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Like the cabinets and whatnot? Wouldn't they be fitted to the space available or are the kitchen spaces standardized?
by drakenot 3y ago
Like the cabinets and whatnot? Wouldn't they be fitted to the space available or are the kitchen spaces standardized?
- joezydeco 3y agoYes the cabinets and no, nothing ever fits perfectly.
- lifestyleguru 3y agoExplain this to Germans.
- timeon 3y agoI'm not sure how it is in Germany but usually kitchen modules are 60x60cm and 60x45cm. Post-war kitchens are designed to this modules.
- lifestyleguru 3y agoExcept kitchen walls and ceilings are rarely equally straight, vertical, or horizontal. Then the kitchen worktops... a topic for a separate novel.
- Yizahi 3y agoCabinets are standard usually, but the panels they conform to, decor, even the wall space available are not. Like I can dismantle the kitchen from my parent's apartment and it will break in some separate sections, but not all will break, for example horizontal panels won't. And If I will try to put it together in the rental apartment, most likely it won't fit on one side, and likely leave empty space on the other side etc. The sink part in built in the corner, if rental apartment doesn't have water pipes in the corner, then it won't fit. Same with dishwasher module, oven module etc. I guess only if the kitchen is designed from the start in the cheapest possible way, with everything separate and squarish, with zero protruding or nonsquare shapes, then maybe it can be rearranged to the next apartment. Honestly, this idea is mind blowing every time I read about it.
- wink 3y agoYeah, of course it doesn't line up completely but I simply have a ~15cm gap at the wall next to the window. Some people get a matching top plate and some boards to make it fit snugly but I've seen just as many kitchens that don't run wall to wall. I mean, we stash a small ladder and a folding chair there, it's not terrible.