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Shanghai Home Expo | Why more and more people do not install hanging cabinets in the kitchen?

2025-05-21 13:36:47

Many people believe that the kitchen is small, there are a lot of things, the space should be well utilized, play full of cabinets, stuff all the things into the cabinets, it looks clean and comfortable. If you want to learn more about the tips,the best way is to visit Shanghai Home Expo.

 

Kitchen decoration, some people suggest: more cabinets. But I want to advise you: the kitchen is most afraid of more cabinets, especially hanging cabinets, you can not do. Originally 4 ~ 5 square feet of space, full of cabinets, do not feel so depressing?

 

There is a very smart netizen, her family 4.5 square meters of kitchen, cabinet floor cabinets are all designed into drawers, floor cabinets corner design a position to store a cart, the flue to do a thin cabinet, hanging cabinet did not do. 4 mouth family, storage is completely enough, she said that if too much stuff, it is all the time to throw.

 

The sideboard does not do hanging cabinets, the kitchen does not do hanging cabinets, the space is open, looking very comfortable. Spending a high price to fight the hanging cabinet, the actual utilization rate is not high. Similarly, many home bloggers online kitchen are not designed hanging cabinets.

 

1. Why are more and more people not installing hanging cabinets in the kitchen?

 

①Waste of space, not good to take and put  

 

Most of the hanging cabinets in the family, and finally become a place to put rags, such as small kitchen appliances, pots and pans not commonly used, can not be used in the storage box, the plate that bowl.

There is a large pile of hoarded groceries, spices, sometimes simply can not think of using, want to find something it, but also to step on the stool to cross the feet, it is not good to look for, wait until one day on a whim, to clean up the cabinets, look at the inside of the things all expired.

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②Show crowded  

 

After doing a hanging cabinet, the visual will be very depressing and crowded, and sometimes accidentally hit his head, especially the hanging cabinet did not install lights, the following will cause shadows, cut a dish at night to cut to the hand.

 

③Difficult to do hygiene  

 

Hanging cabinets are particularly easy to stain, hood next to the cabinet, frying fumes will drift to the bottom of the cabinet and the door of the hanging cabinet, without two months, the bottom of the cabinet and the door is greasy, it is difficult to clean up.

Some small appliances placed on the countertop when used, the steam has been smoked hanging cabinet, long time will also be deformed.

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④High cost  

 

Generally speaking, the hanging cabinet of the kitchen is more than 600 square feet, in order to put things, some also installed lifting baskets.

The advantage of lifting and pulling the basket is convenient to take, but also expensive and occupy space, cabinet plus lifting and pulling the basket of the total price of at least 2000 + or to 3000 +, and inside can not put a lot of things, so it is relatively useless.

 

⑤ May fall down  

 

A netizen said, her home hanging cabinet fell down, fortunately did not hit people, looking for decoration workers said that the tiles drum, so the cabinet fell. But later found that the installation of the cabinet is also a problem, the expansion screws are small, can not support such a heavy cabinet, so it fell.

 

There are also users feedback, her family asked the carpenter to play the cabinet, then asked the carpenter expansion screws played? Carpenter said no need, hit a few gun nails, and then glue can stick very firmly, expansion screws do not have to play. Now, after moving in every day, afraid to put something, worried about what if it falls down when people happen to be in the kitchen, the consequences do not dare to think.

 

2.Hanging cabinet so many shortcomings, why do many people do?

 

Ugly, some people do hanging cabinets because the hood pipe exposed, natural gas and various pipelines, and gas meter exposed, so do hanging cabinets can be ugly, these pipes are wrapped into the cabinet, it will look more neat and beautiful.

To be honest, in order to hide the ugly to do hanging cabinet method, not too recommended, this practice is too expensive, space is also too wasteful, and, inside the cabinet is easy to grow insects hide cockroaches.

 

3.How to cover up the various pipes and gas meters without hanging cabinets?

 

In fact, only for the ugly words have the following small methods, you can try.

 

①Use a curtain  

Choose a favorite fabric, and then buy a telescopic rod on the Internet, only a cup of milk tea money is done.

This kind of curtain can be taken down and cleaned when it is dirty, and you can change it to something else when you are tired of looking at it. The fabric pattern is very nice, and it can add a touch of fun to the monotonous kitchen space.

 

②Use hood cover  

 

Smoke pipe exposed outside is really ugly, you can customize a hood cover, looks more advanced.

 

A netizen's approach: online to find this and the hood almost the color of black titanium brushed plate, is a matte texture, from different angles will look shiny, the color has a little difference, the installation is really too good-looking, only cost $ 80, but need to measure and install their own.

 

③With the hole board  

 

Gas pipe exposed outside is very ugly, you can use the hole board to hide the ugly, hole board surface also has a storage function, is also very practical.

 

Measure the size can be customized online, which is not more affordable than playing cabinets convenient? After installing the past look fresh and clean.

 

Metal hole plate with hooks, you can store spice jars on it.

 

④DIY Decoration  

 

Pipes wrapped with twine, then online shopping baskets and some flowers and plants, after the transformation of the eye, really beautiful!

 

There are also holey boards with two shelves for shelves, the effect is very satisfactory.

 

So, if you do hanging cabinets just to cover the ugly words, it is not necessary Oh, we can use the above methods to decorate and beautify, the effect is not inferior to the hanging cabinet.

 

4. Do not install hanging cabinets, where to put things?

 

Do not install hanging cabinets, the kitchen will indeed be more open and bright, but some people feel that the kitchen is more things, for fear that there is no place to put how to do? In fact, for large kitchens, high cabinets, sideboards can replace the hanging cabinet.

 

If it is a small kitchen where the storage space is already insufficient, can you also give up the hanging cabinets?

My suggestion is that you can do less, do not empty wall all full, so costly and depressing but also not practical.

Or some things in the kitchen can be placed in the dining room sideboard, you can also consider the kitchen wall with an open partition, spice bottles, kitchen utensils on the wall storage, good-looking and easy to access.

 

Summary at the end of the article:

Decoration is just different from person to person, and every program is not absolutely good, what suits you is the best.

We just can see more and learn more, and continue to enhance the transformation, and ultimately let the kitchen become a unique, very personalized space that belongs to you, where to enjoy the joy of cooking.

 

Source: Zhihu

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