The end cabinet message center houses our keys, the garage door transmitter, the digital weather station, a white board and more. With the 2″ face frame cabinet the small amount of interior cabinet space I lost is nothing to the amount of clutter these objects would create by laying on the counter top.
The custom trash bin was an idea of mine that came to me very time I pulled what appeared to be a full garbage bag out of our old kitchen’s garbage can to find that the bag was half full. I found the largest plastic trash bin I could find that would house a 33 gallon trash bag comfortably and built the frame around it. I had some extra space behind the trash can so I built a garbage bag dispenser.
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That's a really innovative idea an a neat way to keep personal items hidden out of sight when people come over! For my famiyl, we've just got a little storage box on the sideboard when we come in and that's where we've been chucking all our things!
I love the idea of being able to hide things in plain sight! It just makes things look a lot more organized and neat. Especially when it involves unsightly things like your trash bin! Now that hideaway cupboard is an excellent storage idea for the bin!
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That's a really innovative idea an a neat way to keep personal items hidden out of sight when people come over! For my famiyl, we've just got a little storage box on the sideboard when we come in and that's where we've been chucking all our things!
I love the idea of being able to hide things in plain sight! It just makes things look a lot more organized and neat. Especially when it involves unsightly things like your trash bin! Now that hideaway cupboard is an excellent storage idea for the bin!