Kitchen Appliances

[Nay-nay]

Love it! Love it! Love it! Your inspirational andiesenji!

[Thermomixer]

I think that the kitchen is as big as my house.  Love it.

[gertbysea]

What a wonderful kitchen. Thanks for sharing.

Gretchen

[Georgie]

Interesting thread - that I found when searching for something else.

I'm generally a hoarder so I've surprised myself by being one of the (few??)people who has gotten rid of most other appliances.  I sold my beautiful Magimix, but to a friend so I know it's in a good home. Also my blender, small herb grinder, stick mixer w' chopper attachment.

Still use the breadmaker and the slow cooker but they can live in the laundry now (for occasional use rather than frequent), the delay function on these makes them invaluable to me as a mother of three kids. Rice cooker I never had. Ice cream maker I'm torn on, will have to see if I can fit it at the new  place but if not I won't cry over it.

Coffee machine I still have, sorry, can't compare to a specialist espresso machine & grinder.

Space is the main driver for me, though.

[andiesenji]

Space is an important consideration for most folks.  I've a friend who is a kitchen designer and often becomes very discouraged when clients want him to cram too much stuff into too little space.
The problem is that far too often they are dissatisfied with the results and blame him instead of realizing that he simply followed their orders.

I didn't meet him until long after my kitchen was remodeled but he likes to show clients photos of it because it isn't fancy but has room for everything.  It was a new addition onto a rather old house (old for this area) that had a fairly large kitchen but it was dark and felt confined because of a low ceiling.  I'll see if I can find a photo of the old kitchen to post so you can see what I mean.

[Thermomixer]

Yes PLEASE   

[cathy79]

I gave my bamix to my sister a few days ago.  She was so excited and will get much more use out of it than me so great to share. 

[Thermomixer]

So kind - very true that it is better to see somebody get some use out of these neglected toys 

[andiesenji]

I found this pic of the kitchen prior to the '94 remodel.


Very little natural light.  Low ceiling and cluttered because I had several of my antique electric mixers displayed on the counters.
It didn't have a very efficient layout.  The people who owned the house before me had taken out a wall between the original kitchen and the dining room and remodeled the kitchen in 1979 and I bought the house in 1988. 

[Thermomixer]

Bigger than my kitchen before the renovations (was going to say "renos" - coz that's what we call them  )

[faffa_70]

Your old kitchen is bigger than my kitchen now!! Oh how I would love your new kitchen Andie - it is to die for 

[cookie1]

I love your new kitchen Andiesenji, but your old one also has a lovely warm, home look to it.

[andiesenji]

I didn't care much for it.  It had lots of storage - the wall to the right that you can't see in the photo had floor to ceiling cupboards for storage and a space for the fridge that placed it close to the table but six feet from the nearest counter.  Mostly it felt like a dungeon because the outside walls are thick adobe, the windows recessed and there was no way to work in the kitchen without the lights. 
I hated the flooring.  It was cork with a seamless polyurethane surface "poured" over it.  It dimpled from heels, heavy stuff (moving that heavy table was almost impossible) and was slippery as hell when wet.  Usually I had non-skid mats in front of the sink, stove and other work areas, for safety.   
I lived with it for five-plus years and was never comfortable in it. 

[Thermomixer]

My mother had that flooring in her house and it is a pain - slippery for sure.

Worst thing was she went away for 6 months and the real estate agent who wanted to sell her house convinced her to let it short term rather than leave it empty.  When she returned there were stiletto spike marks everywhere !!!!

[judydawn]

We had cork in the kitchen of this house when we bought it 16 years ago. Put up with it until we had a new kitchen put in then had slate installed to match the adjoining dining room.  I used to work at a place which sold & installed it and never did like the stuff.