Galaxy Pistachio Green Combo Oven Cabinets

Every one of these is a real option in this finish, and each has its own catalog cabinet. The prices are displayed prices on the review date; the appliance cutouts come from the microwave maker’s sheet, so have them checked against the cabinet before ordering.

The microwave wall cabinets are on the microwave wall cabinet page, the appliance garage on the appliance garage page, and the base microwave units on the base cabinet page. Which of these suits your model depends on its dimensions, so treat the table as the menu and the appliance sheet as the deciding document.

Seen side by side, the choices trade off against each other in consistent ways. This is how we would score them for a typical family kitchen; your own household may weigh the columns differently.

A base microwave cabinet deserves one specific check. The listing does not say whether GPG BMC24 and BMC30 are sized for a microwave drawer or for a standard microwave on a shelf, and the two are very different appliances; confirm which your model needs before ordering. The base cabinet guide shows where these units sit in a run.

In a combo tower the oven sits at a comfortable working height and the microwave goes above it. That usually puts the microwave at or above eye level for many adults. For a tall person that is convenient. For a shorter one, or a child, it means lifting a bowl of hot soup down from above shoulder height, which is how scald accidents happen. The exact height depends on the tower’s opening and the appliances, which the listing does not publish, so ask us for the opening heights on the tower you are considering and hold a tape against the wall at home.

Think about who in the house uses the microwave most. If it is the children making after-school snacks, a base microwave cabinet below the counter is safer and more independent for them. If it is an adult reheating coffee, the combo is fine. And if the kitchen is being planned for the long term, including for ageing in place, lower is usually better.

Microwaves typically wear out sooner than wall ovens. In a tower, that matters, because the new microwave has to fit an opening that was cut for the old one. A countertop microwave can simply be swapped for any model that fits the space; a built-in one needs a replacement of the right size, or a trim kit that closes the gap around a smaller model.

• Choose a microwave from a maker that sells trim kits for it, and note the kit’s part number with the model.
• Keep the installation sheet and the opening dimensions with the house paperwork. Whoever replaces it in ten years will need them.
• Consider a speed oven for the top slot. It costs more, but it is also a second oven, which answers the double oven question for many households.
• Buy both appliances from the same maker and series, so the handles and stainless tones match. Two appliances in one tower read as one object.

In a small kitchen the case for the combo is about counter space. A countertop microwave takes a couple of feet of the most valuable surface in the room, and an over-the-range model rules out a proper hood. Folding the microwave into the oven tower gives both back, and the whole appliance question is answered in 33″ of wall. If the tower fits at all, that is often the best trade on offer, and the reach question above is the one to weigh against it.

In a large kitchen the case is about workflow. With an island and plenty of counter, the microwave can live almost anywhere, so the question becomes where people actually use it. A microwave used mainly for reheating coffee and leftovers is better near the fridge and the breakfast things than beside the oven; a speed oven used as a second oven belongs in the tower with its partner. Large kitchens also have room for two answers at once — a combo tower for cooking, and a base microwave unit in the island for the children — which is more common than it sounds.

Either way, draw it. The small kitchen design guide shows how compact plans find room for a tower, and the kitchen layouts guide shows where the appliance wall falls in larger ones.

A combo tower puts two appliance fronts, usually stainless or black, one above the other in a tall frame of cabinet colour. In a greyed sage, stainless reads as a calm neutral; black reads as a strong, graphic panel. Matching the two appliances to each other matters more than matching them to the cabinet. Carry a door sample into the showroom and look at it beside both. If a full-height green tower feels like too much in a two-tone plan, order this one tower in a paler Galaxy paint; the cost is unchanged, and the green stays on the base runs. The green cabinet guide has more on pairings.

Buy both appliances first and send both installation sheets with the order; the openings are fixed at the factory. Pick the tower height to line up with your uppers: 84″, 90″, 93″ or 96″, at $1,677.00, $1,755.00, $1,758.25 and $1,836.25. Plan the power for both appliances with your electrician.

A single oven with storage above is on the oven cabinet page, and two stacked ovens on the double oven page. For a pantry beside it, see the single door or double door pantry listings; the tall cabinets page has every tower, and the whole finish is in the collection. Like every box in the line it arrives assembled, typically a week to three after ordering. For a layout that shows the microwave at its real height, ask the free design service; you will hear from a designer within one business day and have plans and a quote within 24–48 hours. Trade accounts run through Captivating Pro.