Corner cabinets

15 years ago

Do you have to put a CORNER cabinet in the corner? Is it an option to take a 24 inch base cab and put it in the corner on a diagonal? If so, how would the cabs on either side work next to it? I have a 24 inch cab now and the inside of my stove for storage of my pots and pans and am not thrilled with the blind corner. I have a very small kitchen so it is not an option not to use the corner. Thank you.

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melissastar
15 years ago
You do not have to put a corner cabinet in a corner. You can leave the corner space dead or arrange your layout so that the counter/cabinet run along one wall doesn't meet the cabinet/counter run along the other wall.

And you could, in theory, put a regular 24 inch base cabinet on the diagonal, but you would waste a helluva lot of space. That's because you'd need 24" of frontage on the diagonal for that cabinet. That would require something close to 48 inches of space along each wall to fit it.

There are, however, a number of decent blind corner options these days. Hafele, for example, makes a couple of pull-outs that make pretty good use of the space. Or use could use corner drawers, such as Plllog, a frequent poster, has. Check them out on this thread

Here is a link that might be useful: thread about corner drawers
catlover5
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you melissastar - this link was very helpful.
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Buehl
15 years ago
If you don't like corner susans (great for storing pots & pans, small appliances, or using as a pantry), you don't like blind corner cabinets (I don't, but many people here do), and you don't like or can't do corner drawers (like Plllog has), another option is to turn a "regular" rectangular cabinet in the corner 90 degrees and access it from the outside the kitchen. But, this only works if one side of the corner has no wall (like a peninsula). That's what we did. It's our "Pet Center" cabinet. It's a 27" wide cabinet w/a top drawer & two roll out tray shelves (ROTS).

If you (or anyone) does this, make the cabinet at least 27" wide to utilize the space that's needed as filler on the kitchen side. Filler is needed on the kitchen side to allow drawers/doors to open in the corner. So, by getting a wider cabinet that faces outside, the extra 3 or more inches serves as filler on the back side of the cabinet...the side that faces the kitchen.

Pic...this view is from the FR looking into the kitchen, so what you're seeing is the "outside" of the peninsula. The two "doors" on the right are decorative doors on the back of the 24" drawer base that opens into the kitchen.

Filler Explanation: http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/Buehl/2008-2009%20Remodel/Kitchen/999%20Miscellaneous/Pet%20Center%20Installation/?action=view&current=PetCenterFillerExplanation1b.jpg ***(see notes below picture)

Here is a link that might be useful: Pet Center Installation Slideshow