With Meric home from deployment and spring underway, we are starting to "tweak" the trailer again. Here are a few things we have done to the kitchen.
I actually did this one a while ago. With limited drawer space there isn't a lot of room to store hot pads. Also hot pads need to be within reaching distance of the oven. The answer was simple.
I placed a couple of hooks on the side of the cabinet next to the oven. Now the hot pads are stored out of the way but are also easily accessible.
Another thing we did was add a backsplash. The area around the oven always had an unfinished look to me. It needed a backsplash.
There are many options for lovely tile backsplashes but tile is heavy. In a trailer weight is very important and tile is not a justifiable reason to add extra weight. One day while Meric and I were at Lowes we ran across a product call Fasade. It is a very light weight sheet that you can use as a backsplash.
It is very easy to apply and we accomplished the job in under an hour. I love the look of it. The oven space feels more finished now.
One thing I love about our trailer is the kitchen cabinet space. We have fairly deep tall cabinet. Lots of storage space especially for a trailer. The problem with the tall cabinets is the shelves aren't well spaced. They are too tall and that leads to wasted space. Wasted space is something you definitely don't want to have in a trailer.
Adding shelves was the answer, we just needed to figure out how we wanted to do it. We looked into several options but hadn't decided on the best way to do it. Then one day we were walking through Costco and we saw a wire shelving rack.
The dimensions of the shelves were exactly the dimensions of our cabinets. With a little creative cutting we were able to easily place the shelves at the height we wanted and maximize our kitchen storage.
We have several more "tweaks" we are working on. We will keep you updated.
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