Instant Clarity

15 years ago

Ever had clarity hit in a single moment?

I have been hemming and hawing for weeks now on a sink size to be centered under a window. I kept stalling on giving the cabinet maker a size for the cabinet, I just couldn't figure out what I should do.

36" SB only left me enough room on my "L" for a 15" drawer base before the lazy susan corner. That didn't seem like alot of useful storage. 18" would be better.

A 33" SB limited a truly useful double sink and while a single sink would be fine with me, I worried about not having an option of another bowl. Plus I would have had to offset the SB to one side to gain the full 3 inches I wanted to get an 18" drawer base on that side instead of the 15". On the other corner of the lazy susan I only had room for a 12" base for garbage or trays before the range.

Today OUT OF THE BLUE...I said why do I need a lazy susan in the corner??? It was to hold pantry items but if I get rid of it I will gain an 18+" double trash pullout in my prep zone by the range, which I didn't have before (only a 12") and a 27" drawer base next to the sink, AND I get a 36" centered double sink besides!!! Yay!! The missing link is in! Phew, I'm glad I waited.

As far as the pantry stuff- I was only putting it there, because I couldn't think of any thing else to use it for. I have plenty of upper room in my prep and work zone by my range that isn't spoken for so it can go there and pots and pans, mixing bowls etc. are all accounted for elsewhere. Why do some things take forever for a solution to present itself?

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aloha2009
15 years ago
It's amazing, when it's right, everything seems to just fit. That voice in the back of your head, just held back that final decision. I can "hear" your excitement.
never_ending
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks, thanks, thanks! I am thrilled. Every morning and every night...what size? What size? 30"? 24"? 33"? D shape? Single? 80/20? UGH!

I can only imagine how great scientists feel with a breakthrough and their V-8 moment! FWIW sometimes kitchen planning IS rocket science! =)
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aliris19
15 years ago
Plus, think of the money you'll save -- those corner susans are *expensive*! I think if you can design them away you're ahead.
breezygirl
15 years ago
Its late and I'm very tired. While I'm very excited for you, I have to say that I don't understand what you are doing with the corner now. Blind corner? Leaving it blank? I'm so happy for you, regardless of what you are doing with the space. Decisions are so hard to come by sometimes!
never_ending
Original Author
15 years ago
Breezy-it'll be blank. Believe me, I know it is a lot of space to leave, but linearly I need the accessible storage. The double trash pull out was a top *wish* early on but could never be fit in due to losing valuable drawer space elsewhere. =(

Thanks Arlis! My aunt has to credited for the idea. She threw it out there way back and I considered it for a nano second but lazy susan's are "the" problem solver for the kitchen arena and I didn't want to lose out. I have one now and for years it stored my misfit, ummm...junk.=) After seriously taking inventory of my space I moved my pots and pans there, which really works well but they will have their own spot in drawers next to the DW. I guess it boils down to how you use your space and not forgetting what you need vs. what the industry tells you you need.
formerlyflorantha
15 years ago
We have 3 corners in our cab runs. Only could imagine one lazy susan being needed. We tapped the space in our blind corners by burrowing in from the back.

One is inside a closet--we now have a two-bin Elfa unit in there to hold boots in the off season.

Another blind corner now has a set of cab shelves and a door on the hall side of the peninsula, which holds items mostly used during parties. We considered having the corner become a file drawer, since the bill-paying station is there, but that got voted off the island [pun intended].
timber.j
15 years ago
We have a blind corner-I have an aversion to lazy susans, and we have a fairly small kitchen, so I was pretty limited with what could go where. By skipping the corner cabinet, I have very usable banks of drawers on either side of the corner. I still sometimes wonder if that is where some of the items that went missing during the remodel ended up... :)

Isn't that awesome when the right solution hits you?!
timber.j
15 years ago
Oops...I should have said BLANK corner, not blind...
I am so happy to not have to deal with the black hole that filled the corner in our old kitchen-only the area right in side the door was useful. The back was so hard to get anything out of. I would send my kids in with a flashlight if we needed to find something from back there...
blfenton
15 years ago
We have one lazy susan in our new kitchen where in the old kitchen we had 2 and I needed them both for storage. In the new kitchen I don't need it for myself so I made it the kids snack cabinet. Let them deal with it.