What is on your kitchen counters?

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Just that really. I’m asking because my friend thinks it’s odd to keep a toaster on the counter at all times. But I find it odd that she keeps her toaster in the cupboard when it’s not in use…

On my counters I have, a sink caddy, hot drinks station (kettle, Hotel Chocolate Velvetiser, tea, coffee and sugar canisters), a utensil jar, toaster, microwave (with a storage basket on top), a rotating herb/spice rack and a fruit bowl…

partly because I can’t be arsed with that and partly because the cupboards are full?

Microwave, coffee machine, Bibo machine and knife block. Then on the other side of the kitchen a butter dish, a big pot with utensils in and the fruit bowl.

Toaster lives in the pantry. Don’t have a kettle as the Bibo does that.

Our kettle is used several times a day it would be pointless putting it away .The toaster has a cover and would be a pain to get in and out with the crumbs etc .

My kitchen is tiny. All I have on my worktops are my kettle, small coffee machine, tea, coffee, sugar cannisters and a fruit bowl. Ontop of my cooker I have these glass plates which double as an extra surface space and my Airfryer lives ontop. Then of course my draining board next to my sink

Kitchen aid, bread bin, cake tin, toaster, kettle, knife block, spice rack.

I've got a very small kitchen with limited worktop space . I've got kettle, toaster, air fryer , water filter jug, microwave and utensil pot and an Alexa smart speaker.

Quite a lot as we are short of cupboards.
Microwave, tea/coffee/sugar canisters, kettle, bread bin, box of medicines, some bottles, two jars of utensils, toaster and bread maker. A big wooden chopping board and a granite slab/worktop saver.

I don't worry about a few useful items being visible though, I think it makes the room look interesting.

I don’t keep the toaster out. It lives in a cupboard. I have a kettle and recently got microwave out and started using that. I don’t like having anything out.

Microwave
Toaster
Kettle
A small plastic box with washing up liquid, sponge etc. in it next to the sink.

Nothing - literally not one thing. I can’t stand mess. Everything is in a cupboard and I have a boiling tap.

Microwave
Kettle
Coffee machine
Air fryer
Grill
Bread bin
Fruit bowl
Herb and slice rack

Worktops - Kitchen aid mixer, small caddy with washing up sponge & liquid, toaster, little tray with a utensil jar and salt/pepper grinders.

Window sill - pot plant & radio

Kitchen table - fruit bowl

Island - large tray with an assortment of crap and a vase which is empty more often than not

coffee machine, expresso cups, hand soap, toaster, kettle, 3 jars, oil pepper and eggs, lazy Susan, chopping boards proper up, knife rack, letter rack

On back worktop:
Kettle
Coffee machine
Toaster

on island worktop:
Bluetooth speaker
Kitchenaid
massive plant
pot of pens

Despite electric kettles made me laugh! How can you despise an inanimate object haha.

We've got quite a bit. Usual stuff above like kettle and toaster (both used multiple times a day), knife block, tea/coffee/sugar tins (used multiple times a day), little tray with oil, salt and pepper on.

Had a new kitchen in the summer and the over-opinionated sparky was discussing sockets with me and did a SIOB when I mentioned about having appliances out all the time. He was like "oh no no no! You want everything stored away!". Erm, no, I don't mate. I actually like my kitchen to be efficient and don't care too much about what other people think.

Anyway, to wind him up me and one of the fitters then walked around pretending what sockets would be needed for allll the kitchen appliances that would be on the worktops 24/7..."air fryer, slow cooker, blender, coffee machine, waffle maker, bread maker, soda stream" etc...made it into a fun Generation Game 🤣

Just a microwave and a kettle. I hate clutter on the worktop.

see to me having a built in microwave is saving cluttering up the worktops, but a kettle and toaster in cupboards is a hassle to get out and in each time, especially with crumbs from the toaster

The microwave, the toaster and kettle, and generally one of my cats..

Espresso machine, coffee grinder, kettle, mug tree, draining rack, charging station, salt/pepper grinders, oil. That's about it:

Toaster lives in a pantry style cupboard where it can be used in situ (together with the soda stream and a stick blender). The other end of the pantry unit contains the microwave.

Electric kettles have no personality 😉
Whistling kettles are much nicer to have around. Plus they are cheaper to run on induction but that’s not such a good reason.

Kettle, toaster, coffee machine, microwave, airfryer. 3x canisters. Jar of utensils. Fruit bowl. Bread bin.
It's a small kitchen with hardly any worktop or cupboards, so it's never going to be minimalist.
At least I didn't unpack the deep fryer when we moved!

I'm lucky because even though my house isn't massive the kitchen is pretty large so a lot of counter space, lucky because I like lots of things out! Mine from left to right all the way around the kitchen is:

Cafetière
Bread-bin
Knife block
Little corner with storage containers for cereal
Kettle
Paper towel holder
Microwave
Tassimo
Tea/coffee/sugar vertical stacking canisters
Utensils holder
Egg house
Ninja smoothie maker
Babymoov nutribaby
Ninja Foodi

Lots of stuff 😂

Nespresso machine plus a container with pods
Container of utensils
toaster
breadbin
egg storage
washing up liquid
kitchen waste compost bin
kettle
tea and coffee containers

On the island:
butter dish
fruit bowl
kitchen towel roll

window sill:
herbs in pots

Nothing!

My kitchen was carefully planned to have enough cupboard space to store all appliances, we have a boiling tap so no kettle either

I have a tiny kitchen (central London flat) with a microwave/grill, toaster (!), coffee machine, coffee grinder and kettle. No way would I keep my toaster in a cupboard. It would feel far too much like an AirBNB.