Thanks. I'm really only looking for specialized storage ideas like pull outs and trays that I may have overlooked.

Place to store aluminum foil, saran wrap, etc.

Place to store small gadgets (can openers, measuring spoons and the like)

Place to store larger utensils (slotted spoons, potato masher, spatulas and the like)

If you can find the room, a place to store pans and casseroles vertically in slots, rather than having to stack them.

Most important of all, a place to put the trash/recycling bins, and possibly a mechanism to open it without hands.

Thanks. Was thinking drawers for the foil type items, and small gadgets and utensils.

For pots, do people just stack in drawer? I don't like overhead pot racks and want them out of sight. Are there specialized pull outs for pots?

I found these, anyone have them?

On the pot and pan racks pictured above, the pots are relatively flat and there are not that many pots. I have more pots than pans and my pots are mostly tall so using racks like tgat would not make sense...but big pullout drawers instead of cabinets are great-note that everything above is a pullout. Be sure to get full extension and heavy duty pullouts.

A pullout for over the fridge cabinets instead of a cabinet is a good idea.

Make sure you spice containers and oil containers will fit the cabinets where you intend to put them. My kitchen has a really poorly designed spice drawer-not much fits.

Will there be a utility closet? Pullouts for the various mops and brooms and cleaners would be a great idea.

If you are price sensitive, then before you buy built ins, check out the after market versions and their costs as they may be substantially less.

A cubby to hold a folding step ladder would be great too.

Many people like the extra strorage of toe kick drawers.

A lift for the monster mixer.

A tipout in front of the sink.

One thing that I realized recently-do you have a machine that you clamp to your countertop- like a hand crank pasta machine or meat grinder for example? If so, you need to plan for where you will be able to clamp it and how you will be able to turn the clamp to hold it on without banging on the cabinet.

practigal, I have a pull-out cutting board. Not only is it used every day as a cutting board, it's perfect for my grandma's grinder!

OP, the only cabinet with a door in my kitchen is a 9" cab for cutting boards and cookie sheets (I have pull-outs above the fridge). It has a drawer above with is too small to be used for much of anything. If I were to do it again, I might eliminate the drawer, and have a shelf or two behind the door, for aluminum foil, waxed paper, my rolling pin - long, skinny things.

OOH I like the storage idea for the pots and covers!! I currently just use the Ikea cabinet with wire basket to store pots and covers, but they stack on top of each other.

A cubby to hold a folding step ladder would be great too.

Oh, I forgot this - in my previous home, I had a 6" cabinet dedicated to the step stool.

smm -- The space underneath my 30" cooktop (36" cabinet) is wide open, so I suspended a horizontal rod just beneath the cooktop (left to right -- think closet rod). I lined up a bunch of stainless steel rings (HD/Lowes) and S-hooks of various sizes, and I've got all my regular-use pots and pans hanging from there. I kinda love this setup...one of my favorite things in the kitchen. :) This was taken a couple of weeks ago, and I've since added to the collection:

And lid storage is in a lower drawer just to the left:

I've got a ton more pots/pans, but the culling process was easy since I can't use them with my induction cooktop.

I had drawers in my last kitchen and plan on all drawers again. I just laid the pots in the drawers with their lids. Worked fine for me . My large stock pots went in the bottom drawers and my smaller pots went in the middle drawers. I would much rather have a drawer I open than one of those contraptions which means first opening the cabinet door and then reaching down to pull out the rev a shelf thingy.

I have my pots in pull out shelves now. I rarely pull out the shelf and just pile things in. I'm going to switch them out and put them in my large drawers under cooktop to see how I like it. Right now my dishes are in those drawers because they can't fit anywhere else.

Pots & Pans: Drawers. No stacking needed. I just put the pot with its lid in the drawer and lift it out as needed. So much easier than having to fiddle with the items pictured above and no need to figure out which lid goes with my selected pot - it's with it already!

Plastic bags, wax paper, plastic wrap: in a shallow drawer with nothing stacked

Foil: I store in my Cooking Zone in a shallow drawer b/w my Cooking Zone and the wall ovens.

I'm leaning towards drawers myself with lids on. I might use the corner Susan for larger pots that I don't use much.

I just laid the pots in the drawers with their lids.

That works for me too for pots, but not for pans most of which are larger diameter than the pots and would take up too much room unstacked.

Very true! My pans are stacked.

As practigal mentioned, be sure to get heavy duty, full extension drawer guides.

When determining weight for a drawer, be sure to include the weight of the drawer itself, not just the contents being stored in the drawer.

I have had cutlery inserts made by my cabinet company in the past. What I found was they are expensive and not flexibile - ie, you get what they give you and hope your things fit (mine didn't). I much prefer the after market solutions that I can customize myself. My favourite spice storage was in a shallow (5 inch) cabinet, similar to some of the between the studs storage that you see here. This time I have a narrow pullout . Others like the spices in a drawer.

I'm really liking my trash pullout that's located under my sink and my pots and pans in drawers. With this kitchen I did a wide bank of drawers under the cooktop with the top drawer deep enough for my pans, the next drawer deep enough for most of my every day pots and the bottom drawer is deep enough to hold my tall pots such as my pasta pot, pressure cooker, slow cooker, etc.

I also have a couple of roll outs for storing my KA and food processor.

I have the rev a shelf pot organizer with the red pots pictured above. It fits in a 24" framed cabinet and that is the main reason I got it. I didn't want drawers because they would have to be bigger and would only hold a few pots each unless they were stacked. I love the top section for lids. I also keep a small sauce pan and 2 steamers there. The bottom holds a lot, although the handles kind of get tangled sometimes and I can imagine that maybe some pots wouldn't fit. The other con is that the dividers slide around sometimes. I find that I only use 2 different pans and 3 different pots. Any old thing that didn't fit this contraption I convinced my husband to throw away. Overall I would recommend it unless you have a large kitchen with plenty of space to store pots and pans.