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I saw it done with a stacked pair of dishwasher drawers (e.g.: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/appliances-dishwasher-drawers/ https://www.remodelista.com/post

by crygin 9y ago

I saw it done with a stacked pair of dishwasher drawers (e.g.: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/appliances-dishwasher-drawers/ https://www.remodelista.com/posts/appliances-dishwasher-draw... ) in a small apartment in Switzerland recently, with "clean" and "dirty" magnets that got swapped around -- there was no other dish storage. Pretty great. My other favorite is the Italian dish drainer (a few examples here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/759138080911631519 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/759138080911631519 ) -- basically the cabinet above the sink is a dish drainer with an open bottom.

lobster_johnson 9y ago
The drying cabinet is actually a Finnish invention [1] (although apparently preceded by a US patent that never took off). It was popular in Scandinavia for a while, and you still come across homes from the 50-60s that have them, but they're no longer popular now that most people have automatic dishwashers. My family has a mountain cabin in Norway, built in the 1950s with no dishwasher, that have these, and they're very handy. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet
- Illotus 9y ago
  Very nearly every home in Finland has one these still.
- infinite8s 9y ago
  I never have enough dirty dishes to do a full dishwasher run, and I find I need new dishes before I've run a load, so now I just handwash and use the dishwasher as a drying rack.
jaclaz 9y ago
In Italian it is called "scolapiatti", it may well have been patented in the US and be a Finnish invention (in the form suspended over the kitchen sink), but in Italy it has been a traditional tool since dishes were invented, it used to be an outside piece of furniture, more like a basket: https://maisonderose.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/cera-una-volta-lo-scolapiatti/ https://maisonderose.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/cera-una-volta... http://www.lasoffittaretro.it/classico/48-scolapiatti-in-ferro-battuto-codice-48-.html http://www.lasoffittaretro.it/classico/48-scolapiatti-in-fer... until houses had water (and thus sinks), I believe that as soon as sinks were installed in kitchens, the one or the other form of "scolapiatti" became in use, this is an early, primitive, type: http://www.comune.sangiorgiodellarichinvelda.pn.it/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_Scolapiatti_di_legno_rivestito_in_latta_4aed56ee2f.jpg http://www.comune.sangiorgiodellarichinvelda.pn.it/fileadmin... And this is another example: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/192394042552_/AAX-PIATTAIA-SCOLAPIATTI-CREDENZA-PENSILE-CHABY-CHIC-ANTIQUARIATO.jpg https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/192394042552_/AAX-P...

by crygin 9y ago

lobster_johnson 9y ago

The drying cabinet is actually a Finnish invention [1] (although apparently preceded by a US patent that never took off). It was popular in Scandinavia for a while, and you still come across homes from the 50-60s that have them, but they're no longer popular now that most people have automatic dishwashers. My family has a mountain cabin in Norway, built in the 1950s with no dishwasher, that have these, and they're very handy. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet

Illotus 9y ago
Very nearly every home in Finland has one these still.
infinite8s 9y ago
I never have enough dirty dishes to do a full dishwasher run, and I find I need new dishes before I've run a load, so now I just handwash and use the dishwasher as a drying rack.

jaclaz 9y ago

In Italian it is called "scolapiatti", it may well have been patented in the US and be a Finnish invention (in the form suspended over the kitchen sink), but in Italy it has been a traditional tool since dishes were invented, it used to be an outside piece of furniture, more like a basket: https://maisonderose.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/cera-una-volta-lo-scolapiatti/ https://maisonderose.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/cera-una-volta... http://www.lasoffittaretro.it/classico/48-scolapiatti-in-ferro-battuto-codice-48-.html http://www.lasoffittaretro.it/classico/48-scolapiatti-in-fer... until houses had water (and thus sinks), I believe that as soon as sinks were installed in kitchens, the one or the other form of "scolapiatti" became in use, this is an early, primitive, type: http://www.comune.sangiorgiodellarichinvelda.pn.it/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_Scolapiatti_di_legno_rivestito_in_latta_4aed56ee2f.jpg http://www.comune.sangiorgiodellarichinvelda.pn.it/fileadmin... And this is another example: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/192394042552_/AAX-PIATTAIA-SCOLAPIATTI-CREDENZA-PENSILE-CHABY-CHIC-ANTIQUARIATO.jpg https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/192394042552_/AAX-P...