I'm in the middle of a kitchen remodel now. I lived with that exact corner cabinet all the years I was growing up and now for the last 21 years. I can't tell you how much I hated it. It was a blind corner and you had to strain your neck and feel in the dark for what you were looking for. Of course, our kitchen was very much lacking in cupboard space, so the things in the corner were used, not stored. If your kitchen has sufficient cupboard storage, good for you.

I LOVE blind corners and ordered one for an upper cabinet. It's where I keep my fine crystal and it's perfect to tuck the majority of the "service for 12" in the corner, leaving the number you typically use, readily available. It also holds the antique cut glass bowl I use about every 2-3 years.

The Ikea designer did get back to me late this afternoon and updated the design to include the blind corner hack. We are good to order now.

Anglophilia I'm certain the items that end up in that space will be similar to the crystal cake holder that I haven't used in years, Food Saver vac canisters and a few crystal vases and 1 hand painted vase that are used 1 - 2 times per year.

It's the perfect place to stick the large transformer for the low voltage under cabinet LED lights!

scrappy25 Good idea. We will have 4 transformers, 3 in the refrigerator cabinet for the kable led lights but I'm not sure where they plan to put the transformer for the under cabinet lighting.

I don't love blind corners but it is a decent option if you don't want the angled cabinet. We ended up deciding to skip a cabinet in the corner altogether and use less upper cabinets, but this is a good idea for some layouts.

I'm not a huge fan of the blind corner - I end up losing things in there and only finding them when I have to move or decide to purge the kitchen once every decade - but this does work for preventing an angled cabinet. Great breakdown.

Ikea's limitations and the fact that ikeafans was shutdown is seriously annoying. Glad you found an alternative! By an chance did you consider the easy reach upper blind cabinet? Many of the GW'er have them in their reveal threads if you google search for pics.

Ikeahackers has a post with very little info on how to go about this with ikea cabinets:

http://www.ikeahackers.net/2014/04/kitchen-upper-corner-cabinet.html

avocadogirl I would love an easy reach upper but am not sure how to hack it. The link posted isn't working for me.

Found the original link for the Ikea easy reach hack. It's a bit complicated. http://www.johnwebbs.com/viewcategory/102

Sorry for that... link is fixed!

The hack is definitely a bit more work but maybe your ikea installer can handle it? Also I think it's easier now with the Sektion line since they sell the "accordion" doors for the super Susan base cabinet.

I don't think you'll be able to use those doors due to height but at least you can order the joint hardware and have the hinge holes for reference.

The two cabinets wouldn't have to be attached with a biscuit joint, although that looks best. There are hardware pieces for joining that would bridge the seams and screw in.

For the shelves I think you could use the same technique but also perhaps put a narrow supporting post under the seam for extra strength.

I was going to do this for my base corner b/c of its odd size, but chickened out. Major reason that I didn't use Ikea in the end.

I'm going to check with my contractor. I don't know how often his crew works with Ikea cabinets. It seems like a carpenter should able to figure it out. It's basically the same blind corner hack in my current plan but joining the two doors for cabinet 17 & 19 with the filler 18 removed.

Ikea offers this now as an option in the kitchen planner software. It’s called CWB1D. At least in the Canada version.

Well, I saw two corner versions installed at my local IKEA store -- one was that blind corner. Is it this? Of course, I may not know what a blind corner is :(

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99036712/

nosoccermom - well, it's the wall version of the base corner cab you linked. In the past, Ikea offered only one corner wall cab: a sort of square cab (in back) with a diagonal door which could hold a carousel inside. For a short time now, the kitchen planner shows this new hidden-corner wall cab, but I can't see it yet on their US website, so I assume it's not available yet.