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Corner drawer width, and combo solutions

15 years ago

We only have one cabinet corner to deal with and it can fit a 36" lazy susan, but I'm thinking the corner drawer solution would also be nice.

If it was 12" on each side, that would put the drawer only about, what, 17" across? Is this a useful width for corner drawers? Also, is it annoying that the pulls aren't perpendicular to the direction of pull? (We wouldn't do a diagonal face because we want to be able to reach to the back of the countertop corner and there is a sink next to this corner cab and don't want to cramp the floor space.

Also considering a combo solution: top drawer and lazy susan below. Anyone done this and are you happy with it?

Anyone NOT like their corner drawers?

Comments (10)

  • 15 years ago

    There's always the Blum Space Corner

  • 15 years ago

    We haven't used ours yet, but like the idea.


  • 15 years ago

    remodelfla: yes, the blum space corner is one example of what I meant by corner drawer -- I wasn't very precise. I've rejected the idea of just doing regular drawers not angled, since with pulls it gives up too much room in the corner.

    Thanks for the photo, clweed. Seeing it, I do like the idea of the top drawer even though the ergonomics of the pull seems bad to me. You could do a pull across the corner but that would look funny and impinge leaning-in space. Not really liking how the lower susan looks from usability standpoint, but then you could put heavier stuff on it without worrying trying to pull a heavier drawer out with a pull placed at an angle to the movement.

  • 15 years ago

    Check out KornerKing....

    Here is a link that might be useful: kornerking

  • 15 years ago

    alex399: that's freaken awesome.

    I wonder if you could attach drawer faces to the drawers that would spin with the lazy susan and avoid the open-the-door, pullorspin-the-drawer double action. Maybe not, since it is two independent spinners.

  • 15 years ago

    Corner drawers look cool, but how are they a better solution than just having two regular drawers? Obviously you lose that center space if you use regular drawers, but you lose the side space if you use corner drawers. What I mean is it looks like you get slightly less total storage space out of a corner drawer than you would from just putting in regular drawers. Is the sole purpose just to keep one extended drawer from hitting the handle of the other one?

  • 15 years ago

    Hmm, they have single-spinners too. More options.

    {{!gwi}}

  • 15 years ago

    Ideagirl2: that's an excellent point, although if your corner is cramped (our current layout has our sink cab 12 inches from the corner), that means that one of the side drawers is only 10 inches wide (2 for the spacer to allow pull clearance, and so only 10 inches remaining, and if your pull is deep for universal design or other ergonomic considerations, you might also end up with only an 8 or 9 inch wide drawer). A 12x12 angled drawer gives a 17inch wide drawer, which someone might find more valuable. For us a 10 inch drawer might be useful for towels, but less so for the lower drawers. Depends on storage needs -- the complex corner solutions are much more expensive, so simple drawers (just writing off the corner space) should be a serious first consideration.

  • 15 years ago

    I have the Blum corner drawers like Remodelfla posted above, with some modification to the box. I LOVE them. I'm too whipped to answer questions, but if you do a search, I've answered them before.

    The reason for the diagonal drawers is so that they won't bump into each other. Otherwise you need a big stile that lets your hardware past. I have knobs, but pulling one isn't awkward in the least. I don't notice it.

    I did the math once. The only corner solution where you gain significantly over a blind corner, other than an open box you have to crawl into to access the back, is the full circle lazy susan with the diagonal door. With that you get about 20% more storage per level. You get a little more than blind with a pie cut, and, depending on the drawer size, a little more or less than pie cut with drawers. Magic corners are significantly less than any of the other solutions, but sometimes worth the gain in the non-magic cabinet on the L.

    If you want more info, e-mail me or ask me Monday.

  • 15 years ago

    Zartemis... Besides the one tall single unit, you can do individual spinning drawers... Check out the youtube video link below...

    Here is a link that might be useful: spinner drawers

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