[Strawbale] Natural, inexpensive kitchen cabinets

[Andrew Lund]

----- Original Message ----
From: Michael K. lough <michaelklough at sympatico.ca>
To: strawbale at listserv.repp.org
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 2:28:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Natural, inexpensive kitchen cabinets

>For one thing, you might consider whether you really *need* the upper 
>cabinets

well said Bill… or create the necessity and invention is sure to follow…

"cabinets" as in North American kitchen cabinets are in the evolution of the 
"kitchen space" a bend in the road  and probably reached their peak 40 years 
ago  but they  have been tenacious in their hold on the suburban mind in NA 
as being necessary to have installed in order to describe a space as a 
"kitchen" . If a space doesnt have cabinets hanging off the ceiling over  
work counters then how can it be a kitchen?
Well about a nundred years ago they didnt have hanging cabinets in kitchens 
they had pantries to store food stuff and no doubt these pantries with 
shelves could hold whatever clutter cabinets hold now or even one large 
cupboard OR one simple free standing unfitted "tall boy" and a cupboard…As 
was pointed out if it IS  a kitchen and you have appliances designed to look 
good then why not keep them on metal shelves and look at them ?



We have a large walk-in pantry that will store all of our food... Upper cabinets are just nice because they look much neater than piles of dishes on shelves everywhere. I'm not saying that shelves wouldn't be perfectly functional, and we may well consider doing something like that for now.

Andrew







 
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