Counter Space!! Where is it?? 15 1/4"??

[BobsYourUncle]

Is it just me? Or are there others that have next to sweet nothing for counter real estate?

My TT is 27 feet long. You'd think they could give me a little more than just room to butter a slice of bread!

I have next to .... struggling for a polite term here....
Next to nothing for counter space.

From my stove to my sink is 15 1/4 inches. Thats it!

I mean sure I can use the fold down thing on my stove top, but not when I'm cooking. Or my table top, but I don't want to use that for food preparation either. My laptop sits there and the current paperwork, leaving room for a dinner plate and a cold one!

And I don't have one of those counter top things that fits in the sink hole either

Yup! 15 1/4" of countertop space, thats it!

Is it just me? Or do you guys have 4/5ths of nothing there too?

Oh, and there is a 2 inch strip to the left of my stove. What do I do with that besides wipe it when I wash dishes?

[kakampers]

we shopped kitchen too!!

[Veebyes]

One of the major reasons for our choice of the Alpenlite 34RLR was the counter space. We knew we were not going to be using restaurants often & the DW is a bit of a foody so a good galley was very important.

[dodge_guy]

We`ve been looking at class A`s and C`s and find the same issue. sleeping for up to 10, but no where to put a coffee pot or toaster.

Manufacturers!............are you reading this?!!!!

[pasusan]

BobsYourUncle wrote:
Is it just me? Or are there others that have next to sweet nothing for counter real estate?

My TT is 27 feet long. You'd think they could give me a little more than just room to butter a slice of bread!

I have next to .... struggling for a polite term here....
Next to nothing for counter space.

From my stove to my sink is 15 1/4 inches. Thats it!

I mean sure I can use the fold down thing on my stove top, but not when I'm cooking. Or my table top, but I don't want to use that for food preparation either. My laptop sits there and the current paperwork, leaving room for a dinner plate and a cold one!

And I don't have one of those counter top things that fits in the sink hole either

Yup! 15 1/4" of countertop space, thats it!

Is it just me? Or do you guys have 4/5ths of nothing there too?

Oh, and there is a 2 inch strip to the left of my stove. What do I do with that besides wipe it when I wash dishes?

What are you complaining about??? I think I've only got 5!! But, I do use one of the sink covers and I've got a flip up extension at the other end of the sink (but of course you can't go in and out of the door with it flipped up).

[eb145]

I got this granite-topped portable kitchen cart - it adds nice movable counter space and it has room to store things.



It is surprisingly sturdy. And around $100.

Granite Top Kitchen Cart

[wa8yxm]

Where is the counter space? Well, if I need it it is in the propane compartment.. The Link (Camping world) below is not the actual product I have (Which I got at Costco) but it gives the idea.

Instant Counter Space.

It is worse when I am doing dishes since the sink cover is part of my normal counter space. I have a bar stool (unfinished wood) that I set in front of the oven and move the sink cover to it.. Part of it (one edge) rests on the oven door handle (Conveniently the exact same height as the top of the stool) and that helps with some additional space as well.

[cpaulsen]

What worked for me an island. Built one from 2 upper kitchen cabinets and a 1/2" plywood top which I stained and sealed with Verathane. Added another shelf to it and 4 heavy duty swivel wheels to it. Use it all the time and when we need more room....I wheel it out of the way.

[Nutinelse2do]

Try a rear kitchen. They have tons of counter space. Or you can get a mobile kitchen cart.

[Dick_A]

Very nice work. 🙂

[BobsYourUncle]

westend:

Nice!! 🙂

[BobsYourUncle]

Dick A wrote:
We desired a front kitchen plan with significant counter space as we cook most of our meals. More than once when I questioned the lack of counter space in a particular unit the sales person somewhat tried to inform us "people who buy these don't cook - they eat most of their meals out". :R So why prey tell would someone spend money on something then have no intention of using?

Granted, we do eat a lot of our meals out; on the picnic table next to the motorhome. 🙂 We do use our kitchen for all meal preparations and that means we want a considerable of counter real estate.

Dick that is rather funny to have a salesperson suggest that people eat most meals out! Why indeed would we spend all that money to not use the kitchen..... I use mine to the fullest and push it to the max!

As for me, I didn't bring my RV to frozen Alberta for the comfort of it all!! It's been a struggle! Minus 34C isn't easy in a 3 season TT!! I brought it to save money. I still have to pay my mortgage at home.

I cook virtually all my meals here. Eating out is expensive. I could have bought a hotel while working here but do the math on that one, along with eating out all the time. I came here November 12 last year, home for a month over Christmas and back here since late January. I haven't seen my wife or family since Jan. 26. Can't imagine what it would have cost without the RV!

I am seriously looking at a 4 season unit to upgrade to and one of the considerations will be a little more real estate in the kitchen than just enough to make a peanut butter sandwich!!

[westend]

Yup, I built a lot of counter space in when I redid mine.



Across from the sink I have this:

[Dick_A]

We shopped for our present coach for about three years. We desired a front kitchen plan with significant counter space as we cook most of our meals. More than once when I questioned the lack of counter space in a particular unit the sales person somewhat tried to inform us "people who buy these don't cook - they eat most of their meals out". :R So why prey tell would someone spend money on something then have no intention of using?

Granted, we do eat a lot of our meals out; on the picnic table next to the motorhome. 🙂 We do use our kitchen for all meal preparations and that means we want a considerable of counter real estate.

[mobeewan]

Gee that's not fair I only have 6 inches from the stove to sink.

I did however wall mount a flat panel tv in the bedroom and took the fold down tv shelf in the bedroom down and mounted it to the end of the counter. The formica top was the same as the kitchen counter. I built a shelf near the ceiling above the flat panel for the DVD player.

[Golden_HVAC]

Hi,

Try a couple of fold down shelves?

I really don't know what to say, the motorhome that I bought had plenty of counter space, and the largest bathroom possible. I even ordered it without a dinette, something that I found very uncomfortable in my last motorhome and the camper.

Instead of a dinette, I have two captains chairs with a 29" X 40" table between them that folds down into the wall mounted storage compartment.

Fred.