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Cooking & Baking

bif

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30. Growing up, we had a carpeted kitchen.

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2014, 08:59 AM

Sep 2014

Bad idea. Almost as bad as a tiled floor. Pretty unforgiving.

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Bad kitchen design [View all] spinbaby Sep 2014 OP

They also think that a kitchen should look like it belongs kentauros Sep 2014 #1

Sometimes it gets preposterous spinbaby Sep 2014 #3

The ones that amuse the hell out of me Warpy Sep 2014 #15

I've seen those spinbaby Sep 2014 #17

Funny. cbayer Sep 2014 #2

You can grow some herbs on a windowsill spinbaby Sep 2014 #4

I know what you mean about those decorative containers. cbayer Sep 2014 #5

Hanging pot rack spinbaby Sep 2014 #6

Goodness spinbaby Sep 2014 #7

Well, you could probably hand pot there, too. cbayer Sep 2014 #9

You would still have to dry them before you put them up, right? cbayer Sep 2014 #8

I suppose so spinbaby Sep 2014 #10

Then I would consider having them over or near the stove top, because that is where you are likely cbayer Sep 2014 #11

My sink is next to the stovetop spinbaby Sep 2014 #12

I agree about IKEA quality and would probably just use them for ideas. cbayer Sep 2014 #13

Not only that, but if you cook with gas, and the windowsill is too close to the stove... TygrBright Sep 2014 #18

Yes!!! Liberal Jesus Freak Sep 2014 #16

That is so cool that you actually had one. cbayer Sep 2014 #27

Nice! But I would miss looking out the window while doing tasks at the sink. n/t TygrBright Sep 2014 #19

Perhaps on the side of a cabinet next to a window over the sink? Bibliovore Sep 2014 #21

That's actually a cool solution. Some of those Ikea racks are small enough to fit! n/t TygrBright Sep 2014 #25

I have an Ikea kitchen and use a lot of those rails The empressof all Sep 2014 #43

High ceiling spinbaby Sep 2014 #26

I read that that is one of the reasons that you don't see them in the US. cbayer Sep 2014 #28

Same here: I like the window over the sink Retrograde Sep 2014 #29

There's a huge difference between a working kitchen Warpy Sep 2014 #14

I don't know about linoleum for countertops, kentauros Sep 2014 #20

I remember linoleum counters. Designers who think tiles are good counter surfaces confuse me, too. Bibliovore Sep 2014 #22

I never had to cope with tile counters, thank goodness Warpy Sep 2014 #23

I hate my open kitchen! Freddie Sep 2014 #36

Yeah, no shit! I'm glad I'm not the only one. Warpy Sep 2014 #37

I do the same thing Freddie Sep 2014 #39

I've always like the "triangle" idea. pinto Sep 2014 #24

Me, too, but I never included a part for reefer. cbayer Sep 2014 #31

Growing up, we had a carpeted kitchen. bif Sep 2014 #30

That made me laugh! MrMickeysMom Sep 2014 #32

You might like this web site. PADemD Sep 2014 #33

I have an one "butt" Kitchen dem in texas Sep 2014 #34

Everyone seems to really like locks Sep 2014 #35

Not only that, but granite is more fragile than people realize Warpy Sep 2014 #38

A rack for draining dishes directly above the sink? SheilaT Sep 2014 #40

I think the "open" plans are cheap to build spinbaby Sep 2014 #41

I hadn't thought of it that way. SheilaT Sep 2014 #42