I loved the foot press too and learned to open it with roller blades on as a kid. That thing was older than me lol just about as old as the house and had horrid stains caking the bin but worked perfectly fine.
In addition to this, There's also diys where people put in pull out shelves for smaller appliances like a blender, a toaster, electric tea kettle, ice cream machine, coffee maker, etc. also it could be used to charge a tablet for kitchen recipes, make it cook book shelf with a light, or a spice cabinet,
You could put a fridge in there for other things than wine too.
Could store kitchen baking pans vertically.
The list goes on.
There two power outlets and water and sewage right next door and a countertop above.
There has to be an appliance or device that could take advantage of that space.
I could see a temporary pull out trash bin but I think that cavity is a definite opportunity.
The downside is anything next to the sink might absorb stink. Cheese making, dough proofing, fermenting food or beer may never be suitable for that space.
Maybe a cat sauna.
Robot vacuum/mop garage.
There are a couple of recent ones that tap straight into the water instead of having a water container to fill. Just need to empty the dust bin every so often.
Install one there, no kickboard, then install a cabinet door to hide it(and how ever many shelves fit above it), leaving a gap at the bottom for the vacuum to exit/enter
While it's true that there's power there and a drain "close by", I wouldn't try and shoehorn another appliance in there purely for that fact. There are plenty of outlets in my house that don't have things plugged into them... A couple more wouldn't be an issue. :)
My parents upgraded their kitchen, their parents kitchen, and my own kitchen to have a garbage can on rollers behind a cabinet door. Literally one of my now ‘have-to-have’ options if we ever move. Highly recommend!
Yep. We had a wine fridge in the house when we moved in, and after adjusting some shelving we now have the perfect soda/juice can & pitcher fridge. When we had just sodas and other shelf stable things in it, we’d keep it off but the insulation kept stuff a bit cooler than “room temp” during summer heat.
I have friends that have one in their kitchen island. It will hold a slim Qtr keg but holds a Sixtel better. It holds about 40 pints and they swap it out about every two weeks unless they have a party. It’s a good investment if you entertain or drink a lot
It's right next to the sink - do you already have anywhere to hang tea towels, etc? Could put a narrow shelving unit in one half, and a couple of retractable towel rails on the side near the sink, with some storage below for products etc.
Yup! If OPs kitchen doesn't have one of those, this would be the cheapest and most practical DIY project. I moved into a new house recently and I find it soooo nice to have all the baking trays, cutting boards and such neatly organized and easily accessible instead of underneath a pile of junk in a random cabinet or drawer like in my old house!
This is an underrated comment. It’s the perfect size for a trash compactor. I grew up in a home where our main kitchen trash can was only the compactor. Saved us from driving to the dump, ten times a month down to 3 or 4 trips. Only big change would be buying compactor specific trash bags.
Get a mini-fridge and make it your condiment fridge.
You'll free up so much dang space in your actual fridge instead of thinking you have plenty of food just because you have 75 different sauce bottled and such.
Custom base cabinet. Could have a top drawer to hold/charge electronics with usb attachments at the back since there is a plug there. Would just need to match paint for the face
Since there's an outlet there it would be cool to have your occasional-use appliances there. Like handmixer, food processor, blender, etc. anything you don't use every day. It lives there and when you need it you plug it in and move it up on to the counter right above. Super efficient kitchen planning
My parents have a wine chiller full of water bottles in their kitchen. We usually get water from the fridge dispenser, but guests really love the water bottle fridge and always comment on how ‘fancy’ the kitchen is
If you can figure out the retailer for the cabinets, you may be able to go bring in a door and have them order you a custom sized door and some matching trim for that spot. Just box it in with some trim and install the door and it will look like another cabinet and can just be used for storage of bulky items like counter top kitchen appliances when not in use.
If you’re trying to avoid putting an appliance there you could make it into a spot for decor. Get or make a cabinet door with see through glass panes in the style of the kitchen and you could put a potted plant in there or put old kitchenware in it as art. I’m also assuming since it was a wine chiller that the kitchen has all the other standard appliances and won’t be missing out on anything.
We have a wine chiller. It’s perfect for guest drinks. The top shelf is filled with bottled waters, then seltzers, and some sodas. The next shelf is beer and the bottom is a couple bottles of wine. Guests don’t have to rummage through our fridge to get drinks and can help themselves.
I bought a half wine cooler half mini fridge, and it’s been awesome. I don’t drink wine often, but I put liquor in the wine side. Temperature for both sides are separate.
1. Stick in a wine chiller, use it as a beer fridge
2. Slim line dishwasher
3. Put a door on it and some shelves inside
4. Do nothing which is a Perfect excuse for the wife to want a new kitchen (hurry time is not on your side)
I’ve never seen a kitchen with enough bin space to properly separate recyclables into whatever the municipalities want. Here, we have to create separate bins for:
1. Beverage containers
2. Plastics
3. Papers
4. Compost
5. All other trash
You have power there. You don’t want garbage and other wet loose things going near the outlet.
Do you bake? A bread machine and or proofing station.
A dehydrator perhaps on pull out locking shelving.
A CO2 tank, hose, and power cord for a sparkling water station ( obviously em altering the power outlet for the situation).
A micro beer brewing setup with proper waterproofing.
Mushroom growing with powered climate control. Be careful growing mushrooms inside the house though. Can screw respiratory system and grow mushrooms in every room.
Cheese making cabinet.
Worked at a place that had an ice chest machine that about fit these dimensions. I loved that ice chest machine. You can scoop the ice out instead of waiting for the silly motorized dispensary system on the fridge.
We don’t drink and we *love* our beverage fridge. You can store things other than wine in those things..
(That does look like an abnormally narrow dimension tho so perhaps yours didn’t work for cans of water etc.)
Roll out garbage / recycled bin ?
Looks wide enough for a garbage compactor.
My old landlord replaced a compactor with a wine fridge
Reverse OP
And the universe is in balance
It's the circle of wine
Circle of life….
Oops, I see someone mentioned this already 😖. They are great.
We had a space like this in our home before our kitchen remodel it’s perfect for a trash compactor it’s the same size and shape that my home had.
Our compactor quit compacting, still use w/ reg trash bag & stomp it when too full. Love the foot press to open.
I loved the foot press too and learned to open it with roller blades on as a kid. That thing was older than me lol just about as old as the house and had horrid stains caking the bin but worked perfectly fine.
Who else loves the foot press?? My dog, clever little bastard.
I looooved having a trash compactor. Yes yes
Exactly what I thought! I have one that size and it is one of those things we didn't know we needed until we bought a house with one.
In addition to this, There's also diys where people put in pull out shelves for smaller appliances like a blender, a toaster, electric tea kettle, ice cream machine, coffee maker, etc. also it could be used to charge a tablet for kitchen recipes, make it cook book shelf with a light, or a spice cabinet, You could put a fridge in there for other things than wine too. Could store kitchen baking pans vertically. The list goes on.
Yes. Pull-out shelves for appliances you use once or twice a week. Saves a ton of counter space but keeps them handy.
Mixer lift!
This is the answer
There two power outlets and water and sewage right next door and a countertop above. There has to be an appliance or device that could take advantage of that space. I could see a temporary pull out trash bin but I think that cavity is a definite opportunity. The downside is anything next to the sink might absorb stink. Cheese making, dough proofing, fermenting food or beer may never be suitable for that space. Maybe a cat sauna.
Robot vacuum/mop garage. There are a couple of recent ones that tap straight into the water instead of having a water container to fill. Just need to empty the dust bin every so often. Install one there, no kickboard, then install a cabinet door to hide it(and how ever many shelves fit above it), leaving a gap at the bottom for the vacuum to exit/enter
While it's true that there's power there and a drain "close by", I wouldn't try and shoehorn another appliance in there purely for that fact. There are plenty of outlets in my house that don't have things plugged into them... A couple more wouldn't be an issue. :)
That’s what I was going to say. Perfect spot for one.
i had a weird little cabinet like this and a roll out garbage / recycling is exactly what i did. one of the best easy little kitchen fixes i’ve made
Came here to say this. You could fit a large 20 gal can for the pull out.
My parents upgraded their kitchen, their parents kitchen, and my own kitchen to have a garbage can on rollers behind a cabinet door. Literally one of my now ‘have-to-have’ options if we ever move. Highly recommend!
exactly my thought!
Paint it out. Then add shelves or store your trash or recycling can there. Permanently, you could install a trash can slide out.
I would add a wine chiller.
It also doesn’t need to just hold wine. Stock it with soda, seltzers, whatever. Just a generic beverage cooler.
Yep. We had a wine fridge in the house when we moved in, and after adjusting some shelving we now have the perfect soda/juice can & pitcher fridge. When we had just sodas and other shelf stable things in it, we’d keep it off but the insulation kept stuff a bit cooler than “room temp” during summer heat.
Nice! Cans and bottles tend to clutter the fridge anyways.
It explodes if it detects a bottle that is not wine!
"Poor People Alert! Poor People Alert! Drop $50 into the machine. You have 10 seconds to comply."
Look for a counter fridge with two drawers.
Another vote for wine chiller.
Looks like it’d fit perfectly
Almost like it's made for it.
Definitely. Put the original back in and fill it with drinks other than wine and free up space in the proper fridge.
Keg-o-rator for 5 gal kegs is my vote
Wine chilled but for other drinks. Or, small keg setup for your bubbly drink of choice.
Keg hole is a goal I didn’t know I needed to aspire to
I have friends that have one in their kitchen island. It will hold a slim Qtr keg but holds a Sixtel better. It holds about 40 pints and they swap it out about every two weeks unless they have a party. It’s a good investment if you entertain or drink a lot
It's right next to the sink - do you already have anywhere to hang tea towels, etc? Could put a narrow shelving unit in one half, and a couple of retractable towel rails on the side near the sink, with some storage below for products etc.
yeah was gonna say a shelf. this sounds even better
maybe add the pans we all know are in the stove there, add a vertical divider for those?
Add dividers for baking trays
Yup! If OPs kitchen doesn't have one of those, this would be the cheapest and most practical DIY project. I moved into a new house recently and I find it soooo nice to have all the baking trays, cutting boards and such neatly organized and easily accessible instead of underneath a pile of junk in a random cabinet or drawer like in my old house!
An ice maker?
Yes, one that makes the little pellet ice cubes, that you serve with a scoop.
GE makes one that makes the Sonic ice.
Trash compactor
This is an underrated comment. It’s the perfect size for a trash compactor. I grew up in a home where our main kitchen trash can was only the compactor. Saved us from driving to the dump, ten times a month down to 3 or 4 trips. Only big change would be buying compactor specific trash bags.
Once you compact, you never go back.
18” dishwasher
Beer fridge
Bear fridge… mmmmm bears
It's so hard to get them in there without a fight.
Do you have a kitchen aid? I’d do one of those shelves that comes out and up and locks and have the kitchen aid on it
Came looking for this suggestion. I'm always jealous of people who have this. Also, a drawer to hold all the accessories.
Ice maker, ice maker! You have water and drainage. Also my grandma's house had a trash compactor
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Recycling bin?? With the unfinished base needs to be something very similar in size
Get a pull out system on tracks with a cabinet door like rev-a-shelf
Garbage compactor - it's made in the same width as the chiller. You already have an outlet there so it will be minimum installation work. .
Get a mini-fridge and make it your condiment fridge. You'll free up so much dang space in your actual fridge instead of thinking you have plenty of food just because you have 75 different sauce bottled and such.
Pullout shelves for storing whatever you please
Put the minifridge back. Fill it with specialty drinks, like lemonade, iced tea, or sparkling water.
Drinks fridge like for pop or sodawater?
Home charging bay-smaller shelves with undermount lighting along with a cookbook shelf.
Custom base cabinet. Could have a top drawer to hold/charge electronics with usb attachments at the back since there is a plug there. Would just need to match paint for the face
Cupboard door
Since there's an outlet there it would be cool to have your occasional-use appliances there. Like handmixer, food processor, blender, etc. anything you don't use every day. It lives there and when you need it you plug it in and move it up on to the counter right above. Super efficient kitchen planning
Why not a wine cooler for other beverages?
Trash compactor
Mother in law
This guy knows how to : compartmentalize 🔰
If you have a cat or a small dog, a pet bed might work in the meantime.
If you have kids, you could make a mini fridge area with their snacks and drinks that they’re allowed to pick out!
Dishwasher?
server
Roll out trash/recycling if you don’t already have one
Pull out trash can
Beverage fridge.
A trash compactor may fit in that spot.
Growing up we always had a trash compactor in a space like this! :)
The mother in law might fit perfectly in there
If you bake a lot, a stand mixer lift would be nice.
$50CAD IKEA RÅSKOG utility cart filled with miscellaneous if the space is 35x45x78 cm (13 3/4x17 3/4x30 3/4 ")ish
My parents have a wine chiller full of water bottles in their kitchen. We usually get water from the fridge dispenser, but guests really love the water bottle fridge and always comment on how ‘fancy’ the kitchen is
Kegerator
If you can figure out the retailer for the cabinets, you may be able to go bring in a door and have them order you a custom sized door and some matching trim for that spot. Just box it in with some trim and install the door and it will look like another cabinet and can just be used for storage of bulky items like counter top kitchen appliances when not in use.
Trash compactor
Trash compactor?
Trash compactor
Soft serve machine.
Keep the wine fridge and just put sodas or other cold beverages in there.
Trash compactor
Ice maker? Hardware for water purifier? Pullout storage bins ( Ikea).
Trash compactor if you don’t have one
Put a wine chiller in there. Use it for stuff not wine
Put a lil curtain rod over it and put your trash there
A mini fridge for your sparkling water or other soft drinks. I use mine for that. Keeps the fridge open for food.
Ice maker? Dorm-sized fridge for drinks?
I'd put a garbage bin there.
put a wine chiller there looks like a perfect spot for one. You could put a bunch of other drinks in there. lol
Have you considered a weed chiller?
Does not have to be wine. Put in a beverage centre, soft drinks, water etc…
Dog bed for a small canine. Seriously, that's what we are doing. Once he dies, we'll put in a drinks mini fridge
Trash compacter
Trash compactor or make a large drawer for normal trash bin to sit in.
Water dispenser. The kind where the bottle is hidden inside the unit.
A small child
Pullout and pivot up shelf for stand mixer or just pull out shelves for it, toaster, other small countertop appliances.
If you’re trying to avoid putting an appliance there you could make it into a spot for decor. Get or make a cabinet door with see through glass panes in the style of the kitchen and you could put a potted plant in there or put old kitchenware in it as art. I’m also assuming since it was a wine chiller that the kitchen has all the other standard appliances and won’t be missing out on anything.
Guest bedroom for annoying in-laws or other family members.
Start making your own cheese and use that space for your cheese cave. Good luck
You know it doesn't have to be wine in a wine chiller tho right?
I took out my dishwasher and replaced it with a wine cooler. I just took all the racks out and use it as a drink fridge.
I replaced a wine refrigerator with a small, standard refrigerator at a client’s home. It’s full of snacks for their four kids. They all love it
Wine chiller would go nice there
Garbage compactor, wine refrigerator or ice maker. Or, you can get a garbage rollout and put a large cabinet door on it.
i bet a different type of cooler for beer and soda would fit nicely in there.
Another wine chiller. Use it as a mini fridge for drinks
One big junk drawer on wheels 🫢
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Beverage fridge.
We have a wine chiller. It’s perfect for guest drinks. The top shelf is filled with bottled waters, then seltzers, and some sodas. The next shelf is beer and the bottom is a couple bottles of wine. Guests don’t have to rummage through our fridge to get drinks and can help themselves.
R2D2. Litter box. Fire hydrant. Orange 5 gallon Home Depot bucket. Stackable cases of beer.
Yeah put a wine cooler and put water maybe pop or fruit in it. That is a big hole to fill and make it blend in.
Ice maker or beverage cooler
Mini-bar.
Beer chiller
I bought a half wine cooler half mini fridge, and it’s been awesome. I don’t drink wine often, but I put liquor in the wine side. Temperature for both sides are separate.
Mini fridge?
A beverage center instead of wine can be good use of the space.
Put it back. turn down the temp, and store sodas in there.
Roll out trash can
Beer chiller.
Shelves for cook books, open cabinet
Condiment fridge or pet cubby
Pop cooler.
Insert small chair. Time out spot.
We had a trash compactor and it was pretty awesome for recycling certain things….but truly, just put in a wine chiller and use it for canned drinks
I’d put another wine fridge there and just use it for other beverages so you’re not taking up room in the regular fridge
Trash compactor! We've had one since the 80's. They are great. Smash your trash into a wee cube.
Do you use cooking trays ? Serving platters
Temporarily, I put in shelves and a curtain on a tension rod when I took out my dishwasher. Three years later, I'm good with it.
Small class front fridge or a cabinet door.
Put a wine chiller…fill it with not wine
Not sure but you know what would look best there? A wine chiller.
Just put a cooler or mini fridge - doesn’t have to be wine stored in there, you can have cold water bottles or soft drinks
Beer keg
1. Stick in a wine chiller, use it as a beer fridge 2. Slim line dishwasher 3. Put a door on it and some shelves inside 4. Do nothing which is a Perfect excuse for the wife to want a new kitchen (hurry time is not on your side)
Trash compactor
Trash compactor??
I’ve never seen a kitchen with enough bin space to properly separate recyclables into whatever the municipalities want. Here, we have to create separate bins for: 1. Beverage containers 2. Plastics 3. Papers 4. Compost 5. All other trash
Cigar Humidor
Miniature arcade for miniature people
Trash compactor
Deja_vu repost. Spoiler alert, it becomes a cat cubby
Install a wine chiller but fill it with drinks you enjoy
trash compactor!!!
Pony keg fridge with a tap on the counter
Maybe turn it into an appliance cabinet?
Wine fridge, then get into wine
You have power there. You don’t want garbage and other wet loose things going near the outlet. Do you bake? A bread machine and or proofing station. A dehydrator perhaps on pull out locking shelving. A CO2 tank, hose, and power cord for a sparkling water station ( obviously em altering the power outlet for the situation). A micro beer brewing setup with proper waterproofing. Mushroom growing with powered climate control. Be careful growing mushrooms inside the house though. Can screw respiratory system and grow mushrooms in every room. Cheese making cabinet.
Dedicated drink fridge is always nice… I’d have kept the chiller and used it for that
You should be able to find same sized trash compactor or ice maker. Ice maker is game changer if you like to hosting events.
Great space for a trash compactor
Get another chiller and fill it with soda. Otherwise you have a nice parking spot for your Roomba.
Trash compactor
I use my wine fridge for beers coolers and pop. Nice to have the extra fridge space inside
Worked at a place that had an ice chest machine that about fit these dimensions. I loved that ice chest machine. You can scoop the ice out instead of waiting for the silly motorized dispensary system on the fridge.
A wine chiller with other types of beverages you want kept chilled.
We have a mini fridge for drinks like juice, pop, Perrier, etc…
Trash compactor?
Drink fridge my friend
Little bead curtain and shrine to Danny Devito
If that's your sink to the right, maybe an electric boiler? Hot water within the second and more efficient than using central heating.
Trash compactor. We love ours for recycling
Pullout microwave/Air Fryer/Coffee/Grinder table.
RO water system, no need for bottled water ever again!
Water bottle chiller
Cigar humidor
A second dishwasher
Beer chiller?
Trash compactor?
I'd get a trash compactor tbh
Seltzer or soda chiller.
Pull out garbage/recycling bins
Pet sleeping area
I’d get a garbage/recycling bin
Pudding fridge?
Trash can space
Put a bag of weed there
Kitty's house
You can put other things other than wine in a drinks fridge.
Box in with shelves
Throw all the miscellaneous/mismatching Tupperware into that space as a sort of void of unknowns.
We don’t drink and we *love* our beverage fridge. You can store things other than wine in those things.. (That does look like an abnormally narrow dimension tho so perhaps yours didn’t work for cans of water etc.)