Kitchen

[Carmie]

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@Desertdi wrote:

Yup......had an aunt with a whole separate CANNING kitchen & pantry!

My grandma had a pantry with all kinds of "bins"......I remember the flour bin, but don't know what the others were.

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They were called summer kitchens.  The house I grew up I had one.  I wish I had one.  They were so handy when you were canning or making messy foods like homemade pasta.

My kitchen is small with limited  cabinet and counter space.  When i do messy or all day cooking, my whole kitchen is a mess with no place to work or store items.

I have a large food pantry in my basement along with my canning supplies.

[Kachina624]

@ValuSkr   I never lived in a 2 story house but always thought a laundry chute would be wonderful.  However, I always wondered if thing get stuck in them and how do you get them out?

[spumoni99]

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@loriqvc wrote:

A kitchen cabinet feature we had when I was growing up was a pull-out cutting board above the drawers right next to the sink. A lot of the homes in my neighborhood had this, but I think my mother was one of the only people who used it—she's a bit short and found it very handy.

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Yes every home I have ever lived in had that, when we remodeled our kitchen 5 years ago the company asked if we wanted to keep that since they have gone out of style, I declined since I never used it, too much trouble to clean.

[GinaV24]

There was that type of bin in the cabinet of my grandparents farmhouse. My grandmom and aunt made bread and rolls every Saturday. I was a very young child but I was allowed to turn the crank on the flour bin to measure it into a bowl.  

Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory.

[GinaV24]

LOL @Kachina624 if you were like us kids, someone small slid down the chute and pushed everything thru into the laundry room.  Not sure if it was a parent approved operation but we certainly had fun.  You did have to be sure there was something in the bin though or it was a hard stop at the bottom.

[Dragonflyveb]

I grew up in a house that had a laundry chute, tin-lined bread drawer, and a pull-out cutting board.

Lived in a custom house and made sure my kitchen had a pull-out cutting board and one of this flip out trays under the sink for sponges and scouring pads. Loved it! Had an appliance garage too. That was just meh.

Also had a laundry chute--so much easier than carrying baskets down the stairs!

dragonfly

[mimomof4]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@ValuSkr   I never lived in a 2 story house but always thought a laundry chute would be wonderful.  However, I always wondered if thing get stuck in them and how do you get them out?

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@Kachina624 I have a Laundry shoot and I live in a Ranch home.  Our house was built in the 60's.  Yes clothes can get stuck but when you put more clothes down the stuck clothes get loose.  Our laundry room is in the basement.  Something I can tolerate now but as we get older is going to be a real pain.  It was a thing for a while to put the laundry room in the basement.  Both of my grandparents has basement laundry rooms.  

[On It]

@mimomof4 Having watched every Flip or Flop episode, I have a bit of information you may want to store in your memory bank if the day comes when stairs are too much. They will often take a closet and convert it to accommodate a stack washer and dryer. 

[Kachina624]

@mimomof4    They don't build houses in my area with basements either, although there's no reason why they couldn't.  It adds to the cost of a house.  So everything gets stored in the garage which is why there's no room for a car in there.

[GenXmuse]

This wasn't in my house, but my friend in elementary school had a dumbwaiter in their house. It was lots of fun.