"Pete Romfh" > wrote in message
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> Mark Shaw wrote:
>> We're pulling the trigger on basically a gutting-and-
>> rebuilding of our kitchen. New cabinets, new
>> countertops, new appliances, the whole thing. The only
>> bit of the old kitchen to be left is going to be the
>> fridge, and that only because it's still got a lot of
>> life left in it (the wall oven, cooktop and dishwasher
>> date, I kid you not, from about 1972).
>>
>> We've more or less settled on granite for the countertops
>> and some sort of middle-range cabinetry to be named
>> later, but are considering appliances first. We're
>> leaning towards the GE Monogram series of range and range
>> hood - dual-fuel convection, and lots of both BTUs and
>> CFMs. High-end Kitchenaid dishwasher, and forget the
>> microwave for now.
>>
>> That's about as far as we've gotten, though. Any advice?
>>
>> (Do NOT NOT NOT suggest electric burners.)
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> We did the "wonder kitchen" thing after the house was flooded a few years
> ago.
> Here's a few of the things we did:
>
> SINK: Three bowls. one deep on either side with a shallow on in the
> middle.
> Disposer is in the middle (we used a 1HP commercial disposer). The switch
> for the disposer is pneumatic so the button is right on the sink back,
> handy
> when you have wet or messy hands. A high rise faucet with pull-out spray
> is
> nice for rincing large pots etc.

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Right! I forgot to mention the high rise faucet--I don't care for the
pull-out spray, myself, but I love my new high faucet that allows me to run
water into tall pots.

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> DOUBLE DEPTH PANTRY: We added two floor-to-ceiling pantry cupboards. One
> is
> double depth and has swing-out front shelves to the back us easy to reach.
> I
> almost wish we had gone even deeper (we had the space) as we manage to
> fill
> the unit all too often.

Yes! Yes! Yes! I've been crawling around my kitchen(hands and knees and
ladders) this winter re-arranging, cleaning etc. I absolutely agreee about
the floor to ceiling pantry cupboards. I can't do it in my current kitchen
setup because of the darned wall oven, but if we were doing a remodel again,
I'd do it in a heartbeat. There is too much wasted cupboard space in a
kitchen just because the countertop interrupts your ability to really use
anything above the bottom, possibly second from the bottom shelf. Anything
else, and you have to get a ladder or step stool. Even ladder access to the
higher cupboards is hampered by countertops.
Janet