Home Design Chat with Nancy

What's in your Drawers?


Listen Later

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:

Refrigeration

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

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

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

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

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

            • 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.
            • Dishwashers

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

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

                  • The newest appliance drawer introduction for the Kitchen is the Vacuum Seal Drawer..
                  • A vacuum seal drawer is a chamber-style drawer that can do a variety of things.
                  • 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.
                  • 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.

                    This podcast sponsored by Thermador Appliances & Monogram Appliances

                    email comments to [email protected]

                    ...more
                    View all episodesView all episodes
                    Download on the App Store

                    Home Design Chat with NancyBy Nancy Hugo

                    • 4.5
                    • 4.5
                    • 4.5
                    • 4.5
                    • 4.5

                    4.5

                    11 ratings


                    More shows like Home Design Chat with Nancy

                    View all
                    The Money Pit Home Improvement Podcast by Leslie Segrete

                    The Money Pit Home Improvement Podcast

                    178 Listeners

                    Planet Money by NPR

                    Planet Money

                    30,974 Listeners

                    Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors by Zandra Zuraw

                    Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors

                    219 Listeners

                    How to Decorate by Ballard Designs

                    How to Decorate

                    823 Listeners

                    Decorating Tips and Tricks by Bespoke FM

                    Decorating Tips and Tricks

                    801 Listeners

                    Business of Home Podcast by Business of Home, Dennis Scully

                    Business of Home Podcast

                    425 Listeners

                    Dear Alice | Interior Design by Alice Lane

                    Dear Alice | Interior Design

                    1,487 Listeners

                    The Interior Collective by IDCO Studio

                    The Interior Collective

                    285 Listeners

                    Design Your Home by Sally Soricelli

                    Design Your Home

                    24 Listeners

                    The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

                    The Mel Robbins Podcast

                    20,713 Listeners

                    The Ins & Outs by Jojo Barr, Pollyanna Wilkinson

                    The Ins & Outs

                    103 Listeners