I still think there's a lot of wasted space with these corner drawers and I really like the blind corner units or "miracle corners" because they're pretty much effortless and efficient. That's just my two cents though!

I'm thinking about using them. A susan probably is a better utilization of space, but if every last inch isn't required these are an option. My current corner susans work pretty well but I still don't like them.

I think anything is better than a blind corner unit (I have one and I wish wish wish I hadn't put that in the design). I have a corner lazy susan as well and I think it's great. I store all my appliances on it. The drawers look weird to me but I'd pick them over blind corner. Your decision depends on the type of storage you need. Do you need more drawers or more large spaces?

melle sacto, can I ask why you don't like the blind corner unit? I've fallen in love with my friends' and am thinking seriously about it for our kitchen design. I'd love your feedback on why it's not working for you.

TY

At first I thought that looked really neat, but you're still losing space. It's just in a different location. There's still either a void or the decision to use blind Susans.

I really like my corner cabinet, equipped with a super susan. I keep my pots and pans, tall stock pots, electric frying pan, and canner in there, and it's all very easy to get in and out. The lazy susans have no pole in the middle, it is very sturdy, and I never have any probelms with things falling out--probably because I store larger items in them.

If you've had the opportunity to use a blind corner w/pull out (or whatever it has to make it more accessible) and you think it's great then maybe it will work for you. Mine uses the Lee Valley blind corner pull out unit.

To open the cabinet, I pull out on the door like a drawer. Once I've done that, I can access only the items on the top shelf. Anything on the shelf below or the shelves that are in the "blind" part of the cabinet is not accessible until the door is then opened to the right.

I'm in that stupid cabinet daily and it's very annoying to me to have to pull out the door, then swing it open to access most of the contents. The shelves on the door are bulky and the whole thing, to me, is so much more complicated than the simplicity of the corner lazy susans I have in my other corner. Accessing my blind corner cab interferes w/someone working at the sink because of how much space is required to get to anything other than the top shelf. I think a corner LS is more discrete; it's possible to open the door only a little bit to get what you might want. Operating the corner LS is faster as well (IMHO).

I don't understand why someone would choose this over a corner lazy susan. I mean, I chose it but that's because I had never used one w/any sort of insert in it, I have a U-shaped kitchen, and I read many great reviews of the "hardware" one could put into a blind corner unit to improve accessibility; I thought that would make a huge difference and I decided to try the blind corner and LS corner. No one talked much about how a blind corner unit is probably the worst choice for a corner if you have the option to change to something else.

Perhaps I need to re-arrange my kitchen and put items in the blind corner that I would rarely need, then I wouldn't have to use it so much. I feel like every time I open it I go through the process in my mind of why I got this instead of a corner lazy susan. It was a trade-off, but I'm not sure it was the best decision now that I'm using it on a daily basis.

I'm developing a theory about these corner cabinets, based on a half-moon swingout in my blind corner, and a supersusan in the other one.

I LOVE the supersusan... where I am storing pots and pans and small appliances. Large, heavy items.

The blind swingout has tupperware and mixing bowls... not so heavy.... and things fall off the back if I'm not careful...

Thus, my theory is that if you put really solid larger items on any moveable shelf they're more efficient, because stuff doesn't fall off!!

Also, I think the supersusans are much more efficient than any carousel with a pole - plus the wood carousels feel WAY more stable than the molded plastic ones.

Just my overinflated 2c.

I think drawers is a clever idea. You are loosing some space but nothing uses that space 100%. I think the fact that you can store small items and not have them drop off a LS is a big plus for some people.

melle_sacto unfortunately is experiencing exactly what I thought of those blind corner w/pull outs - too fussy and irritating. I also don't like LS because I've had stuff fall off them - like pot lids. I've never had a supersusan and for next kitchen I'll check it out. Right now I just have a fixed shelf in mine, nothing else and I find it the most practical storage space. I have large plastic containers storing stuff I rarely use at the back - easy to pull out when I need them. In front I have all my appliances. On one side I have these things from Ikea to hold up cutting boards and pans.
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