That's what I hear. Where do you store large appliances, such as the crock pot or instant pot?

We have a large pantry where we store most of our appliances. I do have one slow cooker which we use frequently in a drawer in the kitchen.

We have also done kitchens using full height doors on base cabinets with 3 roll outs installed. This gives the added flexibility of being able to adjust elevations to accommodate storage needs.

The height of the roll outs can be custom sized and can easily be changed down the road. Replacing a drawer assembly is a simple 5 minute undertaking.

This is one option to consider for bulky item storage.

www.neparemodeling.com

Drawers all the way. No pullouts if possible. Pantry for things that don't fit the drawers. Experience speaking here! Well worth the extra cost.

I have mostly all drawer bases. In a corner, I have a Le Mans pull out that you could easily store appliances on. At one end of my island I do have a door, but it has 3 pullout shelves. The rest of my kitchen has all drawers. My crockpot is stored in a drawer. Food processor, Kitchenaid mixer are stored in an appliance garage between my fridge and freezer columns.

If you can post the floorplan of your kitchen, you might get better help.

Thanks for your insight. Unfortunately, I don’t think I can post the plans. because the renderings are copyrighted.

Leave a small, maybe 12", cabinet for storing baking sheets and trays upright. We have crock pot and other large items in cabinets above the fridge, because we don't use them everyday, Drawers are the best! And no pull-outs, which are really clumsy.

@sushipup1 yes, we did leave two 15” cabinets on either side of the stove for that purpose. We have pullouts now, and while handy, it does get to be a pain to open the doors and then also slide out what are essentially drawers.

I think everyone's doing all drawers now if they can. One stack next to my range will be two deep drawers so I can store taller items, plus cutting boards, saute pans, etc vertically. The other will be the typical two medium and one shallow drawer for mixing bowls and spatulas, etc. Taller items could also be stored in a corner lazy susan.

We are doing all drawer bases, including a stack of two on each side of the cooktop. The top drawers have a shallow drawer inside for smaller items like this pic.

No, you're not crazy. All drawers has been the received wisdom here at GW, long before Houzz. For at least the 10 years I've been here -- it was one of the first and best pieces of advice I read in all the kitchen threads I inhaled : ) .

We remodeled our old house in 2001, and included all drawers at that time, Yeah I've been on this forum for more than 20 years now, and all drawers were the thing back then, too.

Drawers>pull outs>cabinets. I put everything in my drawers, from pots and pans to crock pots to dishes. I still have cabinet uppers of course and that’s where all my cups and bowls and spices go. Drawers are amazing.

I'd consider drawers for the cookie sheets / sheet pans too. I have flat things (sheet pans, cooling racks, cutting boards, etc.) in a drawer next to the stove. It so much easier to finger through and pull out what you're looking for form the top (under ceiling lights) than while squatting and peering into a dark cabinet. My appliances/bulky things (instant pot, popcorn popper, food processor, waffle iron, blender, and a salad spinner) are in a super susan.

Also have the instant pot and crock pot in a super susan. The more drawers the better, especially wide drawers

sushipup, your posts were some I remember from my arrival : ) .

jslazart, I have my cookie sheets/sheet pans in drawers too.

kanoakley, the important thing to do before you proceed is to make an inventory of everything you want to store in your new kitchen and determine how many of each kind of drawer you will need -- regular for things like cutlery, deeper for pots and appliances.

One of my favorite things in my new kitchen is drawers for dishes next to the dishwasher. Unloading the dishwasher is an absolute joy and could not be easier.

Our cabinetry is Ikea so I have drawers even under the sinks. Only one door, in the corner cabinet with super susan for some of the pots and pans.

beckysharp--

I am looking at an IKEA kitchen. Can you explain or give me a photo of how you have drawers under your sink ? How does this work with a garbage disposal under sink? When you say you have a super susan, is this the IKEA kidney shaped insert that pulls out, or is it something else? Finally, which door selection did you make, and have you been happy with its durability? Thanks.

Another quick question for all of you: In my kitchen plan I had one standard cupboard with doors because I was planning to use if for things like 12 or 24 packs of soda and beer etc. The IKEA kitchen designer thought I'd be happier with the doors but with two pullout shelves behind them. I don't have the luxury of having a nice big pantry to store all of those types of things. What do you think?

Can you explain or give me a photo of how you have drawers under your sink ? How does this work with a garbage disposal under sink? When you say you have a super susan, is this the IKEA kidney shaped insert that pulls out, or is it something else? Finally, which door selection did you make, and have you been happy with its durability?

We have this set up, both on the perimeter and in the island, 36" wide,

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/sektion-base-cabinet-f-sink-waste-sorting-brown-maximera-edserum-brown-s39041518/

No garbage disposal here -- we farm, so chickens, rabbit, and sheep get the vegetable scraps and dog and cats get the meat scraps. We have garbage, recycling, "chicken pail", and compost/egg shell containers under the sink.

Our super susan is the kidney-shaped shelving that pulls out, https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/utrusta-corner-base-cab-pull-out-fitting-40265649/

Our doors are the dark brown Edserum, with brass cup pulls and knobs from Armac Martin in the UK (via Lee Valley). In a perfect world with a larger budget at the end, and not being exhausted after four years of building our own house, we would have considered a Canadian version of Scherr's for upgraded cabinet fronts, but these look nice and clean up *very* well.

beckysharp--

Thanks so much for the very detailed reply. I had been wondering if this was what you referred to as the super susan. But, it's not.

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/utrusta-corner-base-cab-pull-out-fitting-40265649/

Have you been happy with the super susan you linked? I am debating whether to insert one of the ones you linked, or the one I linked, or whether to just blind out the corner.

julie, your link is the correct one. I have the one that pulls out, I was multi-tasking when I was replying earlier and didn't read the Ikea link closely. Sorry! I'll fix my link above.

We love the one that pulls out, it's great for pots and pans as I mentioned before, and because it pulls out, we just bend over a bit and pull.

I think you can post your layout, just don't take it someone else to purchase cabinets from unless you paid for the design itself separately from the builder. If you did, then you can probably take it elsewhere b/c you've paid for the design. Check your agreement/contract.

There's no harm in asking for comments on the design. Another set of eyes may find things you or your KD (or whomever did the design) missed. If there are issues, you can then take it to them to discuss changes -- that should be how it works.

[Beware the description of "semi-custom builder" or even "custom builder". We've discovered that those terms are pretty much meaningless for most builders -- they claim they're "semi-custom" or "custom" but really only want to use their own designs and aren't willing to make more than very small changes to those designs.]

Would it be a mistake to have all drawers and all of them 2 stacked instead of 3? I see way more 3 stacked, but the 2 stacked looks so much nicer in my opinion. What I had in mind was like the stacked 2 drawer that lmp1959 posted above, with the extra pull out inside. I could put cabinets and 3 and 4 staked drawers in the island to make up for any loss of space for smaller and/or shorter items. I’ll also have a wall of cabinets and an 18” pull out pantry next to the refrigerator, as well as a large butler’s pantry.

@Terry Wilson, I'm doing just that. Stacks of two with a hidden drawer inside the upper drawers. So each stack has a tall, medium, and short drawer with really great visual cohesiveness. It should work well with my storage plan.

@ Terri Wilson, I have all drawers in my kitchen and I love it! If you go with only two drawer fronts, hidden upper drawers are a good idea. I found that I had a lot of small widgets and linens that needed organization. Banks of four drawers on smaller units of 18" or less wide can be very practical and will help make the space look more interesting. Like you, I have two units for vertical storage of trays, cutting boards, etc. Larger items like crock pots will actually fit into a two drawer base. In hindsight, I should have left one cabinet without drawers for my large chili/ stock pot and sous vide cooker, both of which have to be stored above the refrigerator-a less than ideal location. The butler pantry will help with that. Bear in mind that drawers will add significantly to the cost of each cabinet - like nearly double it.