Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 254, Issue 9

[Joel Bartlett (joel.e.bartlett]

Pardon me, which Cohousing are you? Wonderful ideas!
Joel from SE PA.

On Monday, March 10, 2025, Jack & Carolyn Salmon <2salmon [at] earthlink.net>
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> Re: Common House kitchen
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> What has worked well in our Common House Kitchen.
> Open kitchen with decorative bar between kitchen and entry hall to main
> room (dining/meeting/game/exercise/social hall)
> Walk-in storage room for pots, trays, silverware opening off the kitchen.
> Propane cook-top.
> Double ovens giving  us space for 5 evenly spaced shelves.
> Double sink with disposal in food prep  counter
> Clean-up area with large single sink with disposal for dish washing with
> adjacent counter above the dish sanitizer that holds sanitizer racks.
> Sanitizer racks can be moved from sanitizer to a counter for drying by
> lifting and turning 45 degrees.
> Pull-out storage for plates and bowls under the drying area for sanitizer
> racks.  Minimizes moving stacks of plates, bowls.
> Under-counter storage space for a rolling cart used to transfer dishes,
> serve food, etc.
> Shelves in the dining room for glasses, pitchers and cups.  Easily
> accessible without entering kitchen itself.
> Microwave on counter in dining room, rather than in the kitchen.  Cups
> stored above.  Can be used without interfering with cooks’ space.
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>  We don’t use the swing-arm faucet over the cook-top for filling large
> pots. We would still have to carry heavy liquid-filled pots to the sink to
> be emptied.  Expensive plumbing installation that hasn’t been useful.
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Joel Bartlett