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She Built a "Great Wall of Storage"
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HouseLogic.com
(IC: blogger)
What do you do when you have a dysfunctional tiny kitchen and no way to add on? Rethink the walls you have.
That's what Lara Edge did when she moved into her new downsized home with a kitchen smaller than most bathrooms.
The solution to a bigger kitchen with more storage was on the other side of that dysfunctional cabinet wall shown below, ajar.
This is a view of that wall from the other side, which is the living/dining room.
Her first step was to tear down the wall with help from sturdier stock than she. (That's the back of the old cabinet with paint strips.)
And here's the wall where the old fridge was -- after the fridge and the cabinet wall were removed.
And here's the new wall in progress from the living/dining room side.
Here's the finished project on the living/dining room side.
Look how she used the 16 inches of depth on the right to create a coffee/tea/wine station that's also perfect for displaying art.
Here's the finished product on the kitchen side of the new wall:
And, finally, here's the wall where the fridge used to live:
A unique feature on that wall is the counter. It can be folded up when more floor space is needed (like moving furniture into the room behind the kitchen).
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Published October 5th, 2015 11:34 AM
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MelBrandle on May 03, 2017
Wow, this takes the concept of a storage system onto a whole new level. I love performing DIY projects which involve building and painting, but to have to include hacking is out of my league. Nevertheless, that is a great idea which I will keep in handy for future homes maybe. Storage space is never enough for anyone, and to be able to constantly maximize it is indeed a huge advantage.
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Liz Sanders Duren on Aug 07, 2017
SLove it! Nice to see the brick, too!
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