Buying Guide: Choosing the Best Kitchen Appliances for your Home Buying Guide - Choosing the Best Kitchen Appliance | Page 6

Appliances always have a way of looking smaller on the showroom floor. They just do; it's
science. Bring a tape measure and measure the appliance, and then go home and do the
same for the space you have — all before you place a single order. Be sure to measure with
doors open, too. Just because an oven fits in a space, doesn't mean it will fit when you open
the door. Also, make sure to measure any obstacles it will have to go through in order to get
to its final home — including doorways and openings between your cabinet and island.
4. Will my kitchen stuff fit inside it?
Do you feed giant groups of people at once? If you need to fit 16 place settings into the
dishwasher, that's something you need to keep in mind. Do you exclusively use giant stock
pots? You'll need a cooktop with larger burners. Do you have larger-than-usual dinner
plates? Bring them to the showroom with you and try them out on the sample units —
that's why they're there.