We didn’t have room for the microwave in the kitchen (vintage kitchens don’t have built-in microwave ovens!) and so we kept it on a shelf in the garage, right outside the door to the kitchen. It was close, but awful cold and inconvenient. We had a little table we replaced with something more ‘period’ and I stuck it in the corner of the dining room and put the microwave on it. I didn’t realize I was inventing a new dog entertainment system.