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ANGELA BY ANGELA GOODALL
Modern conveniences “revealed” With the trend towards everything vintage, we are challenged to come up with creative ways to hide all of our modern conveniences. Paneled appliances have long been popular, but the appliances that don’t offer that as a standard option require “creative solutions” to make them accessible, but tucked away when not in use.
Pocket door hardware is readily available in many sizes and weight limits. Typically thought of for TV cabinetry, in the proper application it can serve many purposes. Baking Centers or Breakfast Central are 2 areas I am often designing into kitchens. These areas hide a variety of small appliances and baking or breakfast supplies. They are opened fully to handle the task at hand and then can be closed up completely when the kitchen needs to be ready for guests or cleaned up and put away. Front Load Washers and Dryers make it possible for us to install them undercounter easily. But what about the view from other rooms into the laundry room? Just like any other large appliance opening, a little creativity and engineering can go a long way. Using the same type of hardware in a custom application allows us to place doors over the appliances that can be shut when they are not in use to hide them away. The biggest change for hiding TVs have simply come from the size (width) of the cabinetry in comparison to the depth. We all love that TVs have become so slim. But for those of you that still want to hide them, a 65” wide cabinet that is only 4” deep does not give us space to pocket doors back. Using more of a bifold operation can be just the right approach here. Angela Goodall is the lead designer and co-owner of Kitchen Choreography with her husband Mike.
So, push your designer to think outside of the box of possibilities when it comes to your function vs. Design of each space. Some of the greatest solutions are created because the client asked for one.
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