Coffee Station in a Cabinet

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Have you ever walked into the kitchen and realized this just isn’t working?

Plates are across the room from the dishwasher.  The pots are in one cabinet, lids in another.  Then there’s that wandering bottle opener that finds a different place to reside anytime it’s put away.

Well, I put an end to the “this just isn’t working” when it comes to making coffee.

Plus, I have to admit an embarrassing way I stopped the wandering bottle opener!

But back to making coffee.  We love coffee.  In fact, we bought our cabin because of the front porch and…

Coffee in the wall

 this!

They actually built a place on the kitchen wall for a Meile coffeemaker.  This thing makes a~m~a~z~i~n~g coffee!

My disclaimer:  I was not compensated or received any products for free to write this post.  Any products mentioned were purchased for our home and use, or came with the home {as in the Meile.}

We used the coffeemaker built into the wall for four years.

Then it needed service!!!

I’ll just say, you can buy 15 of the most expensive coffeemakers in your local discount mass merchandiser, or service the Meile.

We serviced the Meile!

Then in another couple of years…

it needed service again!

So we bought one of those coffeemakers that use those little cups in a million flavors.

Coffee in the cabinet

Now another cool feature of our cabin is a couple of kitchen cabinets have plugins in the back.  So I put the shiny new coffeemaker in a cabinet.

I like clear counters…

unless I’m doing a DIY project and they get covered with drills, drop cloths, wood, screws, and paint! :/

After a year of trash bags full of those little cups, and I went back in time to a drip coffeemaker.

and put it in another cabinet!

Now I have a coffeemaker on the wall, two in two different cabinets, PLUS my personal favorite way to make coffee, a french press in the cabinet with pitchers.

Deciding how and where to make coffee was dizziness!!!

So here’s how I made a coffee station in a cabinet.  One cabinet!

1. The plug. Mine was already in the back.  A call to an electrician or creative hole drilled for cords can get the plug where needed.

2.  Full extension drawer slides.  This help when pouring water into coffeemakers.  Keep from pouring the water all over the place.

3.  The box inside the cabinet.  A box built inside the cabinet gives a pocket for the doors to slide outta the way.

4.  Pocket door hinges.

All set up with all my coffeemakers and supplies in one cabinet!  I even added my favorite french press.  The middle drawer holds filters, beans, those little cups, and a water pitcher.

Since currently we are using the drip coffeemaker most of the time, I placed it upfront.  It’s handy to grab the pot and we don’t run into the doors.  I even have extra space for extra kitchen equipment.

Oh, my solution to the wandering bottle opener…I tied a piece of string to it and the other end to a wire utensil holder.  Now it can’t get too far away.  Guests look at me strangely, but at least it doesn’t wander. 🙂