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Can confirm. Have bonked my head on cabinets multiple times. The danger is primarily in bending-over-then-standing motions. Life hack: if you keep all your bot

by rjmill 4y ago

Can confirm. Have bonked my head on cabinets multiple times. The danger is primarily in bending-over-then-standing motions. Life hack: if you keep all your bottom cabinets open, you don't have to bend over to see what's inside :^)

yojo 4y ago
At that point, why not just take the doors off? Open shelving is a thing. No one said your cabinets need to have doors.
- Waterluvian 4y ago
  There is a spectrum everyone is on, where at one end is emotional distress at cabinets being ajar, and the other end is ignoring a smoke alarm chirping every 43 seconds for six months. Somewhere on that spectrum is, "I don't care for the doors but I don't want to be bothered to remove them."
  - DontchaKnowit 4y ago
    This is so funny. That same friend of mine came over a few months prior and was like "HOLY SHIT how do you live with that noise its driving me crazy" I'd been living here for like 5 months at that point and had completely blocked out the noise of a dead fire alarm in my basement.
    - switchbak 4y ago
      I think there's a metaphor for putting up with crappy code in there somewhere.
- Teever 4y ago
  that takes even more planning snd effort than just closing them
- pavon 4y ago
  We had some tall cabinet doors that we were particularly prone to hitting our heads on, so we replaced them with curtains. Did the same for some closets with sliding doors when I got annoyed with only being able to access half the closet at once. The curtains hide the clutter, and IMO look nicer than the doors did.
- phyzome 4y ago
  Then you have to dust more stuff!
  - klyrs 4y ago
    Worse than dust, kitchens are regularly filled with clouds (however thin) of cooking oil. I had an apartment once where the landlord was apparently too cheap for cupboard doors or a proper exhaust fan, and infrequently-used dishes got nasty.
    - phyzome 4y ago
      Ughh yeah, you'd end up with a gross semi-polymerized sticky film on stuff.
- wintogreen74 4y ago
  if you have pets you sure do!
- jxramos 4y ago
  Yah, they do have utility though, they guard the contents from a higher degree of exposure to dust and kitchen exhaust grime and any splatter that should occur in the space that goes in all directions. Easier to wipe a more or less flat planar surface than the intricate surfaces possibly pervious surfaces of the contents.
  - yojo 4y ago
    Oh, I agree. My cabinets have doors, and I keep them closed. But if you’re already leaving all your cabinets open at all times, you might as well just get the doors out of your way.
doubled112 4y ago
If opened all my bottom cabinet doors in the kitchen, I still couldn’t see everything. I’m too tall and the room isn’t that big, so the viewing angle is all wrong. Same way the top shelf of the fridge disappears. Bad angle. Both require bending over then standing. Edit: There’s just enough room to back up and see it all in the cabinet. I’m sorry I lied.

by rjmill 4y ago

yojo 4y ago

At that point, why not just take the doors off? Open shelving is a thing. No one said your cabinets need to have doors.

Waterluvian 4y ago
There is a spectrum everyone is on, where at one end is emotional distress at cabinets being ajar, and the other end is ignoring a smoke alarm chirping every 43 seconds for six months. Somewhere on that spectrum is, "I don't care for the doors but I don't want to be bothered to remove them."
- DontchaKnowit 4y ago
  This is so funny. That same friend of mine came over a few months prior and was like "HOLY SHIT how do you live with that noise its driving me crazy" I'd been living here for like 5 months at that point and had completely blocked out the noise of a dead fire alarm in my basement.
  - switchbak 4y ago
    I think there's a metaphor for putting up with crappy code in there somewhere.
Teever 4y ago
that takes even more planning snd effort than just closing them
pavon 4y ago
We had some tall cabinet doors that we were particularly prone to hitting our heads on, so we replaced them with curtains. Did the same for some closets with sliding doors when I got annoyed with only being able to access half the closet at once. The curtains hide the clutter, and IMO look nicer than the doors did.
phyzome 4y ago
Then you have to dust more stuff!
- klyrs 4y ago
  Worse than dust, kitchens are regularly filled with clouds (however thin) of cooking oil. I had an apartment once where the landlord was apparently too cheap for cupboard doors or a proper exhaust fan, and infrequently-used dishes got nasty.
  - phyzome 4y ago
    Ughh yeah, you'd end up with a gross semi-polymerized sticky film on stuff.
wintogreen74 4y ago
if you have pets you sure do!
jxramos 4y ago
Yah, they do have utility though, they guard the contents from a higher degree of exposure to dust and kitchen exhaust grime and any splatter that should occur in the space that goes in all directions. Easier to wipe a more or less flat planar surface than the intricate surfaces possibly pervious surfaces of the contents.
- yojo 4y ago
  Oh, I agree. My cabinets have doors, and I keep them closed. But if you’re already leaving all your cabinets open at all times, you might as well just get the doors out of your way.

doubled112 4y ago

If opened all my bottom cabinet doors in the kitchen, I still couldn’t see everything. I’m too tall and the room isn’t that big, so the viewing angle is all wrong. Same way the top shelf of the fridge disappears. Bad angle. Both require bending over then standing. Edit: There’s just enough room to back up and see it all in the cabinet. I’m sorry I lied.