I hope you find some inspiration today! If you want to chat one-on-one about your kitchen renovation, I have 1 hour consultations available at www.mtkd.ca
I love how the people demonstrating those pull outs and pull downs do so in slow motion. Just once I would like to see someone yank that thing like a teenage boy to see what happens. Yes, I question thier durability. Thanks Mark 😊
A lot of good ideas, here... In our coming reno, we are indeed planning on an "extreme-prejudice" decluttering of the inevitably limited counter space in our small kitchen and will use some of these ideas. Some of them (e.g. the electric corner lifts) are REALLY expensive, however, and were ruled out early on in the design process. One option not mentioned here is that we're likely to move our more infrequently used or only seasonal small appliances into drawers under a banquette we're building into one end of our kitchen. And for things we know we use only once a year at most: into the basement they go... BTW, we were warned against any pullouts above shoulder height as a possible hazard for falling items and decided against them except in one case (to make some use of at least an upper cabinet corner space), but we'll only be storing soft items there. (It'll be above where our paper towel drawer will be in the base cabinet by the sink and is an obvious place to store extra paper rolls...)
We did the pullouts in a blind corner in our ikea cabinets for all the small appliances. Stand mixer is on the counter, coffee maker is at the coffee station in the dining room.
I keep my George Foreman for the Waffle Plates. Do I make waffles, every day, no, but, when I make waffles I do want a something that can make waffles. Honestly, except for the stand mixer, coffee maker, and food processor, everything else is stored on a shelving unit that I keep on the eat-in side of the kitchen. It's not the most aesthetically pleasing set up but it works for me.
And now a more serious comment :) Great video! So I was looking over your shoulder at your back kitchen wall and I remembered you had mentioned in another video that you wish you had put in a much bigger window behind your sink. How would you do that? Would you eliminate the narrow upper cabinet on the right and then make the upper cabinet on the left narrower as well or would you eliminate both cabinets? If you did put in a bigger window, what style? Fixed, slider, casement, tilt & turn? Maybe a fixed panel right in front of where your sink is now and a casement section on the left above the counter (I don’t like it when you have a two section window and the vertical divider between the two sections is centered on the sink - you just end up staring at the frame piece). Or would you maybe move the sink to the left and center it under the new, wider window? What would be your best solution?
Spying on my kitchen eh? lol. That window is the only one I didn't replace when we renovated. I am not a fan of grills and would probably go for the widest casement that made sense. There is also a local company (Polytech) who make widows that tilt in and open in as well. I'd go for one of those. I'd get ride of the wall cabinets on both sides and run the wall cabinets on the range wall into the outside wall. Moving the sink might be an option too.
Amazing video Mark! My hubby watched with me, and he liked some of the ideas as well. He had also thought of similar things for our kitchen, so you confirmed what he was thinking. :)
I have a layout question. From left to right, would it be better to have a 24" wide tall Ikea pantry cabinet, a 24" wide base cabinet, a 36" wide sink cabinet, and another 24" wide base cabinet along a wall or an 18" wide pantry cabinet, a 30" wide base cabinet, a 30" wide sink cabinet and another 30" wide base cabinet? This is for a small year round off grid cabin out in the middle of nowhere but I don't cook much, and I won't be doing a lot of canning so should I focus on having more pantry space or more countertop prep area? Thanks for your time!
Hmmm. If sink size matters, go with the first option. But if you don't mind a smaller sink, I'd go with the second option and prioritize counter space.
@@MTKDofficial Thanks for your reply. I'm guessing I could get a 27 inch sink into a 30 inch cabinet? This is a galley kitchen, and there is a 30" fridge, 24" base cabinet, 30 inch stove and another 24 inch base cabinet on the opposite wall (plus upper cabinets over the fridge and base cabinets) so there's quite a bit of storage in there. I suppose it would be better to have a couple of 30 inch base cabinets for pots, etc rather than having all 24 inch units. So option 2 it is!
I don't know about you, but my toaster has taken over the pantry. I have to pay a "fee" every time I want to get some cereal, and I think it's turning the blender against me.........:)
I hope you find some inspiration today! If you want to chat one-on-one about your kitchen renovation, I have 1 hour consultations available at www.mtkd.ca
Mark Tobin and the corner cabinet...he cracks me up!! The definitive expert on the topic...hands down.
Well said. lol
I love how the people demonstrating those pull outs and pull downs do so in slow motion. Just once I would like to see someone yank that thing like a teenage boy to see what happens. Yes, I question thier durability. Thanks Mark 😊
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That would make an excellent video for me to do!
Mark, your common sense approach was inspirational in our recent kitchen reno. I have pullouts EVERYWHERE!!!
My kids play a game how many times mark mentions corners and OTR, it’s more fun then I Spy!
Is it at least under a thousand times?
I imagine during one of his Wednesday night lives we could turn it into a happy hour drinking game.
Oh I see how it is!
Wait, was that an over-the-range TV screen @ 0:13? Genius! Heading to Best Buy right now.
Oh no what have I done?!
A lot of good ideas, here...
In our coming reno, we are indeed planning on an "extreme-prejudice" decluttering of the inevitably limited counter space in our small kitchen and will use some of these ideas.
Some of them (e.g. the electric corner lifts) are REALLY expensive, however, and were ruled out early on in the design process.
One option not mentioned here is that we're likely to move our more infrequently used or only seasonal small appliances into drawers under a banquette we're building into one end of our kitchen. And for things we know we use only once a year at most: into the basement they go...
BTW, we were warned against any pullouts above shoulder height as a possible hazard for falling items and decided against them except in one case (to make some use of at least an upper cabinet corner space), but we'll only be storing soft items there. (It'll be above where our paper towel drawer will be in the base cabinet by the sink and is an obvious place to store extra paper rolls...)
Hey Dave! Yeah watching this back I realized I didn't mention drawers. lol.
Our LeMans holds all of our small appliances except the stand mixer which is on the counter top. It's a work of art!
Great video Mark! The Le-Mans is still my go-to corner mechanism! 👍
We did the pullouts in a blind corner in our ikea cabinets for all the small appliances. Stand mixer is on the counter, coffee maker is at the coffee station in the dining room.
I know what I'm doing this weekend 😂 Time to declutter!
I keep my George Foreman for the Waffle Plates. Do I make waffles, every day, no, but, when I make waffles I do want a something that can make waffles. Honestly, except for the stand mixer, coffee maker, and food processor, everything else is stored on a shelving unit that I keep on the eat-in side of the kitchen. It's not the most aesthetically pleasing set up but it works for me.
And now a more serious comment :)
Great video! So I was looking over your shoulder at your back kitchen wall and I remembered you had mentioned in another video that you wish you had put in a much bigger window behind your sink. How would you do that? Would you eliminate the narrow upper cabinet on the right and then make the upper cabinet on the left narrower as well or would you eliminate both cabinets?
If you did put in a bigger window, what style? Fixed, slider, casement, tilt & turn? Maybe a fixed panel right in front of where your sink is now and a casement section on the left above the counter (I don’t like it when you have a two section window and the vertical divider between the two sections is centered on the sink - you just end up staring at the frame piece).
Or would you maybe move the sink to the left and center it under the new, wider window?
What would be your best solution?
Spying on my kitchen eh? lol. That window is the only one I didn't replace when we renovated. I am not a fan of grills and would probably go for the widest casement that made sense. There is also a local company (Polytech) who make widows that tilt in and open in as well. I'd go for one of those. I'd get ride of the wall cabinets on both sides and run the wall cabinets on the range wall into the outside wall. Moving the sink might be an option too.
I keepy waffle iron over the fridge. I use it once or twice a month. I do need a step stool
Amazing video Mark! My hubby watched with me, and he liked some of the ideas as well. He had also thought of similar things for our kitchen, so you confirmed what he was thinking. :)
Awesome! You know what they say about "Great Minds"!!
Excellent topic! Can you comment on the considerations for the countertop material if you use one of the "pop ups"?
Any stone or manufactured stone material wold work well for the pop ups. Laminate, not so much.
Great video!!!🤗😁
I have a layout question. From left to right, would it be better to have a 24" wide tall Ikea pantry cabinet, a 24" wide base cabinet, a 36" wide sink cabinet, and another 24" wide base cabinet along a wall or an 18" wide pantry cabinet, a 30" wide base cabinet, a 30" wide sink cabinet and another 30" wide base cabinet? This is for a small year round off grid cabin out in the middle of nowhere but I don't cook much, and I won't be doing a lot of canning so should I focus on having more pantry space or more countertop prep area?
Thanks for your time!
Hmmm. If sink size matters, go with the first option. But if you don't mind a smaller sink, I'd go with the second option and prioritize counter space.
@@MTKDofficial Thanks for your reply. I'm guessing I could get a 27 inch sink into a 30 inch cabinet? This is a galley kitchen, and there is a 30" fridge, 24" base cabinet, 30 inch stove and another 24 inch base cabinet on the opposite wall (plus upper cabinets over the fridge and base cabinets) so there's quite a bit of storage in there.
I suppose it would be better to have a couple of 30 inch base cabinets for pots, etc rather than having all 24 inch units. So option 2 it is!
I don't know about you, but my toaster has taken over the pantry. I have to pay a "fee" every time I want to get some cereal, and I think it's turning the blender against me.........:)
haha. And here we were all worried about AI taking over. It's the small appliances we need to be careful of.
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