Kitchen cabinets in my short term rental have holes.

[u/JohnnyDX9]

[u/vivian_bloodmark]

That was a design choice?

[u/Otherwise-Shock-2767 → u/vivian_bloodmark]

I think they meant actual holes, not glass panes

[u/Maatjuhhh → u/Otherwise-Shock-2767]

yeah it's an actual hole because it shows shadows coming in. The doors are pretty thick too

[u/vivian_bloodmark → u/Maatjuhhh]

Yeah, I’m wondering why they chose that. 

[u/Urtichar → u/vivian_bloodmark]

I had it in my old set - they are for getting things like cups quickly, without needing to open the cabinet. I had two of such holes and I liked it.

[u/one_is_enough → u/Urtichar]

That makes sense for the lower one but I can think of a use for the higher ones.

[u/radicalrhubarb91 → u/one_is_enough]

Fitted upside down would be my guess

[u/Kevinator201 → u/radicalrhubarb91]

That wouldn’t work because the handle has pre drilled holes

[u/cseyferth → u/Kevinator201]

You sure about that? I've never seen kitchen cabinets with pre-drilled holes for the hardware, and I sold cabinets for ~10 years.

[u/Deliteriously → u/Kevinator201]

No, but it would somehow make all this make sense. 🤣

[u/JoBloGo → u/one_is_enough]

So that the lower ones wouldn’t look stupid 😁

[u/The_Schan → u/one_is_enough]

For a tall person maybe? Id like having that at home, put my spices and such in that drawer and grab em without even opening it

[u/slinger301 → u/vivian_bloodmark]

Makes sense in a rental. I can find where the plates are without opening every door.

[u/Dzov → u/vivian_bloodmark]

“The bowls are over there”

[u/WazWaz → u/Maatjuhhh]

Shadows work just fine through glass. But I trust OP as I don't see any glare.

[u/MeasureDoEventThing → u/Maatjuhhh]

I'm unclear as to what that's supposed to mean.

[u/RollUpTheRimJob → u/vivian_bloodmark]

Yeah, a cat designednit

[u/lilmiscantberong]

Even googling I can’t find anything like this, weird.

Maybe they were heavily discounted and they were saving money on the remodeling.

[u/Summoarpleaz → u/lilmiscantberong]

I have a feeling these were like the floor models where it was for display purposes only so the shopper could get a sense of what it looked behind the panel. Like this is where the hood vent goes, this is where plates would be stored. I mean… idk why you need even that but that’s my guess.

[u/lilmiscantberong → u/Summoarpleaz]

That’s actually what I was thinking too. Floor model, one of a kind and now last year’s model so discounted.

[u/Firestorm0x0 → u/lilmiscantberong]

Maybe it's a prototype

[u/lilmiscantberong → u/Firestorm0x0]

Little bit larger and it’s the same size as the sink.

Hey, maybe it was a kit kitchen and they put it together wrong.

[u/lilmiscantberong → u/lilmiscantberong]

Check. None of the cabinets are the same length or installed at the same level. The door handles don’t even line up.

Bad job all around.

[u/cseyferth → u/lilmiscantberong]

Other than the obvious one over the range/microwave, they look the same height, and the tops are all level.

[u/Vast_Character311]

Those are pillboxes. That's where your gunners go.

[u/RosenButtons → u/Vast_Character311]

Are they firing into the kitchen or at the plateware?

[u/nopenope911]

Ok. Commercial General Contractor checking in... these are probably a custom build - thats why you cant find it on traditional web sources.

What makes it crappy design? Obviously somone ordered it that way, i dont see the issue.

[u/falingsumo → u/nopenope911]

The very top hole that was probably meant to be symmetrical makes it a bad design.

[u/nopenope911 → u/falingsumo]

Personal taste does not make crappy design

[u/falingsumo → u/nopenope911]

If you can't see through the hole because it's too high it does

[u/nopenope911 → u/falingsumo]

If there were truly a "design" issue, I would support it... you should see some of the crap I have to do as a GC not because an architect drew it, but because the end user (owner) wanted it...

[u/Senor-Delicious → u/falingsumo]

This isn't designed asymmetrical. The right door is not properly aligned. Either somebody did a terrible job when mounting the doors or the doors developed some misalignment over time and would require readjustment that nobody bothered about apparently.

[u/Mackarosh]

Are those "vents" so that you can put damp plates etc in there and they'll dry off eventually from the airflow (emphasis on eventually)? Sure wouldn't damage the wood.

[u/skintigh → u/Mackarosh]

In exchange the holes will let in cooking grease.

[u/Topinio → u/skintigh]

And flies.

Kitchen cupboards are basic anti-critter tech…

[u/Picard_III → u/Mackarosh]

That's what you have with every kitchen cabinet by default, or have you ever seen doors on them with air tight rubber sealing, like you have on fridge? 

[u/Mackarosh → u/Picard_III]

Obviously not but this allows more airflow. In any case it would be dumb to put anything damp inside as it would hurt the wood long before it dried properly

[u/Picard_III → u/Mackarosh]

I did it for years in many households, it was usually fine, the plates were not dripping wet, but they were definitely not completely dried, nothing happened even after years of doing this 

[u/Pimpcane-Shotgun]

In different area codes

[u/Petrarch1603]

Now it’s going to get dusty on your eating surfaces. Gross

[u/skater15153]

But....why?

[u/laxluxus]

I dunno, I kinda like it

[u/TwistedHeroes]

Here's my guess: Handles on the cabinet above the stove were mounted either vertically or too high from the bottom edge, and the solution to fix the problem was to cut the damage out as a "stylistic choice" and match that style across the other doors rather than replace the damaged doors.

[u/BosonTigre → u/TwistedHeroes]

I'm a woodworker and there's no way. We have ways of remounting handles and hidingthe previous placement, it's an easy fix.

Cutting all these openings, evenly, squared up, with mirroring curves, lining up perfectly with the cabinet opposite, and banding those edges (probably by hand because most edge bangers only do straight edges) is soooooooooo much more work. 

They must have decided they need this, I just don't know why. 

[u/fatjuan]

There's no point of having doors then.

[u/wgloipp]

And?

[u/isabella_sunrise]

So strange!

[u/Ok_Present_3445]

Is there a question here? It looks to me like nothing more than a design choice on the part of the Owner.

[u/CantHearMyself]

There’s your Crappy Design; handle holes on the wrong end. Or maybe r/onejob.

[u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul]

I can't imagine this being a stylistic choice. It must have been a custom build, they presumably must have served some kind of functional purpose.

[u/Ultimate_os]

It looks like they were supposed to be windows.

[u/Status_Reflection993]

Perhaps..  they wanted somethings to be easily grabbed without opening the doors? Either way, bad design choice.

[u/Squirrelysez]

so weird and ugly

[u/JuniperusRex]

Did you know that in this cabinet you have plates?!? And in this other one you can’t reach without a stepladder you could potentially have something else??!

Thank you, I hate it.

[u/teacozyhands]

I kind of like this. It would help me remember which cupboard stores what.

[u/Smart_Stranger_6529]

Great if you have cats. (For the cats, not you)

[u/FullTrick574 → u/Smart_Stranger_6529]

I was going to say! They’re cat people.

[u/SquidRamen2001]

Stupid design choice

[u/-kenturd-]

These look like cabinets intended for doctor’s offices, where they have openings to get out gloves and such. The one with the cutout way up top is probably a flipped door that got rehinged.

[u/Hendwreck]

Perhaps to help damp plates dry?

Idk this one is pretty strange, I do like the style though. I would have just installed glass to fancy it up a bit

[u/Isgortio]

This looks like they were supposed to be used for integrated bins and someone just put them on normal cupboards lol

[u/Picard_III → u/Isgortio]

Can you imagine throwing away your packaging UP, like you have an empty tuna can, but you have to lift it above your head LOL 

[u/Isgortio → u/Picard_III]

I was thinking more of the bins like you'd see in fast food restaurants.

[u/NorCalFrances]

Why is this crappy? It's functional, and stylistically it's not *that* horrifically bad. I could see people who are really into modern & retro mid century loving it.

[u/Pewtiog → u/NorCalFrances]

Cooking is notoriously dirty. All that greasy steam will be coating the clean dishes 😭

[u/NorCalFrances → u/Pewtiog]

And yet, open shelf cabinets are very much a style.

[u/cseyferth → u/NorCalFrances]

Not over the cooktop.

[u/NorCalFrances → u/cseyferth]

Yeah, over the cooktop. I've even seen open spice racks right over the cooktop, which is pretty much the worst place to store them. But it looks nice, according to house flippers and magazines.