If you've been hunting for wall-mounted, closed storage for the kitchen, Toronto-based Urban Product might have just the design for you. They've come up with Kitschin, an ingenious little storage bin that reuses something that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill...
Urban Product's Kitschin series salvages the plastic storage bins from old refrigerators. Wood cases are then crafted to fit around them. Designs vary: one unit has rails for hanging pots and pans, another has an ice drawer mounted to the bottom that pulls out and could store flatware, and rare earth magnets are set into the wood for knife storage. This could be just the right storage solution for some small kitchens.
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Now that's pretty darned smart...
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Made out of the right kind of wood--something that weathers like the fence to a nice silvery sheen, rather than something that merely rots--these would make a great addition to a backyard grilling area. A very cool idea.
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"Made out of the right kind of wood--something that weathers like the fence to a nice silvery sheen, rather than something that merely rots--these would make a great addition to a backyard grilling area."
Or you could use deck sealer on the wood...
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It is probably frowned upon to criticise products made from salvaged goods however, I think there is a flaw in this design. Unless the box is mounted below eye level, the user would have to remove the drawer or climb above it to see what is inside. I suppose you can stack them like a base cabinet, but then you couldn't hang knives, pots, and the lower cutlery drawers. Maybe I am wrong. Perhaps the doors open on a hinge? I could not tell from the website.
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