I Give You The eHutch©

The eHutch^© is now on-line and fully operational. I had to make a few more shelves for it. The first thought was to have a power strip inside The eHutch^© but I decided I didn’t want all the wires. Also, since it has a center divider that means I would need one for each side. Instead I mounted a strip on the back and then drilled holes through the back at the base of each shelf. This looks much neater.

Here It Is In Standby Mode


Here You Can See It fully Booted Up


The left side has the 15-inch LCD TV (At $400 I spent more on that stupid thing than I did on both hutches combined!), phone with answering machine, phonebook and address book. I’m going to add notepad & pencils. I have another shelf for it if need be.

The right side has coffee maker and bean grinder. I can put coffee, filters, and cups below that. Then there is also a toaster oven. The original idea was to have a microwave but The eHutch^© is only 11.5-inches deep and the shallowest microwave I found was 13-inches, and it was a real POS.

I think the toaster oven is a better choice actually. The last time I owned a microwave was back in the early 90s and by the time I got rid of it, it was little more than glorified potato cooker. I think I’ll use the toaster over more, and now I can get rid of the conventional toaster. My one concern is heat. I’ve drilled a series of 5/8-inch holes above the toaster oven to vent heat. If that does not do the trick I can buy on of those plumbers heat shields and put it up there. Neither the holes nor the heat shield will be visible unless you stick your head in there and look up.