My kitchenaid mixer resides under the corner cabinets in my kitchen. It’s very easy to slide it forward when I use it…no lifting required.
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omg this is the best
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That’s exactly where mine lives. We use ours fairly often, at least a couple of times of month but even more this time of year. That corner would have no other use anyway so made sense to keep it there.
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My irobot went 2 feet down my island yesterday, turned around and went home. D20 had been cooking/baking; it looked like a cyclone had hit; apparently it wasn’t up for the task
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We all make choices. For those familiar with Manhattan apartment kitchens (think Carrie Bradshaw’s when she was single, not the one she and Big bought), space is at a premium. The KA resides permanently on the counter tucked under the cabinets when not in use. No productivity issues
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Yup - we choose a toaster, a Keurig and a drip coffee maker as our counter clutter. Those get daily use (yeah, I know, we shouldn’t need two coffee makers. At least the tea kettle gets to live on the stove!).
@FallGirl I totally agree with you on the KitchenAid. I generally use a stick blender or a handheld. When H uses the KitchenAid, I end up having to clean all of it and counter where he’s put it. I keep it in the pantry rather than out in the kitchen because we rarely use it
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My Kitchenaid came with a plastic flour/splash shield for the bowl. It seems to work quite well to contain the mess. 
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I have a plastic shield. It is a PITA and especially if you need to add additional ingredients. I’d rather just clean up the counters when I’m done…which I would be doing anyway.
We use our kitchenaid for a lot of things…because it’s there! Mixing meatloaf or meatball ingredients, for example. Really, I could use it at least once a week…but sometimes I don’t.
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I had never thought about using it for meatballs! I just use what Julia Child called “A scrupulously clean hand”. Using the mixer would save a lot of scrubbing with the nail brush before and after.
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There is a hopper opening in the shield to add ingredients if one wishes; I found that it is easy to remove the shield and then put back on. Mine looks like this:
https://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KN1PS-Pouring-Shield-1-Piece/dp/B09C149WFK?th=1&psc=1
I wonder if there are different designs.
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Time for a new H… 
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I hope the next question isn’t for a “good wood chipper” recommendation 
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There’s a KA attachment for that, but only for the drop-bowl model. 
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Wait wait….her husband uses the Kitchen Aid? Well…that’s a win!
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Please explain: are Kitchen Aid mixers messier than any other stand mixer? We’ve had stand mixers for almost 40 yrs and just replaced our most recent model (motor died) with a KA. If they are messier, dear wife will NOT be happy!!
@MADad no, they are not messier.
Any mess is made by the user not the machine.
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@abasket did you ever think when you started this thread we’d still be talking about KA mixers almost 11 months later? 
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Interesting that the females are schooling a male on whether KA’s are messier without suggesting the male try it and find out. 