Comments on: How many uses for a microwave stand?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:07:52 +0000

I just turned my microwave cart into a small kitchen island! We have a small kitchen, so the side hooks (they were already there) hold cutting boards and potholders, the shelf stores my slow cookers, knife blocks, and canisters (for flour, sugar, and pasta), and the bottom has baskets that hold all the lids for my pots and pans (as well as tupperware lids that always get lost!). We LOVE it! We have so much counter space freed up now that we actually use now to prepare food!

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By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:01:55 +0000

I bought my first computer in 1987 and along with it I bought a microwave stand. Three computers later I’m still using the same stand as my computer desk. I have modified it here and there.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:04:08 +0000

I have two microwave stands! one just like the first picture and one similar to the second/third pics (the bottom just has two shelves and no doors)… The first one we had growing up (it’s probably about 20yrs old) and when i got my own house my parents pawned it off on me… we did use it for a few years for our microwave and pots/pans (our galley kitchen lacked cupboard space and just space!) when we renovated we moved it to the garage and use it as storage for misc things!

The second one my mom got at a yard sale for $5.00 about 14yrs ago and i used it in my college dorm for our tv/vcr and tapes and other misc stuff… when i got my house we used it in our bedroom for a tv stand and then it moved to my scrapbook room for storage and now it’s in the kid’s playroom where they use it to store games and other toys. Hubby has wanted me to keep getting rid of them but I just kept finding new uses for them!

another piece of furniture we reused were two old dressers that were handed down to us (but we had no use for in our rooms)… i have them in the attic (our attic is huge) and i use them to store wrapping paper, tons of gift bags (i can organize by size/style!!), tissue paper, bows, etc etc… i store other things in them as well :)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:18:48 +0000

My hubby made a stand like that in tech class in highschool. He intended it to be a tv/media cart to take to college with him… and he did. Then when we got married… it became our microwave cart/pantry storage. Then when we had kids… it became our changing table! … now that we’re (most likely) on our last kid… who knows what it’ll become next… maybe toy storage?

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:53:35 +0000

Thanks so much for the great ideas! I love your blog!

By: Marilyn Bohn

Marilyn Bohn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:32:42 +0000

Those are the nice-est stands I have every seen. My old stand had two shelves and chrome handles. Noting to write home about I tell you.

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:08:13 +0000

We’ve had one for years that I think might have been also intended for use as a mixing/baking stand (it has a wooden top, and slots for spatulas). We’ve kept our KitchenAid mixer on it.

Now, the mixer is going in the kitchen, and we plan to use the stand as a changing table for the new baby (putting a padded changing pad on top).

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:02:19 +0000

Thanks Alison!!!!!! I wasn’t thinking of those things, but great tips!!!

We don’t any electronics things in the car. It’s a waste really. We didn’t have those things growing up, so why do we need those things now?

I remember a few years ago, my sister and her family were coming home from the shore (a 6+ hr drive home) and their portable tv/vcr broke, 5 mins outside of the sea shore. They HAD to go and buy a new one because the kids would be miserable!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:02:20 +0000

I use mine to hold 2 plastic containers. The plastic containers hold diapers for for my youngest 2 children and spare panties for the oldest. It sits in the kitchen and works perfectly instead of dragging the kids upstairs or having diapers all over the place. On the top are lotions, A&D, etc.