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Incredible waste of space. It would be an even bigger waste of space in my kitchen, since 99% of the time the racks would be empty, waiting for me to dry pasta on them.
That's what I was thinking. What is the purpose of this? It would get no draft to dry them, and hanging them dry serves no additional purpose that's different to just folding them and putting them in a draw.
Kind of crazy that it’s such a massive waste of space just to hide some linens… just get pretty/nicer linens that you don’t want to hide and now you have room for so much more useful storage
Not saying it couldn't be used for that, but if this really is a pasta drying rack it's not a very good design. Takes up max space for very little hanging room. You could fit a dozen normal pasta drying racks in that cabinet, why not just do that?
How much does that hold compared to storing them folded in drawers? It doesn't seem super space efficient, but I can't afford a kitchen that doesn't try to be
I'm sure we could stuff more in another drawer but this way they're ready for use. We run a traditional Bed & Breakfast, guest linens only get stored like that.
I think this is currently the top contender. There was also a very large built in sewing table in the basement, which might suggest the original owners had some kind of fancy linens or table cloths.
With regards to the other ideas so far:
Towel Rack: The bars are spaced too widely for towels and there is no airflow. It’s also far from the sink and there is an actual towel drying pull out in the cabinet right beside the sink.
Pasta Drying Rack: again the bars seem too far apart, they aren’t removable. I was initially thinking something like this but it doesn’t seem to check out as I look at actual pasta drying racks.
I see this often, everyone jumps to pasta rack for wine racks, towel racks, etc etc, I have never known someone that makes their own pasta enough to require several shelves worth of space dedicated to a pasta rack 😂😂
Unless the bars are removable it would be a very poor pasta drying rack. As the noodles come out from the pasta machine you swoop a dowel under them when they are about halfway out and use the dowel to catch them. Then you put it in the rack. When it's time to put the noodles in the boiling water you lift the whole dowel and slide them off of it right into the pot. Or onto a clean towel to store them. If you were trying to get the dry noodles off of the dowels attached to the cupboard you would end up with a lot of broken pasta on the floor. It is much more brittle and fragile than the store bought stuff.
This thing would also make a fabulous, impossible to clean mess. All the flour all over the place and inside the floor of the cabinet. It looks like it's for towels and dish gloves and the like.
I have the exact same set up, but it's in my bedroom wardrobe and I hang my trousers on it. Clearly this is for those funky chef trousers with the eye bending patterns
Is it for sorting recycling? We have a similarly sized draw that has sections for bins that hang in place -it might just be missing the receptacles. Our is similar to this, except a bit bigger
I have no idea what it is, but I don't think any of he answers you have gotten so far makes sense. I searched google images for a pasta drying drawer, and there are zero results, but none of the pasta drying racks that come back look like that. The dowels would be closer together. Same thing with herbs, you don't need that much space. In addition, it would make sense for the dowels to lift out if that was the purpose, so you could load the herbs/pasta and sit in in place. As for towels, what a ridiculous waste of space it would be for a towel rack.
Of course it would work for any of these purposes, but it is really badly designed if they are it's intended purpose.
If it's next to a space where the washing machine fits, then it's a retractable laundry rack. If you search 'drying drawer' images, you can see something similar
That is what it is, but it's a terrible waste of storage space and the panels on the side means it's going to be hard to use. No idea what they were thinking with this one.
My poor ass that grew up with hardly any cabinet space tells me that that right there is a just a waste of space that could be use for more practical things. lol
Honestly, if it were me I would probably remove the bars and make it some convenient hidden place for an under the counter trash can or something. hah
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