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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: kitchen remodeling tips requested
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Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 19:15:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 16 19:15:29 1986
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> ...appreciate any suggestions for features people have found useful...

Better than a garbage can is a hook or two inside a door of an under-
counter cabinet, on which you can hang a plastic shopping bag.  Keeps
it out of the way, confines any smell, and eliminates the awful sludge
that slowly builds up in the bottom of a traditional garbage can (even
with plastic garbage bags).

Consider putting shelves on the inside of cabinet doors, if whatever's
inside doesn't come right up to the door.  Shallow shelves plus more
shallow shelves on the door makes small things more accessible than a
plain door with deep shelves in back.  NB this will mean somewhat stronger
door hinges, and rails on the edges of the door shelves to keep stuff
from falling off.

More generally, view any blank vertical surface as a potential support
for shelves or racks or hooks.  Ditto for the undersides of above-counter
cabinets.  Counter surface area is too valuable to be used for storing
things that could be stored elsewhere.  Look at everything that sits on
top of your counter with an eye to finding some other place to put it.
Even substantial appliances that have to sit on the counter when in use
can live somewhere else when they're idle.

Don't skimp on electrical outlets, or on circuits feeding them (kitchen
appliances often eat quite a bit of power, so you can't put as many
outlets on one circuit as you could elsewhere in the house).

And a thought based on a friend's disgruntled comments:  avoid, repeat
AVOID, covering your floor with alternating black and white tiles.
The combination is an unbeatable way to make every bit of dirt show.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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