Hello,
I cannot install tall cabinets in my kitchen (structurally not possible).
So I have to fit everything below + 1 tall cabinet + 1 corner cabinet with a swing-out door.
I strongly assume that drawer cabinets are more expensive than regular cupboard cabinets?
But never mind...
How many large drawers would you recommend? Not the small ones for cutlery and the like.
I was thinking of storing cups, glasses, plates here. Although I also have a display cabinet in the dining room for that purpose.
Do you think one base cabinet about 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide and another about 0.5 meter (1.6 feet) wide as drawer cabinets would be enough?
I cannot install tall cabinets in my kitchen (structurally not possible).
So I have to fit everything below + 1 tall cabinet + 1 corner cabinet with a swing-out door.
I strongly assume that drawer cabinets are more expensive than regular cupboard cabinets?
But never mind...
How many large drawers would you recommend? Not the small ones for cutlery and the like.
I was thinking of storing cups, glasses, plates here. Although I also have a display cabinet in the dining room for that purpose.
Do you think one base cabinet about 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide and another about 0.5 meter (1.6 feet) wide as drawer cabinets would be enough?
When it comes to electrical appliances, you can quite easily shop on your own. First of all, this way you always get exactly the appliance you want, and secondly, at the best price. Every manufacturer offers so many models (and yearly versions) for each appliance that the selection can be overwhelming. However, there are often good all-rounders that don’t cost a fortune. For example, we found a Neff oven with pyrolytic cleaning at a reasonable price. The Constructa model without pyrolysis and fewer features was only €100 ($110) cheaper. The current Liebherr refrigerator with an ice cube compartment and just above an energy rating of "A" even cost less than the simpler older model from Liebherr.
We only have drawers under the countertops. Even the trash bin is a drawer (Blanco Select 60/2). In the corner, there is a lazy Susan for pots. We only have two hinged doors as wall cabinets for glasses and plates. On the living room side (a half peninsula), there are hinged doors for coffee supplies that are maybe used once a year. (Here, the depth was not enough to install drawers.) A 40cm (16 inches) pull-out pantry cabinet rounds off the kitchen right next to the oven, which is at countertop height.
Our countertop height is 100cm (39 inches). Everyone who has cooked in our kitchen so far would want more height next time (including shorter people). A height of 90/92cm (35/36 inches) or even 87cm (34 inches) is very outdated and, like children’s standard toilets, set far too low.
We only have drawers under the countertops. Even the trash bin is a drawer (Blanco Select 60/2). In the corner, there is a lazy Susan for pots. We only have two hinged doors as wall cabinets for glasses and plates. On the living room side (a half peninsula), there are hinged doors for coffee supplies that are maybe used once a year. (Here, the depth was not enough to install drawers.) A 40cm (16 inches) pull-out pantry cabinet rounds off the kitchen right next to the oven, which is at countertop height.
Our countertop height is 100cm (39 inches). Everyone who has cooked in our kitchen so far would want more height next time (including shorter people). A height of 90/92cm (35/36 inches) or even 87cm (34 inches) is very outdated and, like children’s standard toilets, set far too low.
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Sebastian7915 Jun 2016 20:22How can a working height be "out"?
This is always individual – by the way, we have 93cm (37 inches) and are very happy with it...
100cm (39 inches) is not an option for us – we considered it before.
What is actually "out" are carousel cabinets because they waste space.
This is always individual – by the way, we have 93cm (37 inches) and are very happy with it...
100cm (39 inches) is not an option for us – we considered it before.
What is actually "out" are carousel cabinets because they waste space.
Sebastian79 schrieb:
100cm (39 inches) is absolutely not an option for us – we already tried that before.We are both quite tall and went with 92cm (36 inches). 1 meter (39 inches) would definitely be too high.
We faced a height of 92.5cm (36.4 inches) and had to bend down so much that anyone taller than 180cm (5 ft 11 in) is likely to get back problems. I don’t understand why people insist on bending down when there are better options. It’s just a habit from the past that basically everyone ends up buying kitchens that are too low—simply because everyone else does it that way.
Of course, if both people are 170cm (5 ft 7 in) tall, 100cm (39.4 inches) might be too high, but with two people at 185cm (6 ft 1 in), 92cm (36.2 inches) is a joke. The benefits only become clear when you actually work with it. Just standing in front of it for 10 seconds doesn’t provide much insight for making a decision.
But as you said, everyone has to decide for themselves. I can only say that most people choose countertops that are too low because that’s how it’s always been done.
A typical example from another area: TVs. Back then, there were all these strange rules like screen diagonal times 10 equals the optimal viewing distance and similar nonsense, so people could somehow justify ridiculously small TVs (or simply because bigger ones weren’t available). Eventually, the rule changed to diagonal times 5 (for example, 80cm (31.5 inches) diagonal with a 32" screen and then sitting 4 meters (13 ft) away…), and everyone was afraid the TV would be too big. I can say that it works almost exactly the other way around! Set the distance to about 3 meters (10 ft) and watch a 3-meter (10 ft) diagonal screen. That is NOT too close. It’s basically the same story...
Of course, if both people are 170cm (5 ft 7 in) tall, 100cm (39.4 inches) might be too high, but with two people at 185cm (6 ft 1 in), 92cm (36.2 inches) is a joke. The benefits only become clear when you actually work with it. Just standing in front of it for 10 seconds doesn’t provide much insight for making a decision.
But as you said, everyone has to decide for themselves. I can only say that most people choose countertops that are too low because that’s how it’s always been done.
A typical example from another area: TVs. Back then, there were all these strange rules like screen diagonal times 10 equals the optimal viewing distance and similar nonsense, so people could somehow justify ridiculously small TVs (or simply because bigger ones weren’t available). Eventually, the rule changed to diagonal times 5 (for example, 80cm (31.5 inches) diagonal with a 32" screen and then sitting 4 meters (13 ft) away…), and everyone was afraid the TV would be too big. I can say that it works almost exactly the other way around! Set the distance to about 3 meters (10 ft) and watch a 3-meter (10 ft) diagonal screen. That is NOT too close. It’s basically the same story...
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Sebastian7915 Jun 2016 20:41It isn’t – because height alone doesn’t say anything about that. Long legs? Short legs? You have to think beyond that.
And no one buys it just because that’s how it’s always done... why do you have 100? Have you worked with that before?
By the way, we don’t need to bend down...
And no one buys it just because that’s how it’s always done... why do you have 100? Have you worked with that before?
By the way, we don’t need to bend down...
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