Published Date 2/22/2024
. It’s efficient and it’s attractive. Well. It was when it was empty — when you moved in. But in time you realized your kitchen had so little counter space that you found yourself using your breakfast table for overflow workspace. This will simply not do. The Wall Street Journal's Maria Neuman says if you regularly face the chaos of cords, coffee machines, and cutting boards—before you even start cooking, it’s time to rethink how you use your kitchen. “Think over, under, and up,” she says. “Examine your counter detritus mercilessly and reserve space for everyday essentials only.” That means placing things out of the way but close at hand at the same time. The first thing Neuman recommends is the idea of open shelving if any extra wall space exists. “In some tiny cook spaces, open shelving beats cabinets by getting stuff off counters but within easy reach.” She tells the story of Anastasia Casey, a designer who, when visiting her sister in San Francisco, jettisoned the upper cabinets of her sister’s 1917 kitchen. She floated walnut shelves, keeping canisters, bowls, and everyday spices on the lower ones. Retailers like West Elm also sell wood risers, which sit on the counter and add a shelf with no need to drill holes. Shallow ones hold spices nicely. You can also transform your sink into a work surface. “Just plop an oversized chopping block over half of it,” says Neuman. Or opt for a workstation sink, which has multiple accessories like cutting boards, strainers, and drying racks built in made by companies like Kohler and Ruvati. Anything that can do double duty will help. Wall-mounted taps free up space behind the sink, and backsplash-mounted suction-cupped kitchen caddie can hold scrubbers and sponges. Inventive is the name of the game. Reach out for more! WSJ, TBWSAll information furnished has been forwarded to you and is provided by thetbwsgroup only for informational purposes. Forecasting shall be considered as events which may be expected but not guaranteed. Neither the forwarding party and/or company nor thetbwsgroup assume any responsibility to any person who relies on information or forecasting contained in this report and disclaims all liability in respect to decisions or actions, or lack thereof based on any or all of the contents of this report.
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