Oh, what a great idea, if only I had the room. This kitchen is in the middle of my house, and when they designed it, I wasn't around then, they made it so that it is very open and has big arch ways going from the entry-way into the kitchen and also going from the kitchen into the livingroom.
I'd love to have an island in the middle of the kitchen, but changing all that plumbing and electrical would surely make me crazy. We are on a cement slab, and of course, the pipes are in the slab, grumble... At 05:37 AM 1/11/2009, you wrote: >It comes to my mind that what a person needs, if they have the >space, is a rotating work station simmilar to those for tools. You >could mount things like mixers and other appliances to it and rotate >them when the need arises and maybe even have one of the surfaces >free to use as an additional counter top. >I suppose one would have to design it since I don't know how many >appliances allow for mounting in this fashion, but its worth a thought. >Another thought might be something like the contraption that they >use for sewing machines, where you raise the machine up when you >want to use it and turn it down whenits not in use thus giving you >the flat surface for other uses. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dale Leavens >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:16 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Remodel and Kitchen Aid cabinet > >Good morning Betsy, > >My sister had a device in one of her kitchens which sounds something >like what you want. It was a platform, in this case probably 16 by >12 inches mounted on a series of levers and springs not unlike those >you might see for supporting a computer keyboard under a work >surface. You open the cupboard door and this thing swings out and up >on the levers and counterbalancing springs until it came up level >with the counter top. I suppose it would serve the purpose you had >in mind. This device was in her kitchen and she never liked it >because it used up the entire cupboard cavity and she didn't have >the sort of device she would want to put there. > >At the time it never occurred to me that it might serve home for a >big mixer, I never tested it to determine if it might carry anything >that heavy. > >One concern I would have is that door has to remain open while the >platform is in use. I am pretty sure I would forget it being there >and do myself an injury. > >Keeping something like a big mixer off of the surface when not in >use though would be appealing, one only uses such a machine only >occasionally, Few of us would use it even daily. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney >To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:14 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Remodel and Kitchen Aid cabinet > >Aloha All, >I hear tell that there is a cabinet designed to hold a kitchenaid >stand mixer. From what I can tell, it has some sort of a shelf in a >pull-out cupboard and the shelf is on a spring that lifts the mixer >up when pull open. I would love to get the mixer off of my counter, >but wonder if anyone has one of these or has seen one. The mixer >weighs about thirty pounds so I don't like having to move it around >to clean. Thanks, Betsy > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
