Appliance Garage for Kitchen

IDEAS for APPLIANCE GARAGE for your KITCHEN

If you have lots of little appliances cluttering your countertops:

• food processor
• coffeemaker
• stand mixer
• toaster

and would like to keep them out of sight, the solution is an

Appliance Garage

In my case I wanted to fit it under a corner wall cabinet, as that is a portion of the countertop that's difficult to use during prep. 

I hadn't realized how difficult an undertaking that could be, especially if the clearance between countertop and bottom of wall cabinet is shallow (mine is 16 3/4"). Here are some options to consider.

Hinged sides and doors.

Not acceptable because monopolizes too much counter area during opening

Flipper door (right) and pocket door (left)	The flipper would not work because it eats height under wall cabinet. The pocket door (½ on either side) would be great with a corner cabinet, as the side rails don’t need to be perpendicular to cabinet front! Slides: 2 sets = $78 incl ship
Vertical lift door	would only work on unit with sides perpendicular to front (not corner unit). Swing-out door  below: same, although can maybe place posts left & right of opening to accommodate scissor hinges.
Ready-made appliance garage Attractive affordable solution ($115 in solid red oak) however it eats height because of rollup roller at top	Curtains.  Why not? Here’s the hardware