What can you store in a tiny gap next to the cooker?

[SophieHatters]

Was thinking a pull out towel rail but I'm not sure how safe that is.

And I haven't got a huge tray

Space is probably about 12cm.

Spice rack?

Baking trays stacked together on their side on two shelves?

Mini pull out larder for tins and packets?

I've got a pull out towel rack, never use it. It's really hard to get towels on amd who wants damp towels stuck in a cupboard.
Agree with spice rack or other bottles like oil. Or have you seen the pull out chopping boards

Ooh. I like the spice rack! Sadly not a great cook so I don't know one spice from another

The space is under a worktop overhang, not in a cupboard iyswim.

I would hang towels there but am worried they are too close to the oven - mind you the sides don't really get hot do they?

Like the baking tray idea. Not sure what chopping boards you mean?

We keep the clothes horse in the gap

We have the step ladder we use for getting to the high cupboards. In previous house had the trays.

My parents have a built in wine rack style shelf in that sized gap - like the one on the end of this counter. They only keep red wine in it though!

Oh yes step ladder! Brilliant! That's non flammable

I'm thinking I'll hang the oven glove in the gap from a hook under the worktop - they're pretty heatproof too, right? It's no great loss if nothing is in the space but would like to fill it with something.

I don't think I can do a wine rack as there's no space for another 'side' to it iyswim? though it would look nice.

Clothes horse also smashing idea however they are all in the bathroom.

Neither wine nor spices should be kept next to an oven.

Wouldn't think it is good for spices or red wine to be kept next to the cooker - doesn't heat affect them?

We have 2 narrow gaps, 1 will be moved following a slight redo/update of the kitchen to next to the cooker (to allow for an eventual replace of the cooker from 50cm to 60cm) so I'm thinking of a similar issue. At the moment, one gap holds a small stepladder (as I'm short!) and the other holds a folding table for extra surface space but this rarely gets used so is being reallocated.

Is your space permanent ie not going to be changed like mine is? If so, could you put a shelf to give you a more useable space and use it for baking trays, chopping boards that kind of thing?

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Or a towel rack might be ok - how hot does the side get? I keep oven gloves on the front of my cooker and the door gets quite hot..

Yes is a permanent space, have just had kitchen built yesterday!

Is v beautiful. I keep going and staring at it.

I love your shelf diagram

I may try something akin to this, but will probably just hang the gloves there and go and buy a huge f-off tray because in fact we haven't got a tray and we do need one. never knew this till now

Tis a new cooker too, hoping it won't get terribly hot. The current one doesn't.

We have sliding out towel rack we keep oven gloves and tea towels on. Sliding out means easy to get in and out - dry quickly if wet too!

I think I'd use it for towels - even if the sides get hot, they are unlikely to catch fire! They'd just dry.

Perhaps the towel rail is the way forward then. I don't think it would get hot enough to actually catch fire.

Thank you everyone. Another of life's huge problems sorted by MN

I had one like this this

and used it to store all my baking trays in - stood upright

I keep chopping boards in mine.

Can we see a photo of your new kitchen? to inspire those of us at planning stages!

Oh gosh it has kept me awake at night for months trying to figure out a design - it's a tiny room so you would think it would be easy but it is a funny shape.

Carpenter is making the doors this morning. It's only got three doors and three drawers!! (which we have to wait a few weeks for him to make now)

Very simple but looking lovely

Will put up a photo of unfinished version later..

I love the idea of the narrow pull outs but you have to get doors made/be able to get door the right width that match.
I have what was described as a wine rack in a slightly bigger gap (I have a slimline dishwasher but left space for a full size one if I ever wanted one) No door but the shelves are removable so I have moved the top shelf ( maybe top 2? can't remember) and keep chopping boards in there. The bottom is low down so I keep the dishwasher stuff in there pushed back so not visible (guess I could get a nice tin or something if I wanted) ...or you could get small baskets/boxes/tins that fit on the shelves for 'handy' things like melon ballers , pastry brushes etc or handy tools (I keep a hammer, 2 basic screwdrivers, a scraper and a tape in a kitchen drawer) or freezer bags/tinfoil/cling film or ???
What I would say is that it is a dust/dirt magnet -would much rather it had a door!
Also I use the bottom drawer next to my cooker to store potatoes, onions etc -as a veg drawer with no problems. It wasn't part of the plan but worked better than drawer I'd planned to use - I remember a kitchen planner sticking a veg drawer next to the cooker and me saying I thought that was a really bad idea

I have visions of a pull-out potato rack now

Random sized holes for various sizes of potato. Gap in the market? It would look a bit like Connect 4.

Oh, tell me more about the carpenter (not in a dodgy sense I hasten to add )

Did you plan and design the kitchen yourself then get a carpenter to make and fit it?

What about something like a pull out rail with hooks that you can hang all the awkward things like soup ladles and potato ricers that don't fit in drawers neatly? Seems like a bit of a waste of space but if it's near the oven it might be handy there.

Chopping boards.

Oooh, a new kitchen! Can you post a picture?

We keep the broom in the gap and if it was as wide a your's I'd add the moppe. If it was even wider I'd put a chopping board there with the recycling/trash can underneath.