Mixer Mat Slider for KitchenAid 4.5-5 Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer - Bamboo Kitchen Appliance Sliding Tray Mixer Mover Slider Compatible with Kitchen aid 4.5-5 Qt Stand Mixer, KitchenAid Artisan

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The KitchenAid feels very sturdy on it. It’s heavy enough that it doesn’t feel unstable or slide around when I’m using it. The felt pads aren’t leaving any marks on my countertop, plus they’re easy to replace if they ever need to be. DIMENSIONS: This convenient home appliance tray has a non-slip mat pad to keep all your tools in place. The usable surface dimensions have a length of 13.2” and width of 9.5”, with the unit dimensions of 10.25” in width, 15.5” in length, and 1” in height. Welcome to the 742nd Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? Hope it was a great one!Last Monday I shared a full, down-to-the-studs kitchen renovation my son and daughter-in-law just recently completed in their home. If you missed that post, you’ll find it here: This 1970s Kitchen Just Got a Dramatic, Down-to-the-Studs Renovation.

I thought about installing one of those cool pop-up shelves to hold it. But then I realized, those pop-up shelves that they make for stand mixers are a great idea–unless you have limited storage space. I mean, let’s face it, they take up an entire lower cabinet. Because their moving parts need to have room to…well…move, you can’t store anything other than the mixer in a cabinet that has one of those. That means less storage space, and that wasn’t a good option in my small kitchen. (Sorry no picture for one of these, because people tend not to want to give you permission to use photos of they’re product when you’re blogging about why you did NOT buy it. ahaha!) I don’t do a lot of baking so don’t use my heavy KitchenAid mixer that often, but when I do need it, it’s a chore to move it out from under my cabinets.I had to come up with another plan. Surprisingly, there is very little out there for making KitchenAid mixers easier to store and use on the countertop. You would think, given their popularity and long history, that someone would come up with a solution for making them easy to slide and yet still keep them from moving when using them. I then replaced it with a bamboo one that had wide plastic wheels. Loved the look, but I immediately saw the wheels from that one were leaving “dents” in my countertop. The wheels were too hard. Nope! Not happening. Sheesh! Isn’t there anything that will allow me to move it in and out of the corner easily without ruining my countertops?????

As part of a yay-we-have-a-new-kitchen and early, joint birthday celebration, I gifted them a new coffee maker. For easier access and to protect the underside of the cabinets from any steam that could rise up from the coffee maker, my daughter-in-law found a clever device that easily moves the coffee maker out from underneath the cabinets. APPLIANCE STORAGE: This appliance tray is built to store your coffee makers, stand mixer, blender, and other small countertop appliances directly on top of it. You will no longer have to lift or slide your appliances on the countertop. I was able to try it out and see how beautifully it works during a recent visit to their home. It definitely got the wheels in my brain turning!