Comments on: My Dream Kitchen http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/ Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet van Horne Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: Kate http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-5237 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:47:10 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-5237 I third the pull out drawers for things. We converted a cupboard that had tons of wasted space into three pull out drawers and I love it love it love it!! Another feature I love is that we have an electrical strip built in on our center island, and one built in above our longest counter. It is incredibly convenient, especially on the island where I do all my mixing. We get tons of natural light too, which is wonderful and we installed an exhaust fan to pull out nasty cooking odors. One corner counter was a bit dark, so we installed a light under the cabinet to make it more hospitable. I third the pull out drawers for things. We converted a cupboard that had tons of wasted space into three pull out drawers and I love it love it love it!! Another feature I love is that we have an electrical strip built in on our center island, and one built in above our longest counter. It is incredibly convenient, especially on the island where I do all my mixing. We get tons of natural light too, which is wonderful and we installed an exhaust fan to pull out nasty cooking odors. One corner counter was a bit dark, so we installed a light under the cabinet to make it more hospitable.

]]> by: another outspoken female http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-5159 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:49:30 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-5159 I second the pull out drawers for plates, pots etc. I also love having a bookshelf in easy reach for my cookbooks. Things I wished I'd had - a trap door for a below floor wine cellar (nice and cool), an industrial strength range hood, lighting underneath the cupboards that overhang the bench. I second the pull out drawers for plates, pots etc. I also love having a bookshelf in easy reach for my cookbooks. Things I wished I’d had - a trap door for a below floor wine cellar (nice and cool), an industrial strength range hood, lighting underneath the cupboards that overhang the bench.

]]> by: susan http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4944 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:25:59 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4944 Lovely kitchen, I'd say that is a wow! The best kitchen is one that has all of your personal needs and desires designed in, the perfect combination of aesthetics and function. In my own kitchen, I am happiest with a large pantry! Lovely kitchen, I’d say that is a wow! The best kitchen is one that has all of your personal needs and desires designed in, the perfect combination of aesthetics and function. In my own kitchen, I am happiest with a large pantry!

]]> by: janelle http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4906 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:47:08 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4906 Big shelf around the top of my kitchen to hold all the glassware, cake plates I collect. OH, and don't forget a cupboard for your broom. Good luck! I laid my own tile on our kitchen reno! Big shelf around the top of my kitchen to hold all the glassware, cake plates I collect. OH, and don’t forget a cupboard for your broom.

Good luck! I laid my own tile on our kitchen reno!

]]> by: Ed http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4870 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:33:27 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4870 pull out draws in cupboars changed my life. If you go to a regular cabinet maker or somewhere like harvie Norman renovations they cost a fortune. A lot of people don't realise most of these people supply exactly the same product as Ikea, it is just that Ikea has standardised sizes. So I was able to afford the draws, concrete benchtops a Qasair air extrator (they really are the best thing ever) and exotc taps by gong for Ikea - the total cost of the units and draws was about what other cabinet makers quoted for installing just the draw thingies. Oh yeah, and concrete benchtops take dedication to maintain. http://www.tomatom.com/2005/10/designer-kitchen-on-a-budget/ pull out draws in cupboars changed my life. If you go to a regular cabinet maker or somewhere like harvie Norman renovations they cost a fortune. A lot of people don’t realise most of these people supply exactly the same product as Ikea, it is just that Ikea has standardised sizes. So I was able to afford the draws, concrete benchtops a Qasair air extrator (they really are the best thing ever) and exotc taps by gong for Ikea - the total cost of the units and draws was about what other cabinet makers quoted for installing just the draw thingies. Oh yeah, and concrete benchtops take dedication to maintain.

http://www.tomatom.com/2005/10/designer-kitchen-on-a-budget/

]]> by: Lorena http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4868 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:44:24 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4868 Love my oven at waist height - no crouching to get at it, and less chance of burnt curious little fingers. Nice high benches (I'm 6'2"). Pull out pantry. Part of our living space, which is great (because I live in the kitchen anyway), but lethal for the serial snacker that I am. Major bad point is the lack of space - probably no more that two or three square metres of floor space (sacrificed for wide benches). Delurking to talk about myself, but I do love your blog. :-) Love my oven at waist height - no crouching to get at it, and less chance of burnt curious little fingers. Nice high benches (I’m 6′2″). Pull out pantry. Part of our living space, which is great (because I live in the kitchen anyway), but lethal for the serial snacker that I am.
Major bad point is the lack of space - probably no more that two or three square metres of floor space (sacrificed for wide benches).

Delurking to talk about myself, but I do love your blog. :-)

]]> by: Red Dirt Mummy http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4862 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:28:54 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4862 Like Truffle, I don't have much love for the kitchen we have in the crappy little company house we currently live in but... I love love love my REAL kitchen at home. I especially love the walk in pantry, the extra deep cupboards (and therefore, benches) and it's country kitchen clean lines and prettiness. The only thing I would change is my oven as it's way too little, and in a stupid spot. Like Truffle, I don’t have much love for the kitchen we have in the crappy little company house we currently live in but… I love love love my REAL kitchen at home. I especially love the walk in pantry, the extra deep cupboards (and therefore, benches) and it’s country kitchen clean lines and prettiness. The only thing I would change is my oven as it’s way too little, and in a stupid spot.

]]> by: kitchen hand http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4861 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:46:45 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4861 Natural light. Natural light.

]]> by: StuPOT http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4852 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:53:54 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4852 Lady Lou, You have been telling me about the importance of having a pot filling tap over the oven for ages... Yet you omit it from your list. I can see you standing over it now "Pasta needs to swim Stuart..." xs Lady Lou,

You have been telling me about the importance of having a pot filling tap over the oven for ages… Yet you omit it from your list.

I can see you standing over it now “Pasta needs to swim Stuart…”

xs

]]> by: Truffle http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4797 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:16:22 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2007/03/16/my-dream-kitchen/#comment-4797 I don't have a lot of love for my current kitchen. It is short on bench space which is a pet hate. While we're dreaming though I'd have to say marble counter tops to keep pastry cool during preparations, a butchers bench for extra space and a double oven are on my wish list! I don’t have a lot of love for my current kitchen. It is short on bench space which is a pet hate. While we’re dreaming though I’d have to say marble counter tops to keep pastry cool during preparations, a butchers bench for extra space and a double oven are on my wish list!

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