kitchen advice -What is on your must have list

peachyprice

LV_Sue wrote: »

I've just had my kitchen re-fitted and decided not to have 'magic corners' in my corner cupboards. My daughter has them in her Ike@ kitchen (fitted last year) and I think they are a waste of space. They are rounded so you can't get much on them I find, and stuff can fall down the back and is very hard to retrieve. . I have 2 boxes on each shelf in my corner cupboards and I can get much more in those than my daughter can in hers.

My mum has them in her kitchen she doesn't seem to be able to get as much in hers as I do in my 'normal' corner cupboards either.

chocolatepennyfarthing

Just seen a walk in corner cupboard at Wickes that would be fantastic for storage. Pros and cons again, not sure if it would be too overpowering in room, size of kitchen is about 16ft x 12. Would also lose some work top space and still need to decide where to put microwave (shame you can't put them in larder).

notanewuser

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Just seen a walk in corner cupboard at Wickes that would be fantastic for storage. Pros and cons again, not sure if it would be too overpowering in room, size of kitchen is about 16ft x 12. Would also lose some work top space and still need to decide where to put microwave (shame you can't put them in larder).

Depends how much you use it. Mine isn't in the kitchen at all. A friend keeps hers in one of the base units (plugged in and functioning).

shirlgirl2004

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Looking at purchasing a new kitchen and coming across so many optional extras that I did not even think of. Would love to hear your opinion on things that you purchased that were useful and worth the money and things that have not been so useful. Things to start the ball rolling that have been mentioned are;
Warming drawers
Magic Corners
Pull out larder
Boiling water tap
5 hob burner
2 single ovens over range cooker
Are deep pan drawers better than cupboards
All advice much appreciated.

Wouldn't use a warming drawer.
Don't like magic corners as they're a nightmare to clean in the cupboard.
Liked a pull out larder but have gone for shallow cupbords this time.
Don't like the idea of a boiling water tap not sure why.
You won't fit 5 pans on a five hob but then you can't always fit 4 on a 4 hob if they're big pans so it does give more space.
Range cooker is my preference just because I like the look.
Deep pan drawers are great. I have a lot of drawers in my kitchen they are much more practicle.

LV_Sue

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Just seen a walk in corner cupboard at Wickes that would be fantastic for storage. Pros and cons again, not sure if it would be too overpowering in room, size of kitchen is about 16ft x 12. Would also lose some work top space and still need to decide where to put microwave (shame you can't put them in larder).

That was the cupboard I fell in love with at Wickes. :heartsmil Unfortunately, although my kitchen is about the same size as yours, due to position of boiler and electric meters etc I didn't have a spare corner big enough for it to go.:(

chocolatepennyfarthing

We have pipe work boxed in in the corner where it would go but hopefully a carpenter could possibly work shelving around this and we would not lose too much space in it. Tesco kitchens coming tomorrow will see if they have any new ideas.
Our kitchen seems a reasonable size but we have 5 doors and a staircase in it so options are limited.

nuatha

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Looking at purchasing a new kitchen and coming across so many optional extras that I did not even think of. Would love to hear your opinion on things that you purchased that were useful and worth the money and things that have not been so useful. Things to start the ball rolling that have been mentioned are;
Warming drawers
Magic Corners
Pull out larder
Boiling water tap
5 hob burner
2 single ovens over range cooker
Are deep pan drawers better than cupboards
All advice much appreciated.

I'm currently planning a redesign of my kitchen for late summer. I'll admit to being tempted by a proving drawer (rather than warming drawers) but I suspect it would only get used in the depths of winter.
I'm not a fan of magic corners and will be rearranging the cupboards to get rid of the half hidden base unit, currently I use large plastic boxes to organise the contents at the back.
I'll be fitting a 150mm pullout larder, just wide enough to organise the sauce and oil bottles, jars of pickles and preserves that clutter a cupboard and make it difficult to find what you want.
I have a 5 burner gas hob, with a heavy duty wok burner. Its strong enough to bear the weight of a pressure canner, will work with 5 sensible size pans or three stockpots.
A pair of separate single ovens would be wonderful, I may well pinch that idea, thank you.
Generally I prefer standard drawers, but I prefer a hanging pan rack for my pans.
I'll be fitting more plinth drawers - predominantly used for storing and organising baking pans and trays.

I also have a wall of Ikea Billy units which are used as a larder and storage for kitchen equipment (insufficient depth on that wall for conventional units, works far better than I expected).

HTH

meritaten

Sorry, but the one thing I would NOT have is a boiling water tap! how dangerous is that! The thought that someone may innocently turn it on and hold their hands underneath it ................ouuuuuchhh!

notanewuser

meritaten wrote: »

Sorry, but the one thing I would NOT have is a boiling water tap! how dangerous is that! The thought that someone may innocently turn it on and hold their hands underneath it ................ouuuuuchhh!

The ones I've seen aren't easy to mistake for 'normal' taps. They go with a normal tap rather than replace. :huh:

notanewuser

http://www.blanco.co.uk/products/tap/hotwatergn1100