What do you think of small kitchen? (square footage, kitchen cabinets)

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by loratliff

I cooked a 5-course dinner for 10 people in a similar kitchen. A good cook/chef isn't limited by a small kitchen.

A small kitchen, I've dealt with (though sometimes a bit difficult if you aren't good about being organized). A crap kitchen is a bit harder.

[SeventhFloor]

I am surprised this went 4 pages. If you're trying to be Chef Ramsay (accent and all) then I can see how a small kitchen would irritate you.

[stan4]

Less kitchen, less to clean.

You can make an island out of a high wooden table. Increase storage and counter space.

[Grosvenor]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

No, but isn't it nice to have friends, family or dates over?

Of course but there are other places besides the kitchen to congregate aren't there?

[mc33433]

Originally Posted by Grosvenor

Of course but there are other places besides the kitchen to congregate aren't there?

Well, we don't know what the rest of the apartment looks like!

[Grosvenor]

Originally Posted by mc33433

Well, we don't know what the rest of the apartment looks like!

HA! Let's prey that it's bigger than the kitchen.

[ehanson]

That kitchen is too small, especially for a Queens apartment. Thought it was in Manhattan till I read it was in Rego Park.

For me having a kitchen to cook in or having enough space to utilize is important since I like cooking dinner for myself after coming home from work (not typical by New Yorker standards but thankfully I enjoy the process)

Of the two apartments that I had in Queens my first apartment in FH had new granite countertops and full sized stainless steel appliances as well as a large deep sink; wasn't too small or too big. Just the perfect size for one person to cook or bake in. My apartment in Astoria had a huge kitchen, it was the size of most Manhattan studios. It was a bit too big for me but there was more than enough counter space.

I agree with getting a higher resale value in Forest Hills/ Kew Gardens since they're more "desirable" than Rego Park.

[Kefir King]

Originally Posted by nybbler

No fridge?

Me too,
Where's the fridge?

(Is this a studio in THE HOWARD?)

Anyways, I could never live with a kitchen like that. By the time you lay down a toaster, microwave, toaster oven, and a blender, it's full...no room to make a sandwich.
Oops, I just took another look: you'd have to THROW OUT the toaster, toaster oven and blender and you'd need to make the sandwich atop the microwave.

[loratliff]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

Me too,
Where's the fridge?

(Is this a studio in THE HOWARD?)

Anyways, I could never live with a kitchen like that. By the time you lay down a toaster, microwave, toaster oven, and a blender, it's full...no room to make a sandwich.
Oops, I just took another look: you'd have to THROW OUT the toaster, toaster oven and blender and you'd need to make the sandwich atop the microwave.

Do you need all of those things? I cook a lot and I don't own a microwave, a toaster, or a toaster oven. The blender lives in a cabinet.

[Kefir King]

Do you need all of those things? I cook a lot and I don't own a microwave, a
toaster, or a toaster oven.

Yep.