Appliance Placement For Functional Kitchen Design

Hurricane Fiona left me without power for enough time to realize how convenient my kitchen appliances really are. It got me thinking about appliance placement and I hope you find it helpful.

Excuse the noise of generators in the background. I had to shoot this one outside as there was no power for lights. Thankfully, we only lost power and not our house, as many people have in my community. The Atlantic provinces of Canada need a little extra support right now, so please keep us in your prayers.

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[heatherd]

Glad you guys are safe! First thing that goes when disaster strikes, is definitely convenience.

[pman]

Glad to see you are all safe. Great tips Mark! You looked really worried at the end of your video. Mark, prays for you all🙏

[revk]

Prayers for your family, community and you. Stay safe and stay strong. ❤from a Canadian neighbour.

[MilaN-ltmq]

I hope your power will be restored soon. Glad you are safe. Very good advice on appliance placement. I love having my oven and my range top split up. I would also highly recommend venting to the outside. Whatever it costs, it is worth it in my opinion.

[gabecox]

Hurricane in Canada, totally crazy for sure! Glad to hear you are safe and only lost power. Great tips for the appliances!

[barbarafoss]

Glad to know you are all safe and back to kitchen design amid the hurricane recovery.

[valeriehowden]

stay safe! as a girl from the Canadian prairies, I agree with you 100% about blizzards!

[cs]

So glad you all are unharmed. I lived for years as a kid in Mississippi and South Georgia, so hurricanes I’m used to. These days, in Tennessee, it’s tornados - not a fan!

[pattycartr]

Totally agree about, HELLO, I do snow! What the heck is this?!? So not cool, hurricanes. 👎👎. But, I am wholeheartedly thankful you and your family are well. Thanks for the great tips on this video! Stay safe.

[michellemciver]

Thanks for this. I have a tiny kitchen with all the appliances against one wall. The house was built in the 40s and doesn't have space for reconfiguring. Not ideal, but my stove and fridge have to be side by side. I am upgrading appliances and was worried about this being an issue with a newer stove that might operate at a higher rate of heat.

[JBY]

Glad to see you all safe. I hope that things get back to like where it was before as quickly and as possible.🙏🏽

[millieh.-nyc]

So sorry you lost power. Glad you were able to still function. Thanks so much for these tips, very useful information. Be well.

[matthewfuller]

I’ll echo everyone else and express my gratitude that and your family are safe. I hope you and your neighbors are able to recover soon.

[tealkerberus]

I really don't think the kitchen triangle concept goes far enough. We have the fridge-stove-sink: you store food, you cook food, you wash the dishes. But what about the food stored in the pantry? What about the food cooked in the oven, or in the sandwich press, or in the rice cooker, or in the air fryer? What about the dishes needing to be scraped into the bin, and what if you're washing them in the dishwasher?
We need to take this concept from the 1950s and expand it to handle today's realities. Like kitchens themselves, ideas about kitchens need renovation from time to time.

[teri-joscott]

Wonderful to see your on video this week. So glad you are all safe. We just survived Cat 5 hurricane Ian--so I can empathize. Stay safe!

[lizbiancoismydesignsherpa]

Greetings from the other hurricane 🌀. Glad you’re safe and prepared with camping gear!

[staceyolder]

When placing a wall oven next to a refrigerator do watch the clearances that the fridge does not hit the oven handles when opening. Spacers may be required, better yet a Pantry between the units

[cinders]

Good channel - plus it's Canadian so will apply to our national codes; provincial codes notwithstanding.
I have trouble seeing the panel on a microwave that is placed beneath the counter. I like that they're out of the way when placed there, but just not functional for eyes that are...shall I say...aging 😊
Same goes for oven placement - in the wall - I had one in my early-mid twenties and still my favourite location.

[gingersnap]

Great video on appliances thank you for taking the time to do that during this upheaval. Praying you & your family.

[dzeller]

Glad to hear that you and your family are making the best of it. Hope this is over soon. 🙏