{"id":68243,"date":"2023-11-15T16:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=68243"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:56:07","slug":"meet-the-proud-owners-of-the-new-middle-class-must-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/meet-the-proud-owners-of-the-new-middle-class-must-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the proud owners of the new middle class must-have!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Forget double ovens – it now seems that owning two dishwashers is the hot new interiors trend sweeping the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n Yesterday Yorkshire-based kitchen company KC Design House claimed that <\/span>35 per cent of their customers have been requesting two of the household appliances in their homes<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the percentage of households in the UK with a dishwasher rose from 18 per cent in 1995 to 49 per cent in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking about the sudden rise in double dishwashers, real estate agent and <\/span>TikTok<\/span> star Tanya Baker agreed that twin dishwashers have replaced the ‘two cooker’ trend.<\/span><\/p>\n The expert told FEMAIL: ‘I have seen and heard of this […] as more and more people love to host nowadays and invest in making their family spaces very open and airy.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Jamey Howard’s double dishwasher set-up in his home in Cheshire. The\u00a0delivery manager, 45, says it has made entertaining guests an ‘absolute breeze’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Estate agent and TikTok star Tanya Baker (pictured) told FEMAIL that twin dishwashers have replaced the ‘two cooker’ trend<\/p>\n ‘Once they have that gorgeous large space, they want to enjoy it with family and friends – with that comes a lot of cleaning up and so [installing two dishwashers] makes sense really!’<\/span><\/p>\n Here FEMAIL meets five homeowners who have installed double dishwashers – and they all insist it’s not as extravagant as you might think.<\/span><\/p>\n When Sara Mungeam’s sister Michelle bought two dishwashers for her London home 15 years ago, the property developer, 51, couldn’t wrap her head around it at first.<\/p>\n However, the mother-of-two – who is currently renovating her new house in Peckham\u00a0 – quickly came round to her sister’s way of thinking and decided to try it out in their new kitchen.<\/p>\n In mid-September, Sara and her husband Pete purchased two \u00a31,000 dishwashers and had them fitted on either side of their kitchen sink so they were integrated with the light wooden cabinets.\u00a0<\/p>\n She explained: ‘I did not realise how utterly amazing it would be, I am a total convert. I would not go back.\u00a0<\/p>\n In their previous home, Sara says the family would often have lots of washing up taking up space on the counter top – something she didn’t want to happen in her new ‘show home’.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: The double dishwasher set-up in Sara\u00a0Mungeam’s newly renovated kitchen in Peckham, South-East London<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Property developer Sara boasts almost 40,000 Instagram followers. The mother-of-two has been documenting the family’s house renovation<\/p>\n The mother – who boasts almost 40,000 followers on her Instagram @houseobsessed – continued: ‘We never used to put pans and stuff in the dishwasher so we were always washing those up and leaving them on the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘It was partly a space thing. Now it just doesn\u2019t matter.’\u00a0<\/p>\n But doesn’t the double dishwasher set-up cause their household bills to skyrocket?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Well, Sara says the family usually only ever use one of the dishwashers once a day – meaning the other one is effectively used for storage until it’s ready.<\/p>\n She continued: ‘You\u2019re just constantly alternating between and there\u2019s never any s*** on the sides. It is just brilliant.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sara’s two dishwashers are have been discreetly installed in her sleek, modern kitchen and are situated on either side of the sink<\/p>\n ‘For a neat freak like me, it has been utterly brilliant and it\u2019s one of the biggest game-changers in our kitchen.’<\/p>\n Describing how it’s made her kitchen a much more ‘pleasurable’ space, the mother added: ‘It was always quite rare that the kids’ stuff would make it into the dishwasher in the first place – yet alone getting them to empty the dishwasher.<\/p>\n ‘But now they’ve usually got an empty dishwasher to put their plates rather than leaving them in the sink.’<\/p>\n At one point, Sara’s sister Michelle Clarke, 53, was the proud owner of four dishwashers – having installed them in her London residence and a second property in the countryside.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Michelle Clarke’s old kitchen at her London home. Like her sister, the mother-of-two had two dishwashers which were discreetly incorporated into the design<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Working mother-of-two Michelle Clark, who first had double dishwashers installed two years ago<\/p>\n The mother-of-two told FEMAIL that she had hated never being able to fit everything she needed to in her single dishwasher.<\/p>\n She explained: ‘I sort of found that one wasn\u2019t enough. It really annoyed me that I could have a dinner party and be left with stuff the next day.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Or there would never be enough room for all the plates. It just drove me insane. So I thought, if I\u2019ve got the space then I\u2019m going to have two dishwashers.’\u00a0<\/p>\n Looking back at her family’s reaction at the time, Michelle said: ‘Sara was like, “why on earth are you doing that?”\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I think everyone thought I was a bit spoilt because Sara and I grew up being the dishwashers in our household. But then they saw it action and realised it was a really good idea.’<\/p>\n After downsizing to a smaller property in recent years, Michelle now only has one dishwasher – but hopes she’ll get a second again when she renovates her kitchen.<\/p>\n She added: ‘It sounds so precious but once you\u2019ve had one, you get used your system. Of course I can survive with one dishwasher, I\u2019m not saying I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n ‘But if I were given the choice, I would have two again.\u00a0I\u2019m a complete neat freak so it really bothers me if they haven\u2019t unloaded the dishwasher and there\u2019s stuff left on the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Whereas, I never had anything on the sides when I had two dishwashers. There was always one you could use.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Danielle Kemp’s double dishwashers at her home in Essex. The mother said: ‘I now couldn’t imagine now having the two.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Danielle (pictured) and her partner Liam installed the dishwashers themselves to cut back on costs<\/p>\n When Danielle Kemp and her partner Liam Smith, both 36, moved into their new Essex bungalow in May, twin dishwashers were at their top of their wishlist.<\/p>\n Danielle – who runs the Instagram account @project_buxton – told FEMAIL: ‘We have lived with a separate kitchen and an open plan kitchen in previous properties, with and without dishwashers, so we really got to know how they work for us a family.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Whilst with a traditional closed off kitchen the mess doesn\u2019t matter, you can just shut the door. In an open plan [one like ours], everything is there on show.’\u00a0<\/p>\n The mother-of-one continued: ‘We entertain a lot, and always found we had a huge pile on the side, which was unsightly and smelly in the open plan space. We couldn\u2019t just shut the door.<\/p>\n ‘We had the space in our new kitchen so thought why not!?’<\/p>\n The couple bought their kitchen – which has been kitted out with marble counters and brass fixtures – through Wren and purchased the two appliances for \u00a3798 altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n As they fitted the dishwashers themselves on either side of their sink, the couple – who say they only spend five minutes a day loading them – also saved themselves an additional cost.<\/p>\n Having used them over the past six months, Danielle says she couldn’t be happier with her double dishwashers – especially when she’s entertaining guests or tired after a long day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The family’s stylish new kitchen has been kitted out with marble counters and a matching splashback and brass fixtures<\/p>\n She explained: ‘Entertaining is effortless, and there’s no clearing up once everyone is gone\u2026we can just relax.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Pots go straight in after cooking, some times with the dishwasher going straight on. Plates after main course go in the other, with glasses, dessert bowls, coffee cups.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘When you have 6-8 people dining it soon adds up […] if you’ve had a long day at work and don’t want to unload the dishwasher, you can just use the other. It’s not the reason I bought two but that’s an additional benefit I hadn’t considered.<\/p>\n ‘I now couldn’t imagine now having the two.’\u00a0<\/p>\n Although Danielle couldn’t be happier with her decision, the mother said that she’s received some cruel comments on Instagram – calling her ‘lazy’ or ‘mad’ or questioning how much the family eats.<\/p>\n She added: ‘People assume its\u2019s out of laziness, as a couple we are far from lazy. It\u2019s a luxury I\u2019ll admit, but we made it fit our budget and it really works for us.<\/p>\n ‘Even close friends thought I was nuts. My response always was, \u201ccome round for dinner, and I\u2019ll show you how it works\u201d. Plenty now see why we did it.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘And to be frank, its my kitchen, and it\u2019s what I wanted. Every decision I make in my home is for me and my family, and I\u2019d encourage everyone to make decision based on this rather than trends.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: The navy double dishwashers in the kitchen of Lauren Whitehorn’s Bedfordshire home.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mother-of-twins Lauren, 40, shares snippets of the family’s home on her Instagram account @the.hoo.are.you<\/p>\n Lauren Whitehorn, 40, from Bedfordshire, has owned two double dishwashers for the past two-and-a-half years and can’t rave about them enough.<\/p>\n The mother-of-two – who lives with her four-year-old twins and partner Nick, 42 –\u00a0 told FEMAIL that she ‘would do it again in a heartbeat’.<\/p>\n She added: ‘Outside of entertaining, I wanted to have one that was clean and one dirty to keep that cycle going: I hate it when you want to stick something in the dishwasher only to find it\u2019s full with clean stuff!<\/p>\n ‘Last Christmas, we realised how heavily we rely on them when both were taken out of action on Boxing Day when we had the large family gathering as a sodding rat had chewed through both the power cable and the waste water pipes. It was a nightmare!\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘As we have two, it\u2019s easier [than it used to be]! We can unload bit by bit, rather than having to do it to reload.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘It\u2019s a touch extravagant, but haven\u2019t had any real criticism! I know how insanely lucky we are to have the space and funds to do it.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Jamey Howard, 45, who works as a delivery manager, playfully poses with his double dishwashers in his Cheshire home<\/p>\n Jamey Howard is another proud owner of double dishwashers who has never looked back.<\/p>\n The delivery manager, 45, from Cheshire, had his appliances installed in 2019 on either side of his kitchen sink.\u00a0<\/p>\n Raving about the benefits to FEMAIL, he explained: ‘The older I get, the less I care about \u2018going out\u2019, I\u2019d much rather have friends over and host.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘And with double dishies entertaining is an absolute breeze, the clean up is always the main downside to having people over but now it\u2019s a cinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I would highly recommend!’<\/p>\n‘It’s brilliant for a neat freak like me’<\/span><\/h2>\n
‘I had four dishwashers at one point – people thought I was spoiled!’\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
‘Close friends thought I was nuts and other assume I’m lazy – but now people understand why we did it’\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
‘I hated having dirty things on the sides’\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
‘It makes entertaining a breeze’\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n