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I know it's not in-line with the latest kitchen trends but holy cow is this a functional workspace. You don't "prepare meals" here. You build cuisine in a space like this.
Have you got any cabinet modifications you have done to make everything easier?
New-old house this year. Drawer slides and drawer-pulls were first to go. All were sticky, impossible to clean, and didn't work half the time.
My drawers don't have any slides. They are all raw wood on wood. When we moved in I had to buy a bar of soap to put on all the drawer bottoms. Worked like a charm. Haven't had reapply in 8 years.
I don't envy the price you paid for new slides. Or the cramps someone got installing them in cabinets that have a counter on top.
Some times, the old ways are best.
Eh, I didn't have to get every last set, but the ones that were too rusted/gunked to work... yeah. I'm almost a contortionist and some of those were complete bastards to install. Everywhere the Makita didn't fit, yeah, hand-cramp city.
Camp / cottage feel! Cozy. You've utilized space so well.
The temperature gun is my favourite kitchen tool I see.
When making breads in the oven or in a pan, or deep frying something I don't like guessing at the temperature.
Just like guessing the temperature of the inside of things and instead opt to only get the temperature at the surface of things? That doesn't sound great for most kitchen related temperature readings.
Center temp can be inferred from a number of factors like how long something's been in or what its texture is and your push on it. But there ain't no way to know whether a skillet is 300° or 600° when you are making pitas and you want it at 500. Is the oven lying any being preheated? Did it say it's 450 when it's only 375? Is that frying oil 350?
I used mine as a toy. To see how cold the snow is. How warm my tea is. Temperature of TV. Etc.
I adore your kitchen, I really dig the workshop-„let me fix this real quick“-style.
I'm not making any jigs, or buying tools, wood, fasteners, or finishes for a one off project. I can only use what's on hand. So very "real quick".
Very cool. Over here, I've a tiny kitchen in a 1BR, with almost everything in it being made of metal, except for the walls. There's an annual inspection, so drilling in to things even in very discreet ways is risky.
As it is, I've done some mildly clever little things to fit more stuff, but nothing to write home about. One possibility might be to build a removable wooden frame with cross slats that fits snugly in to the little window alcove. It would look not unlike a Gallagher window, and I'd probably use it to hang cooking devices on.
But overall, I'm happy with the kitchen. Just the purchase of an air fryer has been the equivalent of adding a whole extra wing of stuff, plus realising that I could efficiently grill food on my oven's spiral elements has been a game-changer. It seems minimalism is the life for me.
Just replying to say I think I have the same oven as you!
My oven is a ship of Theseus. I've replaced two switches, three burners, four burner plugs, the thermometer, and the oven element. The damn thing won't die so I can't replace it.
I like all this and I might steal your ideas. The lid hangers especially. Always the most annoying thing to deal with in a kitchen.
I got a lot of 1x2 wood for dirt cheap and decided it would work perfectly for the pot lids. Having a place for them has been a game changer.
