Angled corner upper cabinets

17 years ago

I am in the process of finalizing out kitchen design for our 1908 Foursquare (Prairie Style) home's kitchen.

We are settled on quarterwan oak inset cabinets. The current design has a blind corner upper cabinet, which seems like wasted space to me. There is no way around having cabinets in the corner and it seems a cabinet with an angled front would be a better use of space.

Here is the question: does anyone have experience or thoughts on corner cabinets with sides less than 24"? That is, most angled corner uppers have 24" X 24" sides 12" deep, angled door around 17" wide. We are considering a little smaller maybe 23" or 22" sides, which yields a 16" or 15" angled door. Would this be a useless size or can I go smaller than the standard? Please help if you have any thoughts or have a smaller upper corner cab.

TIA for all the input!

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bethv
17 years ago
We have a 24" angled corner with D-shaped super susans on 2 of the shelves (no pole in the center). This works great. I have all the baking stuff in there and can easily get at things. There's another thread about corner cabinets that has a picture of our cabinet and a few others you could check out. I don't know if I would go smaller unless you can find a D-shaped super/lazy susan to fit in the cabinet - but they may make one that is smaller.

I wouldn't do a blind corner. I think you give up too much potential space vs the diagonal with rotating shelves.

Good luck!
grannabelle
17 years ago
we have a very small angled cabinet - door measures 15" - angled interior walls measure 9" - i use it for storing things like matches, extra candles, a flashlight, vitamins, tape, stapler, etc...kitchen type things, that i don't use very often...i find it handy (and because of our design it was necessary) - had choice to leave open shelves or cabinet door - we chose to have it closed
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marty_2008
17 years ago
We have an angled corner with the angled part 17" (door 15 3/4). The cabinet on the right is 15 inches and the one on the left is 24 inches (with 2 doors) We opted to make them 14 inches deep and I love them.
From after demo

From after demo
davetz
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks for the input. marty_2008 did you make your uppers 14 deep simply to have more space in them? Are there ever any issues when working at counter, like bumping into them more frequently, head clearance, etc.? And the 14" depth is not directly related to the dimensions of that corner angled cab right, i mean all your uppers are 14"d right?
Stacey Collins
17 years ago
If you make them deeper than 12", make sure they are plenty high above the countertops, and personally I would also make sure you have a lot of good useable counterspace elsewhere.. like an island or something. marty_2008 how do you find working at the counter? I have lived in 2 old houses that had both deep (14-15") and low (only about 15" off the counter) uppers and I found working at those counters pretty frustrating. I am also quite tall, though, so YMMV.
marty_2008
17 years ago
Our cabinets are 31 inches high not counting the crown molding. (34 3/8 inches with the molding) The height off the counters is 18 inches. We have no problem working at the counter. I am 5'2" and my DH is 5'7".

davetz1- I made them that deep for the space. And yes, all of them are 14 inches.