Bespoke kitchen units-ideas needed

[Tennentslager]

Small kitchen, instead of a full refurbishment including knocking out the wall into the dining room, I managed to get the boss to agree to me ripping out an old cupboard to make this

So now we have a fridge you don’t need to crawl on the floor to see inside.

BTW this is an interim fix, whole thing to be redone next year, maybe year after.

This is the old F/F set up. She might keep the under counter freezer, I’d get rid... the new one is small but Brexit!

What can I put in here to replace the under counter fridges?

The boss does not want a fanny up matching effort of similar cabinets 

We both would like drawers

I like open shelves

So forum what will look great, not cost a lot, be design Fantastic and meet the spec, please!

[Big Jimbo]

make a rack and put wicker baskets, or champagne boxes in the holes. You will be able to keep anything you want in them.

[Big Jimbo]

It's a few years ago, but you could try contacting RNIB. They used to do wicker baskets, any height, depth, etc. They were great prices, and obviously raised a few quid for them.

[Onoff]

Get rid of a bit of that green cupboard to the left if necessary:

 

[Ferdinand]

Do you perhaps want something practical and reusable rather than bespoke if the kitchen is being redone?

 

This is what I have in the corner of my kitchen. It is an Ikea ‘mobile island’ with 2 lockable wheels and 2 legs, which is sized to fit snugly into a single 600 unit space and fit just below the worktop. Dimensions are 50x58cm on plan x85cm high.

 

It has a couple of wicker baskets on it, which I think are also iKea.

 

Not expensive, but not charity shop prices either.

 

They do several sizes and versions of these, and you could repurpose it as a ‘trolley’, mobile workbench etc later.

 

Looking at this page, it is probably a Bekvam which costs £40. This has been in my kitchen for at least 15 years.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/cat/kitchen-islands-trolleys-10471/

 

There’s another one called a Forhoja (same page, get Bill and Ben to pronounce it for you in flobadob), which would fill both your unit spaces. that is 100 x 43 x 90, but the legs should be trimmable go under the worktop. That has  a pair of biggish drawers (cutlery drawers).

 

Another type of basket to look at are the IKEA ones for their Kallax grid-shelves, which are around 30cm x 30cm x 30cm where you can get a fairly floppy but useable fabric one for about £3 up to a nice wickerwork one for say £10-12. Bottom of this page for the varieties

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/products/?q=kallax

 

 

 

 

(Yes I know you all hate the rug but it refuses to die. Bought from IKEA in 2000, and was so inexpensive that a spare was purchased. The spare is still wrapped up in the cupboard.)

 

I think all of these can be ordered on line. probably flat pack. delivery charges but probably not outrageous.

 

F

Edited October 2, 2020 by Ferdinand

[Big Jimbo]

Ferd. The wheel on that trolly is not locked. I'm no grass, but i'm phoning H and S.

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, Big Jimbo said:

Ferd. The wheel on that trolly is not locked. I'm no grass, but i'm phoning H and S.

 

No kickboards on a platform where materials are stored, no outriggers etc

 

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[Tennentslager]

Thanks @Ferdinand

looking at this with the worktop saved away for later it will fit snuggly In this space

[Ferdinand]

3 hours ago, Big Jimbo said:

Ferd. The wheel on that trolly is not locked. I'm no grass, but i'm phoning H and S.

 

The other one is, though.

 

*innocent face*

 

But obviously, being me it is in the space sideways.

Edited October 3, 2020 by Ferdinand

[Big Jimbo]

1 hour ago, Onoff said:

 

No kickboards on a platform where materials are stored, no outriggers etc

 

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Exactly. I'm grassing on him.

[Ferdinand]

And just for the record, that squirly mark on the kitchen floor where someone missed a bit is on the camera. It's all Apple's fault.

 

All the other marks match the tile pattern, but that one got through.

 

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Edited October 3, 2020 by Ferdinand