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mandksima
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 Mon, Aug 11 2008, 7:31 am
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Right now I have a space above my stove where I'd love to put a shelf and a few too many small appliances on my counters. I don't want the steam from a boiling pot of chicken soup to rise up and ruin cookbooks or whatever else I put on the shelf. I'm not sure if a toaster oven would be too high up to be placed on there. Is there anything anyone recommends for using that space well? I have a lot of cabinets already and they'll be hard to match anyway so what could I put on a shelf there?
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yo'ma
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 7:34 am
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I have pans that I don't use that are still in the box and ice trays because I have so many. The steam doesn't reach there though because I have an overhead thing above the stove. I don't know what it's called.
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RachelEve14
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 8:22 am
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I always kept cookbooks on a shelf there, nothing ever happened.
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Tehilla
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 8:56 am
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wouldn't the heat ruin the spices?
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DefyGravity
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 9:02 am
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I don't know. Or you can put bottles on the shelf that are frequently used, such as oil, vinegar, soy sauce, teriyaki, etc.
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biz120
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 10:23 am
I keep my candles, candle holders, plastic tablecloths, etc. Nothing has ever happened. My candles don't stick t/g or a/t...
You should be able to keep really a/t there. Def. cookbooks though.
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Pineapple
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 10:25 am
| DefyGravity wrote: | | Spices. |
The heat can bring bugs
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greenfire
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 11:46 am
spices do ruin from the heat ...
oils can be dangerous ...
hm ... I wouldn't think you could put much there w/o it getting ruined ...
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Rutabaga
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:16 pm
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We used to live in a studio apartment with a tiny kitchen. We put 2 metal shelves above the stove. I kept all my baking pans and cookie sheets up there, plus my really big pareve pot that didn't fit in anywhere else.
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bebe3
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:23 pm
| yo'ma wrote: | | I have pans that I don't use that are still in the box and ice trays because I have so many. The steam doesn't reach there though because I have an overhead thing above the stove. I don't know what it's called. |
It's called a hood, if I'm not mistaken
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greenfire
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:23 pm
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you could put a kool brass spoon hanger and hang ladles and flippers and a small pan or 2 ... it's gotta be antique looking though for it to be kool ...
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mandksima
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:28 pm
| greenfire wrote: | | you could put a kool brass spoon hanger and hang ladles and flippers and a small pan or 2 ... it's gotta be antique looking though for it to be kool ... |
thanks for all the suggestions! I live in a very dusty area so I think I might put up a shelf for cookbooks. There's room for 2 shelves and I have a lot of cookbooks that are taking up precious space in my cabinets. I wanted to get a microwave and toaster oven off the counters but I think they'll be too high up for easy access.
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DefyGravity
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:30 pm
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The thing about shelves is that once one is installed, stuff naturally gravitates towards it.
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Fabulous
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:35 pm
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I put my blender and food processor there, both of which I only use while cooking for Shabbos. So one day a week it is a little high up and to put it back, I wait for dh to come home.
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Toot
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 1:45 pm
| mandksima wrote: | | Right now I have a space above my stove where I'd love to put a shelf and a few too many small appliances on my counters. |
Are these small appliances your microwave and toaster oven, or different things? I put up a shelf above my counter for cookbooks and chachkas, and another couple of shelves for display. How big a shelf are you putting up? I'm having trouble picturing it.
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mandksima
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Mon, Aug 11 2008, 2:24 pm
| MorahS wrote: | | mandksima wrote: | | Right now I have a space above my stove where I'd love to put a shelf and a few too many small appliances on my counters. |
Are these small appliances your microwave and toaster oven, or different things? I put up a shelf above my counter for cookbooks and chachkas, and another couple of shelves for display. How big a shelf are you putting up? I'm having trouble picturing it. |
Well, I have upper and lower cabinets everywhere except nothing over the oven/stove. I hung a picture there where there is a big space. About 2 feet wide and space for 2 shelves, one above another, at least, meaning more than 3 feet high. I would have to use a ladder to reach some of the cookbooks if I put them there, but that's ok. I won't be able to put the appliances like the toaster and micro up there along with the cookbooks and I want to put something there that will look nice and not be used all the time.
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