Special Series: Appliances: Part Three: Solutions for Small Spaces

for access. This is especially helpful if the refrigerator must be located near a wall, she says. Heating Things Up Just as important as where you will store your food is the question of where, and how, you’ll cook it. Kitchen designers prefer the cook top/wall oven combination. “With the 24-inch cook top, you get four burners in as small a space as possible,” Gillingham-Ryan says. “This allows the counter to wrap around it, and you actually get a little more counter space. The look and feel is much less cluttered.” The Gaggenau Lift Oven has no door. Instead, the base of the oven lowers the food down toward the counter. You can do one 24-inch cook top or you can mix and match specialized 12-inch cook tops. Gaggenau’s Vario line of modular cook tops allows you to have two induction burners, two gas burners and, if you have a little extra space, a steamer unit or deep fryer. There are numerous options in wall ovens. One of the most innovative is the Gaggenau Lift Oven. There are no doors to worry about here. Press a button and your cookie sheet or roasting pan lowers from the bottom of the oven. This 24-inch unit features 11 heating methods, including convection, and automatic temperature recommendations. “It is good for small environments where you want that counter space but you also want that wall oven,” says McCabe. And just because your kitchen is small doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice convenience. The GE Profile 30-inch Single/Double Wall Oven fits two convection ovens into the space of a single standard wall oven. You can roast a turkey in the lower oven and fit two casserole dishes in the upper one. Hiding the oven controls inside the upper oven door saves space.

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