2.20.2013

library ladders in the kitchen, and other bourgeois dreams...

Ah, the life of a shorty. So convenient for breaking into your house when you forget your keys, so inconvenient when people "don't see you there" and hit you in the face with their backpacks on the subway...

The other day I was tackling a mini reorganization of my kitchen cabinets - putting baking supplies into glass canisters, grouping like-things together, getting rid of items I don't need (lentils? yuck.) - when it occurred to me that the stuff itself really isn't the problem. Or how I pack it in there. Or even the amount of space. Nope, the problem is I'm short. 

At 5'2", getting up to those top shelves can be a task and a half, and I know that unless I don't care about ever seeing or using something again, it needs to go where my tippy-toes can take me. Meaning no matter how much finagling I do, those bottom shelves will always be bursting with crap, while the top ones sit empty. Taunting me. 

All of this made me wonder - what will I do when I have a space where the cupboards extend to the ceiling? Will my ultimate dream kitchen just end up being a whole bunch of wasted space? After a couple of hours of trying to "make it work", I officially added a new item to the wishlist for that dream kitchen: a ladder. A sturdy, functional ladder that will effortlessly glide from one area to the next, allowing me to use every square inch to my hearts content. Oh, and it wouldn't hurt if it was beautiful too...

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And until I can fit in that track, I think a lovely lady like this could fill in just fine...

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Sure I might get annoyed at it being in my way a couple of times, and sure I might bump into it once in a while, but the annoyance I'd save from not having to climb onto my kitchen counters would more than make up for it, don't you think? And hey, if I stub my toe once in a while, I'll have plenty of storage for bandaids...

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3 comments :

  1. Ack! I designed our kitchen - with 10' ceilings - to have cabinets to the ceiling and a kitchen ladder! The one with a track. Its not installed yet, we ran a little over budget on other items (oops), but it will be gracing our house with its presence one day. in the meantime i have been pining some ladders, so thank you for the images )

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  2. I am totally with you on this. I am 5', well 5' and 1/2 inch on a good day. Ladders are an excellent idea. I trot back and forth with one frequently. The other aesthetic consideration is that cabinets to the ceiling look so much better than ones that are chopped off. Since we are dreaming, my other desire is for a desk that is on a hydraulic lever so that you can actually adjust it to your height, or lack thereof. It does no good to lower a chair and just shift your arms even higher than before.

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  3. Love the looks with the ladder. There may be some chic stepstool options out there as well so you don't have to worry about a trackless one getting in your way.

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