Ten Wheel-y Good Ideas
This custom-detailed island partition adds flair to this simple kitchen.
Design: Siemasko + Verbridge
Photo: ©Avanti Studios, Boston, MA
A 3-tiered cart on wheels can be an indispensable multi-purpose tool anywhere in the house or garage or outside… but, especially in the kitchen. Its handsome chrome finish and sturdy construction make it a go-anywhere/do-anything addition to your basic work triangle. It helps you bring in and unload groceries, serves as an impromptu prep station (just add a cutting board), provides extra storage and easy access to large serving pieces (like that huge wooden salad bowl), gives you a convenient and attractive place to hang tall grilling tools, and makes an excellent open-air drying rack for plasticware that the dishwasher misses. Cooling racks work even faster on these open shelves. And, of course, a cart is perfect both for serving meals and easy clean-up afterwards. Sometimes it’s an art supply station when the grandkids are visiting, and sometimes it’s the best place to corral all the files and piles you need for planning a party or even a wedding. Just roll it wherever/whenever you need it. What a great friend in the kitchen!
Furniture dollies under file cabinets protect important papers from the occasional basement flood, and make spring cleaning a breeze.
Bookcases on wheels let you access that extra row of paperbacks from the back side of the shelf.
Next to the desk or under any table, a two-drawer chest on wheels can easily convert to a secondary work surface anywhere in the room. Good for tea, too!
A small stool on wheels — like the ones mechanics and dentists use — is compact and handy as an auxiliary desk chair. It also gives you an extra surface for “stuff” you want handy.
A rolling stand for your computer printer gives you more work space on your desk and still allows you to pull it as close as you like when you need it.
Open shelving units on wheels can make it less frustrating to find files, books and supplies that tend to “go missing” when we’re busy working on projects. With wheels, either side of your shelves can be the front side… with just a push.
A kitchen island on wheels lets you adapt your floor plan for the changing demands of food prep and for entertaining.
Casters on your bed frame can make the bed easier to make when space is limited… and they always make it easier to hunt for pesky dust bunnies.
A television stand on wheels lets you customize viewing for the exact number of people in your living room so that everyone has good sight lines when you’re watching the Super Bowl. It also gives you the aesthetic flexibility to tuck the TV inconspicuously into to a corner or closet when you don’t want it to dominate the decor.