You acquired your first home – a brand new one. After the house, furniture and appliances are the next best things you want to invest in. There are homes that can be bought with a gas range already installed. It comes with the home package. As the range does not come in cheap, ultra care must be observed for it to retain its utility and luster. And the best way to protect your gas range is through the use of range cover. There are some range covers that can serve dual or even more purposes. This is for you to determine to maximize its use.
Supposing your range is a new one, which most probably is because your house is brand new. There are new stoves that are initially fitted with range covers. This is the protection during shipment. If this is the range that you find in your newly bought home, maybe, you will still find the range covers in the right position, taped or snapped in place. In using the range for the first time, you have to remove this range cover. As you do this, it is best to read the manual that goes with it. From the instruction, you will find out whether the range cover is re-usable or not. So if it is, then you can put it back when the range or stove is not in use. The returned range cover will function as a protection for burners at the same time providing additional counter in the kitchen. The range cover will be the additional counter.
There are other types of range covers, those which do not cover the burners but the whole range. The covers are removed during cooking time. Then as it is reusable, you can again cover your gas range when not in use. You will end up again having a kitchen counter, bigger than the counter provided by the covered burner. This type of range cover can have different materials. However, the most common are textile. You can have different prints and different colors of range cover to match your kitchen décor. A better idea will be to have the range cover identical in design and material with your kitchen window curtain. The range can even be conceived as a small table.
Other types of range cover are nylon or wood. You can just put them on top of the range. Then, this range cover will provide the counter or when you have a wooden range cover, you can have an extra cutting board. The type of range cover that you opt to buy depends on the extra purpose for which you will use the range cover.
Range cover indeed can bring a lot of usefulness. Not only is it for protecting your gas range but for additional usable space like counters, tables and cutting boards.