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  1. becky up a hill
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:23 am

    This is easy peasy… put your everyday normal microwave in the garage with Paul.

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    • Kathleen
      April 26, 2018 @ 12:02 pm

      I was going to say that. Therefore it is out of the way and he can use it to his heart’s content.

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      • Marianne in Mo.
        April 26, 2018 @ 1:53 pm

        Good idea! Wish I’d thought of that. Hubs wanted one, we were short on counter space, I wanted it in the island, he said NO!!! We kinda compromised and got a very small one to put in the corner. I HATE IT!!! Still in the way, and I may use it once every 6 months, while he uses it almost daily. Waiting for it to die so I can come up with a new idea or convince him we don’t NEED one. I can heat stuff the old fashioned way – via stovetop or oven. I’d rather have a toaster oven than a microwave!
        For Victoria, I would hide it in a cabinet somewhere, maybe on the wall with the fridge, so she doesn’t have to have it in her sight line the majority of the time.

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        • Tawnya
          April 26, 2018 @ 10:46 pm

          pssst… they make combination toaster oven / microwaves! I have one. It’s very large, just barely fits under the cabinets on the counter, but it’s also 15 years old.

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    • Candace Ford
      April 26, 2018 @ 8:51 pm

      He can have a coffee pot there too. You might never see him again is the only down side!

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    • pericolosa
      April 26, 2018 @ 9:02 pm

      Ditto.

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  2. Lauren
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:24 am

    Put it in your pantry? (The one by the basement stairs)

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    • Bleubook
      April 26, 2018 @ 3:15 pm

      Mine is in my pantry. I hate the look of microwaves.

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  3. Sandy Mcallister
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:27 am

    Morning. I think Paul needs a little ole microwave for the garage

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  4. Allie
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:28 am

    The fact that there aren’t panel ready microwaves is absurd. Personally I like the tall cabinet pull out microwave option. Could Paul install the outlet in the cabinet? Good luck!
    xAllie
    http://www.theallthatglittersblog.com

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  5. shannon
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:31 am

    We don’t have a microwave and never miss it…I say toss the microwave and buy Paul an insulated mug. I also like Becky Up a Hill’s idea of sticking Paul and his microwave in the garage 🙂

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  6. Asha
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:32 am

    They do make an oven and microwave combined! I have one and absolutely LOVE it. I do love to bake though, so I do have a regular convection oven for those days when I want to bake 3 pans of cookies at once. I have the GE Monogram Advatium Speedcooking Oven 240V. The 120V seemed to have a lot of negative reviews at the time when I got mine. It was the most expensive thing I put in my new kitchen and it was really scary because I didn’t know a single person that had one! But I don’t know what I would do without it now!

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    • Victoria Elizabeth Barnes
      April 26, 2018 @ 11:47 am

      me:

      via GIPHY

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      • Marianne in Mo.
        April 26, 2018 @ 1:55 pm

        HAAAAAAA_HAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I snorted!!

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      • Amber Schwarz
        April 26, 2018 @ 6:44 pm

        this gif is pure awesome! also I am dying from laughter!

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      • Kim
        April 27, 2018 @ 3:42 am

        😂

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    • Kimberly Bartlett
      April 26, 2018 @ 1:03 pm

      I’m looking at the Gaggenau speed oven . does the monogram Advantium speed oven really cook like a microwave?

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      • Leanne
        April 26, 2018 @ 2:49 pm

        I have the Advantium and use the microwave 90% of the time and the convection only 10% (probably because I haven’t bothered to read the “how to” manual yet). It works great and is so convenient for heating on the quick many other things besides cups of coffee. However, I, like Paul, microwave my single cup of coffee about 23 times during the day. My husband says by the time I drink it, it is no longer coffee…
        (I also hit my mug in my zeal to reheat, sloshing followed by cussing thereby inventing my “heat, spill, cuss” chant for unwilling bystanders.)

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    • Michelle
      April 26, 2018 @ 4:09 pm

      I have the 2-in-1 KitchenAid microwave/convection oven above standard oven. You can use the top one as a regular microwave for coffee etc, OR you can take out the microwave carousel and use both as ovens (for squash and kale chips). I love mine, a “double oven” makes me feel fancy.
      https://www.kitchenaid.com/shop/major-appliances-1/wall-ovens-2/wall-ovens-3/-%5bKOCE500ESS%5d-407577/KOCE500ESS/

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  7. Kelly
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:33 am

    We turned a TV armoire into a food pantry and microwave cabinet. From the outside it looks like a pretty mahogany cabinet, the inside, the food and microwave hub.

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  8. Emily
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:37 am

    We built a shelf in our pantry to hold all of the appliances that I forbid be on our actual kitchen. Best. Decision. Ever. Toaster, toaster oven (he claims we need both,) stand mixer, blender, spice rack…. all of that is on a beautiful shelf in the pantry, hidden behind a door. It’s amazing! I know this because friends come over and they’re jealous. We don’t drink coffee or that machine would be in the pantry as well!

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    • Marianne in Mo.
      April 26, 2018 @ 2:01 pm

      My pantry is like a closet – actually, it IS a closet, in my laundry room, and not deep enough, or I would have done that too! I have a tiny kitchen and tiny laundry. Laundry room is 5-1/2′ x 7′, washer & dryer at one end, closet at the opposite, with door to garage across the door to the kitchen bisecting the room.

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  9. Tina
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:37 am

    This thermos will change your husband’s life. We bought it more than five years ago and it is still going strong. My husband brews a 4 oz pot of coffee, pops it in this in the morning, and it will still be piping hot when we comes home after work at dinner time.
    https://smile.amazon.com/Zojirushi-SM-SA48-BA-Stainless-Steel-16-Ounce/dp/B00HYOGTTG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524756912&sr=8-1&keywords=Zojirushi+Black+16-oz.+Travel+Mug

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    • Kimberly Feuerstein
      April 27, 2018 @ 2:09 pm

      I was going to post the same thing. Best thermos ever. You can burn your tongue on your coffee eight hours later.

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  10. FERN BENSON
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:38 am

    duh……..give him a microwave in the garage! easy peezy!

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  11. rs
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:40 am

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    • Jeff
      April 26, 2018 @ 12:43 pm

      This was an experiment conducted by a high school student using two plants. TWO PLANTS! Come on.

      Microwave ovens are just another way to transfer energy. Don’t be afraid!

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  12. Jodie Farrow
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:40 am

    Hide in a cabinet! We did that…just electrify it from the inside.

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  13. Kathi
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:43 am

    I cannot stop laughing. Same problems, you see. Kitchen in new to us Cottage fixer upper is, in essence, a one wall kitchen. Am now even contemplating a 24” range instead of standard 30”. Cannot abide M/W over stove top. Not enough space to even describe each aggravation. You continue to go at it before me, learning lots.

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  14. Mo
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:49 am

    Woman, you need this song skit in your life. Seriously. You’ll relate.

    Victoria, meet Rhett and Link. Boys, meet Victoria.

    https://youtu.be/tnzz-eFmKaw

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  15. Jennifer
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:50 am

    I’m with Shannon and Tina.

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  16. Debra
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:51 am

    You know my sister in law put a pantry/scullery in her home and it contains the sink, stove,fridge and dishwasher leaving her kitchen pristine. Say what!

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    • C H
      April 26, 2018 @ 1:50 pm

      So…. what’s left to do in the kitchen? 🙂

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  17. Joan S., Cleveland, OH
    April 26, 2018 @ 11:59 am

    I like that “garage-door” for the microwave and pull-down door that would hold cups, etc. Your piano idea is lovely.
    I put an antique “Asian” buffet below my hanging cabinets. Anything goes.
    p.s. I do wish you would allow me to “Pin” whichever photo I like, rather than only the one option.

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    • Victoria Elizabeth Barnes
      April 26, 2018 @ 12:05 pm

      hey, I don’t “restrict” pins… I used to use a paid-service that put a little pin-it button on everything, (the free ones slowed down my site a lot) but Pinterest offers the browser thing-y, (is that what you are using?) and I guess I figured I could give it up because it seemed like probably by now people had other ways of pinning… but maybe not?

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  18. Red Ellie
    April 26, 2018 @ 12:03 pm

    So many words. So much to consider. And so much wholehearted agreement with wishing for both boxes to be combined/work together. And I’m also not liking drawer micros.
    I “think” I don’t need one. I use my stove/oven for cookery. But then I challenged myself to count micro-encounters during the day.
    Used to reheat coffee. Used to cook frozen peas. Used for popcorn & the occasional potato. So. There we are. Except…I have to eliminate 78% of the V.E.B. issues because…I have a tiny galley kitchen with a laundry nook taking up space also. Pretty much a hideous layout with exceedingly few options-None of them beautiful or realistic. So I’m thinking I will have Him rip out the behemoth ghastly box that lives over my stove & replace with shiny tile & hood vent. (Yes. I Have read the vent tirade and loved every rant. But my tight crammed space & bad windows don’t allow any escape for smoke so I need something…)

    Then, I’m going to buy a tiny shiny micro that will sit quietly on the counter at the back of my laundry nook. We got gleaming front-loaders and bricked in the nook, added a pretty counter. Unless a visitor…or the Cook…wanders to the dead end of the kitchen to the nook, she won’t even know it’s there.
    Red

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  19. Kay
    April 26, 2018 @ 12:07 pm

    Of all your microwave pics (which show some very clever solutions to the microwave concealment problem), I chose the solution counting seventh up from the bottom microwave pic. It is located on the side of the island facing the stove, so is invisible to everyone, including me, unless I am looking for it.

    Unfortunately, your magnificent piano island makes this solution impossible. Therefore, I cannot help you. I too despise the microwave over the stove solution that 99% of the world has chosen and am very glad you are not considering it, because then I would be unable to enjoy the photos of your finally completed, glorious kitchen. Hiding it in a cabinet near the coffee maker would seem best. This is the advantage of a counter to ceiling cabinet that houses an appliance garage.

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  20. Shelley Henley
    April 26, 2018 @ 12:08 pm

    Ok kitchen cabinet wild ass idea:
    Counter tops …you/already have as in repurposed slate
    Cupboards… buy ikea or such like flat packs for the structure and fit and mix and match ability (and Paul would just love the simplicity of an Allen key for a change) But do not buy matching doors!
    Cupboard doors… this is where you get creative .. it could take months or years to find gft doors but at least your cupboards are usable in the meantime

    Door/drawer front suggestions…
    – Ornate ( gft) picture frames with mirror inserts, or fabric inserts, or glass or whatever appeals to you
    – lots of very cheap 1930s-1950s dark wood display cabinets, with lead light glass doors, out there that could be repurposed as cupboard doors
    – also lots of very reasonably priced Victorian & Edwardian bedside cabinets in dark wood and also quite frequently with carving or scrollwork. Often a drawer and door combo on raised legs. Instead of having kick boards, Paul could build deep drawers at the base of each cabinet. Since you already have the countertops the table tops could be recycled as drawer fronts.

    Et cetera et cetera

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