When I embarked on a kitchen remodel years ago, one of my main obsessions was to hide the microwave (Jerome, remember?). My kitchen is on the small side, and it proved a challenge to find an unoccupied niche. But we found one, and I’m happy to say I haven’t had to come face to face with my microwave for the past decade. Here are 11 spaces where the microwave is tucked away from aesthetically appraising eyes.
Above: A Dumbo, Brooklyn, loft designed by Marco Pasanella and Rebecca Robertson features a microwave tucked inside the kitchen island; see the whole project at A Whimsical Family Loft in Brooklyn. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista. Above: Alison Davin of design firm Jute (a member of the Remodelista Architect & Designer Directory) tucked a microwave in a kitchen cabinet; see the whole project at Rehab Diary: A Small-Kitchen Makeover with Maximum Storage. Photograph by Drew Kelly. Above: In Sheila Narusawa’s Cape Cod kitchen, the microwave and other small appliances are tucked away on pullout shelves fitted with hidden outlets. See Kitchen of the Week: A Streamlined Cape Cod Classic. Above: A microwave and a toaster oven tucked under a countertop ingeniously solves two problems from Gepetto. Above: Barbara Bestor tucked a microwave in a side cabinet in A New England Kitchen by Way of LA. Above: In the back parlor turned kitchen of a 19th-century Brooklyn townhouse, architect Shauna McManus hid the microwave into the coffee counter. See Kitchen of the Week: A Something Old, Something New Kitchen in Brooklyn. Above: Ann DeSaussure Davidson and Scott Davidson tucked a compact microwave under the counter in their Brooklyn galley kitchen; the monochrome white helps it to blend in with the cabinetry. For more, read our book, Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista.
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