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Post by oh yvonne on Dec 12, 2014 22:24:31 GMT
Yep, I keep the KA out in the corner, I agree too heavy to haul around.
The one thing I use more that I wish I could leave out is my Cuisinart, I'd use it more often if it was out but its a lot lighter to bring out of the garage (my garage door is right by my kitchen so not a big deal to step out and grab it from my shelving in there. My pantry in the kitchen is stuffed full of food so yeah, no room in there for bigger appliances.
Toaster oven and Kurieg is also out too.
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Post by kimmie75 on Dec 12, 2014 22:25:57 GMT
My current kitchen is large with very little counter space. It's a weird layout. So I keep my kitchen aid in the pantry. Not too bad to haul it out. We have such little counter space that the microwave is in the "in law" suite downstairs. I can't wait to demo the room and design something better.
In my previous home, which had a much better kitchen layout, the kitchen aid was on the counter in the corner.
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Post by Zee on Dec 12, 2014 22:28:57 GMT
I don't like having tons of things on the counter, but the KA is too heavy to haul in and out so it lives up there along with the Keurig and the toaster oven (used by my son almost every single day). Because I haven't found a good place for it yet, the NuWave oven my dad gave me sits there for now too.
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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 12, 2014 22:29:47 GMT
My mixer is on the counter, because I can't lift it in and out of a cabinet. However, my food processor is in a cabinet.
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Post by eebud on Dec 12, 2014 22:31:19 GMT
My KA stays out all the time next to the toaster oven (kind of big so I don't want to try to put it away) and our food processor. I used to keep the food processor in a storage cabinet but DH uses it heavily one day a week and since we have the space, we leave it out. Due to the location of our built in ovens, there is an area of counter that is not usable for anything but storage so these items sit in that space. I have these slideable things on the bottom of the KA so I can easily slide it out to use it. There are 2 outlets in this corner so it is easy to plug in and use in it's place.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Dec 12, 2014 22:34:36 GMT
We have a very small galley kitchen so basically no  We keep the Keruig and the toaster out since we use those every day. We keep the rice cooker and crockpot in a sideboard we put right next to the stove. So they are close but not out. The meat slicer and kitchen aid mixer are in the pantry. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 22:36:37 GMT
Don't have a ton of counter space but the KA gets used at least every other day, so it lives on the counter top all the time.
It's very heavy.
I'm not a lugger.
No other appliances stay out.
I saw this cool thing in a house that was on the market when we were house-hunting. A lady kept her KA on the counter, but had built a way to sort of hide it out of two doors that matched her other cabinet doors. The two doors were attached together with two hinges and she just set it in front of the KA. I have a picture somewhere. I thought it was a cool idea.
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Post by PEArfect on Dec 12, 2014 22:38:19 GMT
I have my Kitchen-Aid mixer, blender, and food processor out on the counter right now. When I reorganize my kitchen I'm planning on putting them in my corner cabinet on the go around.
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Post by lorieann13 on Dec 12, 2014 22:38:34 GMT
My sir mix a lot (aka kitchenaid stand mixer) sits in the corner where two counters meet. Its also next to my Keurig mini K machine that sits on a kcup organizer (the one with a pull out drawer).
I love being able to see it and proudly display it.
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Post by scrappinmama on Dec 12, 2014 22:42:04 GMT
My KA is on the counter. She is cinnamon red and gorgeous!
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Post by sharlag on Dec 12, 2014 22:44:41 GMT
I have my Kitchen-Aid mixer, blender, and food processor out on the counter right now. When I reorganize my kitchen I'm planning on putting them in my corner cabinet on the go around. What is a 'go around'? Is that a spinning platform, like a lazy susan? |
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Post by akathy on Dec 12, 2014 22:45:03 GMT
I have a lot of countertop but the only appliance that is out all the time is my KA mixer.
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Post by Nanner on Dec 12, 2014 22:54:16 GMT
I put mine away. Because of that though, I don't use it as much as I used to. I just don't have a lot of counter space, and I like my counters clear
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 12, 2014 23:09:02 GMT
I saw this cool thing in a house that was on the market when we were house-hunting. A lady kept her KA on the counter, but had built a way to sort of hide it out of two doors that matched her other cabinet doors. The two doors were attached together with two hinges and she just set it in front of the KA. I have a picture somewhere. I thought it was a cool idea. This is kind of what my mom has-she had cabinet maker come in and build her kitchen aid a garage that matched her existing cabinets, with the doors that slid into the sides rather than swing out. She also had a slide out drawer type bottom, so all she has to do is slide the doors out of the way and the kitchen aid out and it is ready to go. I wish I had something like it. It is perfect. |
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Post by scrappinghappy on Dec 12, 2014 23:15:21 GMT
I have extra deep counters (30") and lots of space. The KA lives on the counter in the baking section and I use it frequently. I also have an Ankarsrum Mixer and although it's both heavier and has a larger capacity and I use it way more often than the KA, it lives on a swing out shelf in the cupboard below and I lift it out to use it. I've debated keeping it on the counter but it's not a pretty mixer like the KA is. Mine is an older model and not good looking like the new ones. It'll never die so will never be replaced.
There are no other appliances that are left out. I prefer clean uncluttered counters, not that we have them, lol. We do have a vase of flowers, a knife block, a garlic crock, a fruit bowl and a bottle of wine on the counter and plants in the garden window.
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Post by MichyM on Dec 12, 2014 23:18:32 GMT
I don't use mine often. It gets a work out at the holidays, but other than that, maybe a half dozen times a year. So I store it in a cupboard. My toaster oven, coffee maker, and soda stream are the only appliances on my counters. Each gets used at the very least every other day.
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Post by Nink on Dec 12, 2014 23:28:37 GMT
My KA stand mixer, KA blender and toaster oven are all out on my counter because I use them frequently. My KA food processor sits on a shelf and I have a little wooden table that holds my Keurig and all the cups and stuff to go with it.
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Post by cmpeter on Dec 12, 2014 23:30:25 GMT
We have a small appliance cabinet in the corner of one cabinet/counter. The Kitchenaid and toaster are in there as they get used frequently. The food processor is on a shelf in the pantry.
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Post by calgal08 on Dec 12, 2014 23:32:19 GMT
I don't like clutter, we have 2 appliances on the counter, the toaster oven and dh's coffee grinder (but that's small so I'm OK with it). Everything else is behind cupboard doors.
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Post by caangel on Dec 13, 2014 0:41:47 GMT
I bake quite a bit. Mine is in our walk in pantry. I always use it on our huge island and it seems weird to me to have in in the middle of the island. If I had it on the counter I would end up moving it to the island.
When our counters are clean (and not full of dirty dishes, pots and pans, and mail school stuff, AKA the few hours after the cleaners come and before the kids get home) the only things on the counters are the knife block, a couple bottles of wine, soap dispenser and sponge, fruit basket, spoon rest, and on the island my stacked cake stands and maybe something else decorative. We don't have a coffee maker or toaster oven. The kids use the toaster, sometimes, multiple times a day but it lives in a cabinet. In addition to the mixer, our rice cooker, crock pot, blender and food processor live in pantry.
I love that photo above but after looking at it closer I would still need to move the mixer to use it since I would need more space. It doesn't look like there is room in that cabinet to have the other appliances off the counter.
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Post by likescarrots on Dec 13, 2014 0:41:54 GMT
I don't have a coffee pot or a toaster/oven, but we keep the kitchen aid on the counter as well as the juicer (they weigh about the same, so both are fairly heavy to be pulling out of a cabinet). We do have a good amount of counter space, though, in fact I'd say more counter space than we have cabinet space so it works out better that way. Also, we use the kitchen aid at least 2x per week. We're on our 2nd one in 11 years so we clearly get a lot of use out of it.
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Post by bianca42 on Dec 13, 2014 0:50:45 GMT
I put my toaster away every time I use it. I don't like to leave it plugged in, so putting it away ensures I unplug it. I can't get past the image of grabbing a hot toaster and hot-potatoing it from hand to hand while trying to cram it into a cabinet... I do wait until I'm done eating and it's cooled off.  |
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Post by gale w on Dec 13, 2014 0:51:45 GMT
I keep my bread machine, kitchenaid mixer, and food processor on the counter. Everything else is put away. If I had space for it the food processor would be put away too.
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Post by KikiPea on Dec 13, 2014 0:52:01 GMT
Only out toaster and toaster oven. Everything else is in a cabinet.
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Post by PEArfect on Dec 13, 2014 0:59:38 GMT
I have my Kitchen-Aid mixer, blender, and food processor out on the counter right now. When I reorganize my kitchen I'm planning on putting them in my corner cabinet on the go around. What is a 'go around'? Is that a spinning platform, like a lazy susan? Yes, it has two levels that spin around independently. Both of my lower corner cabinets are designed with them. |
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Post by janeliz on Dec 13, 2014 1:00:28 GMT
We only have our toaster oven, coffee maker, and coffee bean grinder sitting out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 1:08:32 GMT
My kitchen is small but it has vaulted ceilings so there is space under cabinets for appliances. I have my Kitchenaid, can opener, microwave, toaster, blender, and soda stream all out (but under the cabinets so not taking up counter space).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 1:15:13 GMT
I saw this cool thing in a house that was on the market when we were house-hunting. A lady kept her KA on the counter, but had built a way to sort of hide it out of two doors that matched her other cabinet doors. The two doors were attached together with two hinges and she just set it in front of the KA. I have a picture somewhere. I thought it was a cool idea. This is kind of what my mom has-she had cabinet maker come in and build her kitchen aid a garage that matched her existing cabinets, with the doors that slid into the sides rather than swing out. She also had a slide out drawer type bottom, so all she has to do is slide the doors out of the way and the kitchen aid out and it is ready to go. I wish I had something like it. It is perfect. My mom had that done when she redid her kitchen. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Dec 13, 2014 3:09:24 GMT
On the counter. I haven't got space enough to put appliances away.
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Dec 13, 2014 3:15:46 GMT
when we remodeled our 1920 house, we had an appliance 'garage' put in with the custom oak cabinets. there are outlets in there, so we just have to pull them out a couple of inches to use them.
previous kitchen had toaster oven,mixer, etc all on the small counters. we managed though!!
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We keep the Keruig and the toaster out since we use those every day. We keep the rice cooker and crockpot in a sideboard we put right next to the stove. So they are close but not out. 
