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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 102 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Just wait until you discover the dishwasher.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I wanted to put a rack for those dishwasher trays into a regular cupboard, so that we could have basically a real dishwasher for dirty stuff, and a cupboard for clean stuff so that we never have to empty it.

My husband Veto'd it, because "that's the epitome of laziness". Which I think is exactly the point, but whatever. It's his job to empty the dishwasher now, which solves the problem too.

[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do you mean like this?

https://images.app.goo.gl/1iUCRCcFd7XAUxBc6

It's basically in every kitchen in Finland, and has spread somewhat to the other Nordic countries, but is apparently rare elsewhere.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I mean those dishwasher drawers you have in there? You should be able to take those and just slide them into a regular cupboard. You out empty ones in the dishwasher, and over time you fill those when you use the dishes.

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This idea is too good to not exist

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

doesn't the cupboard get moldy if you keep putting wet dishes inside?

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[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 month ago (5 children)

And then you get to a point where you look at that and think “clever but I’m sure it’s fucked up in some way that isn’t immediately obvious.”

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't figure out how you'd actually get a knife in those slots with the ledge above it.

[–] tamman2000@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I have this drying rack, and... I LOVE it!

But the knife holder is the biggest problem. All the bits are modular so you can set it up with the knife holder not having something right above it, but my favorite knife is too long to sit in the knife holder without stabbing the countertop. I solved the problem by getting one of those magnetic knife holders and mounting it to the side of the rack.

Also, when people who come over to my place for dinner or hanging out, about half of them make a comment about how awesome the drying rack is.

(I'm 47 and I got this rack about 5 years ago)

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 45 points 1 month ago (9 children)

wiki/Maiju_Gebhard

Maiju Gebhard (September 15, 1896, in Helsinki – July 18, 1986, in Helsinki) was a Finnish inventor who invented the dish drying cabinet as the head of the household department at the Finnish Work Efficiency Institute in 1944 and 1945. She was the only child of economist Hannes Gebhard and politician Hedvig Gebhard.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love this concept. The big problem is that a lot of American kitchens are (weirdly) modeled after old farmhouses where the sink was always under the one window in the whole room. The trend is absolutely hostile to this idea.

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[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago

I like these a lot better since the dishes are put a lot higher, meaning more space to move between the shelf and the sink. Guess this makes me no longer young.

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[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The knives look like a pain to load and remove though

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yup. Also: I'm tall, so now I can't see everything that's in the sink. It also needs some kind of anti-tip measure if the suggested use is to keep heavy dishes up high like that. Also, I'm not convinced this is sanitary - are we gonna get raw-chicken-water-splashback onto clean plates?

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago (36 children)

It's the double sink that gets me. I've lived in places with a double sink. I do not have a double sink right now.
I need double sink in my life.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

This is the way. Double sinks suck. With this you have a double when you need, but can also waeh big things like oven sheets.

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Such a pain moving from a country where it is the default to a country where it is unheard of.

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[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Thats a pathetic little kitchen faucet. Real grownups use professional multi-spray kitchen faucets with removable head and swivel action...

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah baby that's it

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[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Yeah, no I'll stick with the dishwasher.

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Actually this is an abomination and I hate it

[–] MadBigote@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I hate it too. My SO bought one and its not a great product. It's hard to wash anything larger than a small pan, it leaks water everywhere, and makes cleaning the please difficult. It also looks horrible in our apartment kitchen.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A side rack with drainage into the sink is ideal for handwashing dishes, anything more or less complicated than that is going to be endless headaches. This thing looks unstable as fuck.

Imagine pumping soap from the dispenser while the top rack has several plates and pots and pans (and fruit??) on it.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you get the knives in and out of that thing?

[–] ouRKaoS 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

With AI, of course!

More importantly, why is the drain on the side of the sink? How do to you get the water out of that thing?

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[–] hefejefe@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (24 children)

Those knives would get absolutely backsplashed by bacteria.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

They'd also be very difficult to place and remove.

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If space was at a premium, sure, but I'd hate to have this in our kitchen.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm old, and I actually hate this...

How awkward it must be to try to remove the knives. And why is the fruit in the top right? The cutting boards are going to leak all over the counter after you wash them.

Also, I have a dishwasher... So this is just a great way to block the window in front of most sinks for no good reason.

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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks neat and space efficient, but I have questions about why someone keeps fruit next to the dishes.

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[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (9 children)

You think my ADHD ass is ever unloading a drying rack? The dishes would just live there and I’d always be cramming new ones into it.

If only we had some technology that could dry a dish immediately and didn’t take up tons of space or grow mold… like some kind of flexible, absorbent material that sucks up the water? We should have NASA work on it

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm old enough to say it's pretty. No silverware. No utility/paring knives. Too many bowls, not enough plates. Most of my utensils can't hang. no glasses/cups, need at least 3 cutting boards.

Great taste, marginal execution.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The knife holder forces you to pull the knives up which simply is impossible with that shelf above

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[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

We have one of these! Saw a pic on Reddit and had it delivered within a week. We actually use it all the time for things that shouldn’t go in the dishwasher. A few things:

  • They’re expandable, so they can go over single and double sinks.
  • They’re generally made of “just strong enough” metal, to the shelves sag. Have had some heavy stuff on there, so it’s still pretty solid.
  • It never looks anywhere near this organized.
  • Stuff stays on it way longer than necessary, but it does eventually get put away… when we have company over.
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[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

That would cause me so much claustrophobia at the sink i would stop washing dishes.

[–] slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lots of folks saying “why don’t you just dry and put your dishes away?” but I have this exact model and use it mainly for storage. Zero cabinet space in my tiny kitchen. With this I can actually own enough plates and bowls to feed guests!

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[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Looks terrible. I can't use the sink without worrying about splashing the clean dishes. Disgusting. And they're practically just hanging in my way.

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