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10.02.2014

New Family Room

New Family Room by sznnchndlr featuring a sheep skin rug

6.26.2014

IKEA Modification for Compost and Chicken Scraps

In the old kitchen, we always had two ugly tubs sitting on the counter, one for chicken scraps and one for compost. You can see one of them here with the yellow lid. They looked bad, and the lids required two hands to open, which meant one had to set down whatever one was hoping to toss in, open the lid, pick up the scrap, and so on. Not elegant.

Not so in the new kitchen!

See the plastic tubs mounted under the island top? They pull out! I mounted IKEA's Samla tubs onto IKEA's Trofast rails and achieved compost and chicken scrap happiness.

They slide out far enough that one could just scrape chopping debris into the tub, or one could pull the whole thing out and set it next to the chopping station.

6.25.2014

IKEA undersink modification

We have a working kitchen sink. It's so handy! I had forgotten how marvelous it is to have running water in the same room in which one is cooking. And it's pretty!

In the old kitchen, the undersink area was one big clutter shelf with two doors. To get anything out, one had to open the door all the way and stand on one's head. We have an island across from the sink now, so I didn't want cupboard doors that had to swing open. And I didn't really want to stand on my head to get a sponge.

So, we installed an IKEA provided partition and mounted drawer rails to it. So those big doors under the sink are actually drawer fronts. I mounted little holders to the inside of each drawer front to hold sponges, etc. The other one holds the dishsoap and detergent tabs. We can access these oft' used items without having to pull anything all the way out. And no head stands!

In the back, I put a shelf to hold less frequently used items. The items in the back of the drawers have to be low enough to tuck under the shelf when the drawer is closed, but that is fine. The dishtub fits on the left, and the other one holds the drainer.

Everything fits. Everything is tidy. And the things we use all the time are handy.

And just for fun, here is the Before picture:

3.28.2014

Akurum Adel IKEA Kitchen Tweaks

So, we have ordered a full set of IKEA's Akurum frames with Adel fronts. In addition, we are adding the following tweaks:

Extra shelves. For almost every cabinet I ordered one extra shelf so that I can fit more in and so that I have a back-up shelf for the future.

Costco's Slide-a-Shelf pull-outs for the baking pantry and for under the sink. Why not just use IKEA's Rationell pull-out? Because I want real wood for these oft used and/or dampish locations.

TIP: If you use the Integral hinge dampers your hinges will use up 3 inches of your width (1.5 each side), so keep this in mind if you are ordering inserts for your cabinets.

From Lowe's I ordered Rev-a-Shelf's false front tip-out adaptor hinges and trays.

I will use these to turn the false panels of my cooktop base cabinet into wooden spoon trays.

I also ordered Rev-a-Shelf 's pegboard system for the plate drawers. I think it is much prettier and more durable looking than the IKEA offering.

And last, I ordered Rev-a-Shelf's Bread Drawer kit to keep all our yummy loaves fresh.

And because I used eBates, I got 2-5% back on all of this!

2.18.2014

My New Kitchen

I found a fun new app, Polyvore, which is way more fun than finding places for all the stuff that got hauled out of the kitchen yesterday.

The ceiling will be a bit paler than this. I already own the cooktop and fridge. Still deciding on tile. Imagine there is a Dutch Door in here too, with glass on the top half.