I recently had the pleasure of checking out my good friend's new apartment, a stylishly furnished 30's era Spanish style 2-bedroom unit with all the architectural fixin's that had us weak at the knees upon entry. While snooping around his place during a house warming party, I noticed his kitchen pantry seemed to hide something behind its closed doors...and of course I had to investigate.
Look: Secret Kitchen Compartment
I kid you not, people audibly ooh'ed and ahh'ed when they saw that the kitchen pantry cabinet hid a compact washer and dryer setup behind it (we're no doubt an easy to amuse bunch). It was funny to watch people stop whatever they were doing in a middle of a party to come over and ask me to open and close the doors of the kitchen cabinet. It's a beautiful and surprising detail especially appealing to the renting set. And with a house full of actors, actresses and others in the business that evening, you know there were plenty of apartment dwellers as envious as myself who love the idea of having laundry options secretly hidden away.
[photo: Louis Changchien]
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GENIUS!
view little flower's profile
Really clever built-in storage is a rarity in apartments (as many of us know all too well) - I would have oohed and aahed myself!
view brenjay's profile
Fantabulous!
view swanygirl74's profile
I "oohed" & "ahhed" myself when I saw the second photo...
Very Nice.
view cojaclynsy's profile
Oh, nice!
view DahliaCactus's profile
What washer and dryer is that? Silly question, but I'm inheriting a stackable from the 1980s and they look perfect for our space...
view ee2485's profile
I "oohed" myself. As I get older (late 30s) simple things get me all excited. It's FAB-O.
view Mr. Dangerous's profile
add me to the list of people who "oohed" when they opened this post! it's so cool!!!!
of course, i also LOVE the tv show "secret spaces"
view MoxyThunder's profile
That rocks!
view megnyc's profile
LOL! I ahhh & ooohed too!!!
view *heather leaf*'s profile
Reminds me of how many people fail to use the 16" wide 4' deep space between the studs all over their apartments.
view quiltmaster's profile
Could you not fashion something like this (storage of any kind) in an already existing closet? I mean with the front and the shelves that look like a barn door or anything.
view K T G's profile
i love that. cute and funny! though i'd rethink the light cocoa and cream combo..go for something with a little more panache.
view indiasoup's profile
Oooh! Aaah! :)
view Lisa from VA/lsaspacey's profile
Ooh. I think it would be even cooler to mount cabinet doors on the fronts of the big doors, so you had a normal pantry (and then could open the larger doors to get to the laundry).
view eeka's profile
Real cool!!!
view danze's profile
ee2485 those are by Maytag and they're only 24" wide, great for small spaces. I almost bought them myself and I am familiar with them. I ended up getting Kenmores that are 27" wide, they have a larger capacity.
view weezerad79's profile
oh great! thanks for the info weezerad79!
view ee2485's profile
I love it -- like inviting the paper clip so useful for many applications,,,,
I have the awful laundry in the kitchen --- and the kitchen cabinets are short shelved... if that makes any sense -- the cereal boxes do not fit -- having a setup like that could accommodate the larger sizes, I would add a small dowel across so stuff doesn't fall out when you open and close the doors, and even add some cook books and kitchen gadgets . thanks for posting,,,,,
joanny
view joanny's profile
I want one in my tiny apartment!
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