I live in an apartment. I have an eat in kitchen with a good amount of cabinet space but frankly I don't know what to do with all these appliances. I have the Wolf reversible griddle, small panini maker, a sandwhich/waffle maker, Rival slowcooker, Flavorwave, Ronoco rotisserie, Jack Lalane juicer plus the usual toaster, blender, and electric can opener.

I really do use them all on a very regular basis (especially holiday time)so leaving them out on the counter works well but can you say eye sore. I no longer have space for my canister sets or cookie jar, all the cutesie stuff you normally have on the counters.

I have since moved some of the bedding and bathroom towels into one of my bedroom closets to have space to store some of these things. The sad thing is I still want more! For the past month I have been fighting getting a deep fryer and steamer simply because I don't have a place to store it unless I just leave it on the kitchen table.

My bottom cabinets are filled with cookware and bakeware stuff. Can you tell I love to cook! What do you all do with your stuff? Do you just have the space for it? I know the simple answer is stop buying stuff! LOL My friend was making fun of me when I told him I wanted to get a breadmaker he said turn off HSN!

It has me thinking that when I get a house I want an area/counter just to hold all these things but has a door (like those rolltop desk) to keep them out of sight. How many plugs would that take. Fire hazzard maybe.

OY, I've gone beyond the junkie stage--and I don't know what anyone would call it. Perhaps we should make up a word for it.

You're lucky, Cheapgal, you have counters and cabinets. I have ONE, yep, that's right, ONE. It's an old-fashioned unit, of sorts, and I think you'd find it in old farmhouse kitchens. My house is pretty old and we never remodeled the kitchen. Why, I can't imagine now. Anyhoo, I sort of solved the problem by getting one of those Rubbermaid 6' industrial shelving units, which holds *most* of my stuff.

You name the appliance, I've got it. The kicker is, I'm the ONLY one, besides my 4 dogs, that live in the house as I'm a widow!!!!

Even I know it's ridiculous to have 3 crockpots and 2 sets of cookware and everything else from soup to nuts, but I have absolutely NO restraint when it comes to this stuff.

Maybe we all should start a support group

Yes! I am not alone, there are others of my kind in this world!

Meezer

That is just what I had to do. Take a day and try and orgainze things. At this rate I'm going to end up with frypans in my dresser drawers.

Artemis

Yeah we should create a name because its definetly some sort of sickness. LOL Wow just one huh? Here I'm pulling my hair out, I should be thankful! I have a tall bookshelf but that holds all my recipe books. (two shelves) my microwave, the juicer, my trifle, cookie jars and canisters, and on the very top the picinic basket. Don't feel bad I'm single and have no pets.

Lilabb

I know I'm a shopaholic. I just manage it a little better now. I'm all about buying things for the house. I realized I was a shopaholic when I got joy out of purchasing things in an auto store. Yup getting that new starter for the car shed some real light on my true situation. LOL You know I would love a coffee maker even though I don't drink coffee. I could always make tea or have it for my guest when they come over. I've been eyeing the Wolf food processor but I'm waiting for it to be a today's special at a cheaper price. Looks like I might have to start thinking about moving more things out of my linen closet, everyone has toilet paper stored in their bedroom closet right?

Oh s Lilabb - now you have me actually contemplating yet another rice cooker!! We're no help to each other, we're all helpless addicting to contraptions!! LOL!!

Seriously though - I have a 10 cup WP rice cooker - would you get another 10 cup or 7 cup rice cooker - my fiance, though he's not a big man - has a big appetite. I normally make serving for 4 to 6 people (there are just 2 of us!!) I make a 9 x 12" lasagna - and in 1 meal - half of the lasagna is gone!! LOL!!

I only have the 5 and 7 cup rice cookers and am thinking about getting the 10 cup and giving the 5 cup to my son. I think the bigger the better that way you can cook as much or as little as you need.

Hi Meezer! (as they usually reply when someone introduces themselves at the meeting)

Please do continue the first step is to admit all the items you really have, plus it gives the rest of us a buzz!

A funny thought crossed my mind today. I recently met this guy and of course its way to soon to know what will happen down the road but....he's veggie. Now I have a million kitchen appliances that aid in cooking oh so delicious meaty meals and am on the verge of getting more. Wouldn't it be my luck to end up with a veggie man!

Good!!! Good!!! Too bad we can't post pics here..I'd love to see the fryer and you using it with the added bling LOL

I'm caving and buying the WP pressure cooker. I have an electric already, but you can't add minutes to it like you can with that one. My sister hemmed and hawed about taking it, saying something like her husband would go postal if she brought anything else into the house (she's got a special case of appliance mania--she wants all the American stuff--she lives in UK--needless to say there's transformers all over her house LOL). Either she can take it or send it on to herself when she's here or I'll give it to my pastor and his wife.

No no bling I didn't receive either one yet. Can't imagine why the appliances got to me first, if anything I would thing the small packages would have made it to me first. I am hoping they will come in today's mail.

That potato masher sounds like a hoot! Yes you must remove it from its confines and let it be free to mash and bash! Let us know how it works. To bad there is no video capability on here I would love to see that.

By the way Artemis I haven't been able to find your site.