield 3", interior width. The narrowest drawer, interior width, I have in my current kitchen is 5". I store match books, used corks (for the times when a cork disintegrates when a bottle is opened), and kiddy-type birthday candles in it. Not sure how I'd fill a series of 3" wide drawers but tea bags are a possibility since the mugs will be in the upper cabinet just above. I'll measure items to see if I can fill a series of narrow drawers. Thanks for the suggestion. For you visual folks, the size of these cubbies is fairly representative to the amount of space I'll have (I may have a smidge more room). [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-phvw-vp~86102) [traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by dc metro kitchen and bath Kleppinger Design Group, Inc. I know a lot of people use narrow spaces like this to store wine but it really wouldn't do the wine any good to be stored between DW and fridge (mulled wine is fine but heat and wine are not a good combination for storage). Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreDistance between island and Wall cabinets
Comments (4)It depends on your layout. 48" is the NKBA standard recommendation. I had planned aisles that wide, but in the end had to shrink them for various reasons. Mine are about 44-45", and they work great. My old kitchen had about a 5.5' aisle between the only sink and my range. That was much too far for me to be carting wet cutting boards, dripping knives, prep ingredients, etc across. For me, 5' would also have been too wide as it would still take several steps to cross. With my smaller aisles, taking food from prep sink/island prep zone to my rangetop across the aisles is a quick pivot making working in the kitchen much easier, faster, and less frustrating....See MoreShaker vs Slab Panels for DW?
Comments (25)Nidnay, Oops, I should not get on the computer after 8 PM. I had known at the time what you were talking about and then when I glanced back over the conversations this evening I saw the 17 1/4 " and because that is close to the height of what I calculated for the top dish drawer panel on mine, I just thought that is what it was and I had somehow missed it earlier. I actually later did ask you the size of your dish drawer just to compare with what I calculated with that silly Fisher Paykel worksheet. If you can, sometime can you tell me the dimension of that tall dish drawer which is likely the same size as the top one would be for me. So we are clear now. Sorry, I just had gone back over my calculations late this afternoon and that is what was on my mind. I really do appreciate the Houzz forum. It is such a help for people like me who often bite off more than they can chew when it comes to home improvements. But when you live in a 75 year old house there is always something to do....See MoreNeed design idea for range hood.... to get DW approval
Comments (44)@Aglitter Thanks for the measurement and sharing your experience from comparing the different hoods. I have looked at Captiveaire but after comparing cost, my local builder for restaurant hoods have better pricing for the basic features I need. Captiveaire definitely has a lot of nice and useful features, if you are willing to pay for (eg. they have filter that can capture 70-80% oil, while regular baffle filter captures less than 50%. But the down side is the huge jump in resistance, so you need a much more powerful blower for it to work). I have been tempting to actually build an outdoor kitchen for my cooking (commercial wok burner!!!!!) but it is just not very practical as Canada is winter half the year..... And what beats the convenience of searing, basting and finishing steak all at one spot while cooking other garnish LOL. I will still have an outdoor BBQ for the smoking and party grilling though. @kaseki I totally missed thinking about the transition between slow flow to the high speed duct flow! I looked a bit and I think I will put something like this at the transition of duct to the containment volume https://www.ecmdi.com/8-spiral-takeoff-with-gasket-82590 Now with all these consideration.... I am thinking may be I should just spend a bit of time and run some CFD models.... even though the thought of modelling the baffle filter is putting me off LOL Also Re: WOK cooking, a single WOK cooking can overwhelm 800 CFM for sure when I am getting the vaporized oil to light for the "wok hei", on my modified bluestar burner LOL...See Morepalimpsest
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