This photo is great because it shows off how some of the clever cabinet features can be used, for example, the cereal and milk breakfast prep area, conveniently located next to the refrigerator.

RefrigeratorsRefrigerators are energy hogs, accounting for 9 to 15 percent of your home's electricity use. Luckily, choosing an energy-efficient refrigerator can be as easy as looking for the Energy Star label, which guarantees the appliance has met government standards. However, all Energy Star appliances are not created equal — energy consumption still varies significantly from model to model. The Energy Star website can help you compare models to find to the most efficient refrigerator.Size matters. If you buy a refrigerator too small for your needs and keep it packed full, the refrigerator will have to work harder and use extra energy. Similarly, oversize refrigerators keep excessive space cool. Refrigerators smaller than 25 cubic feet should meet the needs of most households.Configuration matters too. Consumer Reports measured the usable space in a refrigerator and found that top freezer models average about 80 percent usable space, bottom freezers average 67 percent and side-by-side units average 63 percent. Know too that side-by-side refrigerators use roughly 20 percent more electricity than other models.Forgo the ice maker and in-door water and ice dispenser. Studies suggest these features can each increase overall refrigerator energy consumption by 10 to 15 percent.Money- and energy-saving tips:Locate your refrigerator away from sources of heat, such as the stove or oven, which can cause it to work harder.Let foods cool first before putting them inside the refrigerator.

A perfectly staged house serves a purpose, especially if you're looking at it from the perspective of a buyer. But including a person in the picture gives viewers a chance to empathize. The model or homeowner causes the person looking at the image to say to herself, "That could be me."

12. How to Choose and Use Ecofriendly Kitchen AppliancesGone are the days when consumers scratched their heads at energy labels on appliances — today's homeowners are savvy and want the most bang for their buck in the long and short term. Choosing ecofriendly appliances — particularly in the kitchen — can help, which is why so many Houzz readers bookmarked this ideabook.

Ecofriendly AppliancesSo many kitchen appliances today come with some sort of ecofriendly or sustainability guarantee slapped to the front of the box. But what actually makes a difference to the environment and your energy bill? Paying close attention to the size and energy output before buying a new appliance can help you save money in the long run. Guide: How to Choose and Use Ecofriendly Kitchen Appliances

Flip-up doors. Hydraulic mechanisms help raise these kinds of cabinet door up, rather than you opening them with the traditional sideways motion. These are also known as parallel lift-up doors; they're very popular with European cabinet companies. They're great for specialty areas — such as this microwave station — where the door needs to be completely out of the way.

Go beyond the standard swinging door in your new kitchen. Flip-up doors, pocket doors and corner drawers can make your cabinets more functional and your life easier. Get the guide: 8 Cabinet Door and Drawer Types for an Exceptional Kitchen

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Hidden microwave and appliances

Outdoor

Oak floor/countertop?

Cool cabinets

Fold down under microwave for small appliances

Cool cabinets

Fireplace/kitchen

flat panel

flip up drawers?

hood, cabinets, very close to what we want

extra counter space

HIde Microwave

microwave in cabinet

Kitchen cabinetry

kitchen drawers

Partitions

long kitchen

Cocina abierta discreta rollo paris

Cabinet hides the microwa

Small appliance cubby

flip up doors - extra workspace (good for appliance garage?)

love this! countertops and the cabs

space, light

cabinet color n sink

kitchen

Tons of counter space, open floor plan

Kitchen

flip down door

Hylden

drop-down

kitchen cereal counter

kitchen ... cabinets and floor plan

flip up doors and fold down

The door opening can be an additional table in the kitchen

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Microwave

microwave garage

Like this storage

Flip up door

For toaster or coffee

Love how the microwave is hidden and there is a counter top next to fridge

Breakfast nook

Big refrigerator, hidden area for bows, cereal

The microwave

Interesting how it hides the microwave

love food in fridge!!;)

Flip up cabinet would be great for stand mixer and blender

Lines and desk

Micro-onde, tablette

Kitchen -hardware

Microwave is hidden

Types of hinges

Microwave station - garage door & countertops

Microwave cabinet door

Ok

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Hidden microwave and fold out counter!

hood, stove, ledge

Even a small rise behind the sink helps hide dishes there.

Hidden

Flip counters?

anta microonde

Dark on dark don't like

muebles

flip-up doors for above counter cabinets in kitchen and also in the laundry room

excellent side kitchen cupboards..... open when use close otherwise

no clutter

Nice Kitch

position of burner and chimney

Hidden white goods

hidden appliances

Pillar with hood behind, wrong floor color ... Too dark when paired with dark cabinets - maybe floor sb counter top color instead? Hideaway microwave

drawer pulls

hideaway microwave

micro y cereales, práctico

Door for microwave

Kitchen Cabinet

top hoogte

microwave garage

Módulo de hornos y puerta abatible, despensero

where the stove and sink are

microwave cabinet

nice range and sink facing water...

Like the size of the fridge, and the hidden microwave with hidden "breakfast bar area"

mikrowave

mueble cocina desplegable

Great design

Layout for my kitchen

Stowage

hidden microwave

Hinges for pop up cab door

How to hide the microwave!

microunde ascuns

adecuacion

drop down cabinet for appliance garage

overall look only with lighter cabinets

Kitchen

hiddenapplyance

Style of lower cabinets

Vale a pena?

more wood cabinets

Like hidden microwave

Cereal shelf

love the idea of the pull down counter space.

kitchen

study off kitchen area for all the paperwork

Function

Like the long, open galley-style kitchen

Very similar situation to mine.

Kitchen bench shape

micro

Integration

Kitchen

flip-up doors & pocket doors!!

microwave/underneath unit

kitchen

Counter tops

Great idea. Drop down counter

microwave under lift cabinet

don't like the finish on cabinets. look cheap. no texture and color is 1 dimensional

interesting door

neat clean lines cabinets

Range hood

Choosing kitchen cabinets

Flip up and pull out

ojos de buey sobre cocina y luces sobre isla

brick wall/fireplace in long gray

kitchen colour

Drawers

Microwave shelf

Shelf

Cabinet for kitchen

Flip doors and garage doors for kitchen

hidden microwave

Hidden micro wave

Drawer pulls and light pendants

Tile on column for fireplace, appliance door

Cabinet that hides

Like the hood

pull outs

place or microwave

Kombuis

Counter top

Cocina

Function

Desk at the end of the island

Appliance cupboard

warm concrete tops, great long rods and handles for cabinets :)

cover on microwave and drop down shelf

cabinet color, tile on wall,

Love the flip cabinets

kitchen additions

Kitchen

Pop up cabinet door.

Microwave under a cabinet

like the cabs

Cabinets

Cabinet below microwave, used as countertop

Micro n covered fridge

Cost effective kitchen.

Door

Tarja

I could see this working in this kitchen.

Micro servicio

Clean look

breakfast prep area

microwave garage

microwave next to fridge

Sleek

Microwave

Pull out shelf

interesting storage with flip up door and flip down desk top

Flip Up Doors

What a great mix of spaces

fold out shelf

cabinets

cabinets and counter

The half wall

Cabinet

Hidden Microwave. Cab. door lifts up.

flip door

other direction of kitchen

CONVERTIBLE TOP FOR MICROWAVE. CEREAL/COFFEE SPOT BELOW

modern clean layout

hidden microwave / door

kitchen

Kitchen

Kitchen

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