Last kitchen problem

misskool

OK, so my new kitchen is fitted, I have an oven and a hob and dishwasher and units, but we've got one last problem.

The dinner plates are too big for the Wickes wall units by a cm or so They're nice plates, and rather than get a new service, we want to figure out a way of storing them.

One idea from my OH is to get a cheaper wall cabinet. The idea was since the Wickes ones have thick chipboard back panels if we got a cheaper one with a hardboard back and fitted the door to the original cabinet we'd have just enough room to put the plates in. It'd need a sort of oak end panel though.


Any ideas welcome

keystone

misskool wrote: »

The dinner plates are too big for the Wickes wall units by a cm or so

In which direction?

Cheers

misskool

keystone wrote: »

In which direction?

Cheers

The plates are 30cm in diameter so they can't be laid flat on the shelf

keystone

misskool wrote: »

The plates are 30cm in diameter so they can't be laid flat on the shelf

OK so with a vertical stacker and side on they'll have the same problem. So you could stack them vertically front to back but with a vertical stacker have you got sufficient headroom under the shelf?

Why not keep them separately in a cupboard in the dining area or in one of the base units rather than a wall unit?

Cheers

misskool

Thanks, there are no usable base units because it's a small kitchen and OH wanted a dishwasher, and the dining area is a couple of rooms away so the sideboard is inconvenient when plating up in the kitchen. We couldn't find a front to back stacker short enough, do you know of one? There's room vertically, that's not a problem.

keystone

Sorry not off the top of my head. I'll ask EID later today if she knows of one.

Cheers

iwanttosave_2

How about something like this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bakaware-C06-Corner-Plate-Stacker/dp/B0016URALA

If you don't have room on the sides then maybe you could always use some sort of clips and pin one to the underside of a cabinet?

Alan_M_2

You need a vertical stacking rack that allows you to put the plates in at a slight angle, this will over come the extra 1cm required.

chloe99_2

i know nothing about kitchen cabinets but is putting the wall cabinet with a portion of the back removed an option so the plates will go in?

andrew-b

You could probably do what you say..we've got wickes units and they are pretty solidly built - i doubt it would weaken the unit much. If i were you i'd be trying to find room in the base units even if it means underneath the sink. 30cm diameter plates accidentally dropped from wall unit will make quite a mess!
Even if it means putting your plates under the kitchen sink i'd do it. If there's not enough space in the base units consider fitting extra shelfs. I've fitted an extra shelf to all my wall units. If you ditched some end-panels for decorative one's on the wall unit the ditched one's make good shelves for the wall units when cut to fit (upside down so can't see the screwholes!)

hardpressed

Not quite sure how you'd do this but could you put some grooves in the bottom of the wall cupboard, like you have on a dresser then the plates would stand upright. Another idea would be a plate rack, like you sometimes see over old fashioned sinks, 2 rows of dowels and then put the plates in at an angle.