So many appliances...

My kitchen isn't very big. On my worktops I have my microwave, which I use a lot. Tea, coffee, sugar jars, a kettle, a magnified mirror on a stand, kitchen towel holder. All the rest are in the cupboards.

Oh kitty - four counters - four! I'm green with envy. I think I'll go and have a little cry - just joking.

I had a small dining room that we rarely used for eating and a reasonably sized kitchen which a visitor once described as 'compact'! Cheek! Anyway, two years ago I had them knocked into one then pinched a very small area off the new, bigger room for a utility room. The back door is in there so the comings and goings of three dogs no longer brings all the muddy footprints into the kitchen.

The point is, I had a row of six, under bench, extra deep drawers fitted where my cooking pans, baking trays and kitchen machines all live. However, the worktops are still home to:
toaster
air fryer
knife blocks (yes, two, but one was a gift)
IKEA trivet
four utensil pots (I could probably streamline these)
two spice racks
breadboard
teapots
coffee machine
coffee grinder
filter jug
a big bowl I keep for onions and garlic
a little, free-standing shelf unit that houses the tea and coffee canisters.

I have a boiling water tap (best, most convenient thing ever) so the kettle is hardly used and lives in the utility room. Phew!

An induction hob, electric oven, microwave, electric kettle, hand mixer, stick blender with mincer, old fashioned mincer, toaster, electric pan for making Danish doughnuts and a toaster for making croques messieurs. I am hoping for a waffle iron for Christmas.

We have a pressure cooker for making juice or preserving fruit in, that spends most of the year in the attic.
All of the other smaller appliances are kept in cupboards in the kitchen.

I have an old set of scales with weights and DH a digital scale.

I have way to many appliances and my husband keeps on buying new gadgets . Most of the items used only a few times but my husband refuses to get rid of anything . We are now having to redesign our kitchen to find homes for all the things .

I don't know what the Ninja thing is either, would someone explain please.

I have two kitchens , one at home and one in my static. The one at home is big and the one in the static small but tend to have the same items on worktop in both .

Halaogen ovens , kettle tea coffee sugar toaster , mugs full of utensils . In both places microwaves are up on shelves . Slow cookers , mixers , toasty makers etc are in cupboards in both places .
Funnily enough I prefer my little kitchen as I only need to stretch out my arm to get things while at home I seem to be constantly trotting back and forward to the fridge , cooker etc .

On my worktops at the moment:
Several matching glass worktop protectors.
Microwave and fruit bowl on one bench.
On the second bench there is the kettle, a container holding olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice etc. two plants. Above them, on the wall, a metal shelf holds a container with kitchen utensils, tea/coffee,

In the kitchen cupboards/drawers there is sandwich maker, scales that are flat and sit up sideways, toaster, bread basket, hand mixer, stick mixer, electric knife, wooden chopping boards.

When we got our kitchen 10 years ago we put 5 floor cupboards and 5 wall cupboards into the garage. In those cupboards is the slow cooker, air fryer, overflow tinned foods/store cupboard stuff/veg, etc/baking tins.
Big one-off saucepans, wok, hang from nails in the rafters.

From the left

Counter one
Alexa
Bowl of lemons
Dish of grapes
Jade plant
Banana tree
Phone

Counter 2

Bread boards
Bread bin
Kenwood chef
Toaster
Utensils in pot
Spoon rest
Small tray with salt an pepper bowls and various oils.

Counter 3

Caddies containing tea, tea bags, coffee, sugar
Massimo
Tea pot
Tea strainer
2x biscuit caddies (1 normal, 1 gf)

Very small counter 4

Eggs in a wire basket
Dish of cherry tomatoes
Kitchen towel

Butchers block

Basket for recipes
Tablet
Family diary
Pen pot
Lists too numerous to mention
Tissues
Baby wipes

Kettle & microwave are the only appliances I have out permanently. The rest live in cupboards.
My radio is the only other thing on the worktop apart from a big pot of cooking utensils by the cooker.

I have deliberately cluttered worktops. Deters the cat from jumping up onto them. I have a small food processor (used almost daily) a stick blender in the drawer (great for soups). I have old fashioned weighing scales used often (I make my own bread) and the weighing bowl is a perfect size for pouring flour into the breadmaker. I also have a microwave which is not used that much but is brilliant for big meals like Christmas for doing peas and so on when the hobs are are in use.
I don't buy appliances often but when I do I research them carefully first.

Our ancient microwave is built in. I don't have at all a big kitchen but blender, stick blender, ancient Kenwood Chef and slow cooker all live in the cupboards. I don't have enough worktop space to have them out.
Just kettle and toaster, and tea/coffee canisters obv.

Oh, and a ceramic chicken for keeping eggs in, though TBH they're usually in the fridge unless I need them at room temp for something. And two mug 'trees' plus usually other sundry odds and sods, I'm not the tidiest person in the world.

Check out storage on pinterest. Life changing!

Thanks cornergran - you know I'm so short of space I put an old newspaper on top of the ceramic hob for the peelings and use a small chopping board at the side.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Kettle
Toaster
Mug tree (unnecessary really)
Kitchen Roll
Small bowl with cooking salt near hob
Everything else in cupboard

I have a microwave, a coffee maker, a milk frothier , a toaster and a kettle on one bench and on the other a sandwich press and a blender. All of them get used most days apart from the sandwich press and that’s probably twice a week

I certainly will be using it every day.
I intend to start today,
I'm making a lamb stew or curry for dinner, I haven't decided which one yet.

My mixer, food processor and stick blender are all in our walk in larder
Microwave is on a shelf, knives in a drawer.
Kettle, toaster on work top along with my Tassimo hot drink maker as I use them all daily. Tea coffee and sugar canisters are all in the cupboard above the kettle. Just the bread bin left.
I don't have one of those Ninja things - wish I did because they look amazing and if what they say is true, you'll barely need your oven !

Personally I don’t like cluttered worktops.I put everything I don’t use regularly out of site. Kettle, toaster and tea/coffee/sugar canisters are always left outobvously.

My kitchen is small, the cupboards are full to bursting and the counter tops are also heaving. I do not have a cooker so a fairly large space is covered by a cooking hob, then there is the Tassimo drinks maker, next to that is the Air fryer, then tea/coffee/sugar canisters, water filter jug, bread bin. other side of sink is bread maker (hardly used), soup maker (new, used twice), kettle, toaster, tin opener. Fridge/freezer is next then microwave with weighing scales sitting on top of it.

DanniRae - good luck with your new hob.
After 40+ years of using a gas hob, I moved to a house with a ceramic hob and I hated it! More than two years on and I still hate it. When the kitchen is extended next year, the wretched thing will go in the skip and be replaced by a gas one.

However, don't be despondent. One of my friends made the same transition a decade ago and, within weeks, was saying she never wants to use a gas hob again.

One point in ceramic's favour - from the POV of a lazy slut like me - it's generally easier to clean.
Best of luck.

Kettle,
Juicer,
Vitamix,
Ninja something or other,
Dry fryer,
Knife rack,
Food processor.
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Everything in cupboard, as much as possible. (My DM used to have the kitchen work-tops covered in stuff, and it drove me mad!) In cupboards are: toaster, slow-cooker, food-processor, hand-held mixer & electric weighing scale.
On kitchen worktops: kettle, two mugs, bread-board, kitchen-roll dispenser, pots of cooking utensils (these are next to hob). Microwave is on worktop in immediately adjacent utility, as is (old-fashioned, enamelled, family heirloom) bread-bin.

I have out on my worktops:
toaster,
kettle,
slow cooker,
microwave,
Kenwood food processor,
electric can opener,
wine rack,
cookery book stand,
large container holding essential tools next to the cooker,
little tray holding salt, peppermills etc, also next to cooker
radio
landline phone.

All the above are used frequently, I have them out so they are handy. And anyway there is no room in my cupboards to keep them.
My DSis has nothing out on her worktops except the kettle and tea canister. They are completely empty, everything else lives in her cupboards, and is got out and put back straight after use, even the toaster. Oh, she might have a very tasteful bowl of fruit and a vase of flowers. Some of my neighbours are the same, their kitchens look like the ones you see in showhomes - for show, not for use! Even the dish drying rack is put away after use.....