Podcasts Arts Home Design Chat with Nancy What's in your Drawers?

What's in your Drawers?

Published: April 7, 2021, 4:10 a.m.

Nancy welcomed back Jan Rutgers, kitchen designer and founder of Vestabul School of Design, to chat about the ergonomic use of drawers in the kitchen which has become a very important element in kitchen design.  You will find this podcast enlightening and very interesting.  Find the show notes below:

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Refrigeration

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  • The first appliance to really embrace drawers was refrigerators.
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Dual Drawers

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  • The upper end of the appliance market took the lower freezer drawer to the next level by developing refrigerators with two freezer drawers.
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Convertible Drawers \u2013 Ref/Freezer

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  • Another configuration to hit the market was a bottom mount refrigerator with a \u201cconvertible\u201d drawer.
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  • For a functional design, refrigerators with bottom freezer drawers was a win!
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Undercounter Refrigerator dDawers

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  • Manufacturers produced all freezer drawers, all refrigerator drawers and combination refrigerator/freezer drawers.
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  • This development also opened up opportunities for the Kitchen Designer to place refrigeration in multiple locations within the kitchen.
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  • Refrigeration could now be easily placed on an island or a peninsula.
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Warming Drawers

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  • These appliances evolved from the lower drawer that was standard on free-standing ranges.
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  • Specifying one under the cooktop or near the dining table are great spots for this handy appliance.
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Cup Warming Drawers

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  • These cup warming drawers are ideally placed under the coffee maker to keep your expresso or latte cup warm, producing a coffee house experience every time.
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Dishwashers

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  • Dishwasher Drawers offer an ergonomic alternative to swing down doors \u2013 first introduced to the North American market by the New Zealand manufacturer Fisher & Paykel.
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  • A single dishwasher drawer in the beverage bar for easy glass washing is a good example.
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Microwaves

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  • one of the best drawer appliance introductions has been the microwave drawer.
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  • The microwave has always been a difficult appliance to place functionally and aesthetically in the Kitchen.
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  • The microwave company Sharpe was the first to introduce the microwave drawer. Held a design contest showing the microwave in a drawer.
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Vacuum Seal Drawers

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  • The newest appliance drawer introduction for the Kitchen is the Vacuum Seal Drawer..
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  • A vacuum seal drawer is a chamber-style drawer that can do a variety of things.
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  • It can be used to better preserve frozen foods, it removes air to prepare for sous vide cooking and infuses flavors into proteins, vegetables, and oils.
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Appliance drawers are a trend that will continue for Kitchen Appliances. Consumers will not want to give up the convenience of sliding out a drawer to access appliances under the counter.

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This podcast sponsored by Thermador Appliances & Monogram Appliances

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