I have one of those. I put the always-in-use dishes towards the front, and the stuff that I don't have to use often towards the back. Of course, YMMV, as my corner cab is glass-front and was planned for this purpose.

DonnaR/CA

They're not glass-front, but I could see this being a good approach for us too. Till we figure out what to do with them we've put all our canned goods in there, and it feels like we'll never see them again!

If they're blind cabinets, lee valley and hafele have pullout shelving, although it's a major pain to try to install after the cabinet is installed.

Here is a link that might be useful: lee valley blind corner

Thank you very much for that link! I knew I came to the right place with my question!

You're welcome. I know several people who have the Lee Valley version and they're all pretty happy with it.

I am currently planning to use one of these cabinets in my kitchen remodel. The kitchen planner suggested that I put glasses and dishes in there, putting the extras/seasonal toward the back.

I think a light would be helpful too. I am going to put a battery powered "tap light" in my blind cabinet until we remodel. At least if I can see what is back there it won't be so scary!

Are these base cabinets and/or wall cabinets?

Another option is a super susan (lazy susan w/o the center pole).

Either option is probably better than stationary shelves or nothing!

BTW...you can do lazy susans in upper cabinets as well. My parents have had one in the upper corner cabinet in their kitchen since 1960...I noticed last week, though, that it's starting to fail (a little tougher to turn & one shelf seems slightly askew)....of course it's 48 years old! [Time for a remodel...the only "remodeling" my parents have done in 48 years is paint the cabinets, replace the floor, replace the cast iron sink w/SS, & replace appliances as needed!]

Before deciding, do a search on both. There have been some discussions on the pros & cons for each. E.g., If the cabinet of the LS doesn't follow the curve of the susan, things can fall off. With Blind Corners, things fall off b/c of the swinging around action. I would not put anything breakable on any blind corner or LS that doesn't have a "matching" cabinet.

If you do decide to go with one of them, I suggest putting either small appliances or pots & pans in them...they are heavier/bigger (less likely to fall off) and if they do fall off they're less likely to break & easy to grab a hold of.

Like this?

we have a super susan similar to the one pictured above in our corner base.

in the uppers, you can see we have a large hole. it's where we keep our microwave. now there are doors on that cabinet.

in the one above that, we're just going to use it for deep storage--seasonal stuff, etc. it's too high up to be useful for anything that we use day to day.

I have one corner cabinet that was originally supposed to be a super susan. It arrived without the rotating shelf parts, though, but my kitchen guy didn't seem bothered and said he'd order them and get them put in. After I started loading up the cabinets after the redo I realized my corner cabinet wasn't going to work for what I wanted to use it for, so I ditched the rotating shelves altogether and now store all my large serving/baking pans - with the seasonals in the back. It's worked out great and without the rotating shelves I have a lot more space!

I like the idea of the tap light.

margieb2 - your corner cabinet is awesome! Nice and open with that big door!

The ones I was writing about are the upper cabinets. In the lower ones we do have the lazy susan and it's great.

I like the idea of keeping large serving/baking pans up there. It's so much better than any small items that will inevitably get lost.

edlakin-- could you tell me what the measurements of your corner cabs are? and also your microwave? wondering if that set up might also work for us. currently we have the microwave under the island, but if it could fit in the corner cab, it would be nice to have it eye-level....
admired your kitchen photos many times btw ;)
thanks!

In my angled, corner upper, I've put glasses of all sorts. Bottom shelf is regular drinking glasses, middle shelf is mugs (regular on one side, travel on the other), top shelf is wine glasses.

Great use of the space, because glasses/mugs are things that you often have a lot of, but don't need to use but 8 or so on a daily basis. Most days I just use whatever's in front--no need to reach all the way to the back or shuffle things, because everything behind is basically a replica of what's in front. But when entertaining, I've got 30 glasses within easy reach; I don't have to pull them out from behind anything.

Basically, the cabinet works best for storing things where you never want the thing in back UNLESS you're also using the thing in front. So it might also work for appliances that can be broken down into two pieces (blender, cuisinart), with one piece stored in front of the other.