Take a look at these 10 ideas that show how you can make a microwave work in almost any scheme.
David Butler Photography
Stack all your cooking appliances vertically…
Stacking all of your cooking appliances on top of each other in a floor-to-ceiling unit helps to maximise the available worktop space in a kitchen. The single tower of units here means there’s plenty of prep and serving space alongside the ovens and on the island unit in front of them.
Stacking all of your cooking appliances on top of each other in a floor-to-ceiling unit helps to maximise the available worktop space in a kitchen. The single tower of units here means there’s plenty of prep and serving space alongside the ovens and on the island unit in front of them.
Rencraft Ltd
…or group them horizontally
Placing your microwave alongside your conventional oven, steamer, coffee machine and so on makes it easy to move from one appliance to another. For example, baked potatoes can be quickly moved from the microwave to the oven for finishing off.
Visually, this arrangement creates the feel of a professional cook’s kitchen. In this sleek space, the long run of stainless steel along the back wall adds balance to the whole scheme.
Placing your microwave alongside your conventional oven, steamer, coffee machine and so on makes it easy to move from one appliance to another. For example, baked potatoes can be quickly moved from the microwave to the oven for finishing off.
Visually, this arrangement creates the feel of a professional cook’s kitchen. In this sleek space, the long run of stainless steel along the back wall adds balance to the whole scheme.
Brayer Design
Hide it in the larder
Larders are back in fashion and many kitchen designers are using them to conceal small kitchen appliances, such as microwaves, coffee machines and toasters.
This is a great option if you’re after a minimalist feel. Just make sure you don’t close the doors when any appliances are in use, and that you do close them when you’ve finished, so your kitchen looks its best.
Browse 10 contemporary larders for slick kitchen storage
Larders are back in fashion and many kitchen designers are using them to conceal small kitchen appliances, such as microwaves, coffee machines and toasters.
This is a great option if you’re after a minimalist feel. Just make sure you don’t close the doors when any appliances are in use, and that you do close them when you’ve finished, so your kitchen looks its best.
Browse 10 contemporary larders for slick kitchen storage
Kitchen Stori
Opt for the camouflaged look
Many ovens, including microwaves, now come in a variety of colours and finishes, so you don’t need to draw attention to them, even when they’re on display. The white oven here is cleverly hidden among a bank of white units, and a matching microwave could easily be incorporated beneath it.
Or, to save space, you could look for a combination microwave oven that can grill and bake like a conventional oven and heat and defrost, too.
Check out 8 cool and contemporary white kitchens
Many ovens, including microwaves, now come in a variety of colours and finishes, so you don’t need to draw attention to them, even when they’re on display. The white oven here is cleverly hidden among a bank of white units, and a matching microwave could easily be incorporated beneath it.
Or, to save space, you could look for a combination microwave oven that can grill and bake like a conventional oven and heat and defrost, too.
Check out 8 cool and contemporary white kitchens
Roundhouse
Integrate under the worktop
Installing a microwave within a base unit helps to leave the walls free for storage units.
If you keep all the appliances on this level and opt for no wall units or, as in this kitchen, blend these into the wall and fit sleek handless base units in a contrasting finish (these are zebrano veneer), it can help to make the cabinets feel more like a piece of furniture than a traditional kitchen. This is particularly effective for open-plan living.
You’ll need to ensure the wall behind where the microwave is to be positioned has a plug socket and that you buy a microwave designed to be built in.
Read the experts’ advice on buying a built-in conventional oven
Installing a microwave within a base unit helps to leave the walls free for storage units.
If you keep all the appliances on this level and opt for no wall units or, as in this kitchen, blend these into the wall and fit sleek handless base units in a contrasting finish (these are zebrano veneer), it can help to make the cabinets feel more like a piece of furniture than a traditional kitchen. This is particularly effective for open-plan living.
You’ll need to ensure the wall behind where the microwave is to be positioned has a plug socket and that you buy a microwave designed to be built in.
Read the experts’ advice on buying a built-in conventional oven
Caroline Browne Interior Design
Incorporate into a wall unit
This option isn’t the most practical for shorter people, or for those whose children are starting to take an interest in independent cooking. If you have height on your side, however, raising a microwave up so it’s integrated into a wall unit can work very well. And by tucking it around the corner, as here, you can ensure it doesn’t become the focal point of the room.
This option isn’t the most practical for shorter people, or for those whose children are starting to take an interest in independent cooking. If you have height on your side, however, raising a microwave up so it’s integrated into a wall unit can work very well. And by tucking it around the corner, as here, you can ensure it doesn’t become the focal point of the room.
Gabriel Holland Interior Design
Shelve it
If you prefer the more casual feel of open shelves to wall units, integrating your microwave into a shelf unit is another possibility, again best suited to taller cooks. It leaves the worktops clear and frees up space in the base units.
Here, a small microwave has been subtly built in alongside an attractive-looking plate rack.
See some inspiring ways to style open shelves in the kitchen
If you prefer the more casual feel of open shelves to wall units, integrating your microwave into a shelf unit is another possibility, again best suited to taller cooks. It leaves the worktops clear and frees up space in the base units.
Here, a small microwave has been subtly built in alongside an attractive-looking plate rack.
See some inspiring ways to style open shelves in the kitchen
Terracotta Studio
Conceal it up high
You don’t have to have your microwave on show at eye-level – you can cleverly hide it within a unit, as this scheme demonstrates. However, do make sure there’s enough ventilation around the microwave and only use the machine when the doors are open.
You don’t have to have your microwave on show at eye-level – you can cleverly hide it within a unit, as this scheme demonstrates. However, do make sure there’s enough ventilation around the microwave and only use the machine when the doors are open.
Mark Taylor Design
Build it into an island
The internal side of an island unit is a great place to conceal all manner of useful but perhaps not so attractive cooking appliances from the diners’ view. Here, an oven and wine cooler have been integrated into one central unit.
The internal side of an island unit is a great place to conceal all manner of useful but perhaps not so attractive cooking appliances from the diners’ view. Here, an oven and wine cooler have been integrated into one central unit.
Pearce & Co. Woodsmiths
Let it loose on the worktop
If you have a compact kitchen and don’t want to sacrifice a kitchen unit for an integrated microwave, don’t be put off leaving a microwave out on the worktop. A standalone model in the same finish as your main appliances can look very smart on the top of your units. Just make sure the top of it doesn’t become a dumping ground for papers and post – it looks untidy and is a potential safety hazard.
The microwave oven here is tucked into an alcove at the side of the chimney breast and balances nicely against the toaster on the other side.
TELL US…
Have you found a way to incorporate a microwave stylishly into your kitchen? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments below.
If you have a compact kitchen and don’t want to sacrifice a kitchen unit for an integrated microwave, don’t be put off leaving a microwave out on the worktop. A standalone model in the same finish as your main appliances can look very smart on the top of your units. Just make sure the top of it doesn’t become a dumping ground for papers and post – it looks untidy and is a potential safety hazard.
The microwave oven here is tucked into an alcove at the side of the chimney breast and balances nicely against the toaster on the other side.
TELL US…
Have you found a way to incorporate a microwave stylishly into your kitchen? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments below.
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