Waht would be the reason to interrupt the work zone with a cabinet sitting on the counter . I have never understood this type of cabinets and in the middle of a prep zone no way.. Your litchen should now have all drawers for base cabinets and where is your fridge in your plan. Even if all drawers is not possible the ones on either side of the range are a must and at least 30" wide too.

I had a corner cabinet (with a “garage door”) in my kitchen before I refaced it. I removed the garage because it hogs precious countertop space. I am never a fan of any cabinet coming down onto a countertop.

Thanks for the opinions!

Patricia: the cabinets on either side of the stove are 30” and there will be 50” from that cabinet to the work sink. That is double the prep space I have now, so I figure I will have way enough prep space—i mean, who uses that 1’x2’ area in a corner anyway?

Kendra: I keep the counters clear—no clutter. It would only hold glasses so only opened for that.

RedRyder: how did the appliance garage cabinet wood hold up?

I did one in my previous kitchen, but it held the built-in Miele coffee machine AND was nowhere near my prep zone.

I would not want the one you show in the photo.

I think it is similar to waterfall counters, people see these details in much larger/fancy kitchens and then try to add them to smaller average kitchens.

even with the bigger space between the counter cabinet and the sink / stove. it means you prep and then pick up and move these items to the stove instead of prepping and sliding them down. When i prep i prefer standing in the corner with the counter wrapped around to give maximum space.

I agree with chispa. Looks nice, but is not practical.

I will be the odd man out, I

had this in my old home and absolutely loved it had two of the, in one i had the coffee

maker and the other the toaster, open when in use closed when not. Sorry don’t have a better photo. I have also in my new to us home but does not function as well as in the old so we are having the kitchen wall changed simular as in the old one. the uper photo is the new kitchen drawing. with the doors open

Like Chispa, I had one that hid small applicances. However, the top two-thirds was glass display like in your photo. The lowest third was a separate solid door hiding our toaster and breakfast supplies. We loved it, both for form and function. It was white painted maple and we had no issues with damage from openong it or related to keeping it clean.

I would say though, thay mine was on a wall end of a peninsula in an otherwise useless area. In contrast, I also had a corner like in your photo that saw heavy use. All that to say that if 50” is your main prep space, I’d be very reluctant to sacrifice counter space adjacent to it.

Edited to add that I looked at the photo again and if that is indeed your main prep space and similar layout, I would really reconsider, as much as I like the feature. Broken up prep areas that are not large are incredibly frustrating for the cook. Our last house kitchen remodel was done due to having multiple small, broken-up prep spaces instead of longer runs. Absolutely not worth it, even though the cabinet looks pretty.

In the example shown, I'm not sure why you wouldn't have just done open shelving and avoided the need to keep a counter clear for a door swing, particularly since the doors are glass fronted anyway. Bad design. The cabinet farthest to the left makes more sense to me, since it's in a location where you'd be unlikely to use the counter space anyway.

I keep the counters clear—no clutter. It would only hold glasses so only opened for that.

I didn't mean clutter. I'm all in favor of clear counters too. I mean when you are cooking and juggling multiple bowls and pots.

Had one once - just like that picture. It wasn't horrible BUT I had to be really careful of any liquids on the counter. Over a very short time, you could see on the bottom of the cabinet all the damage from messes. I also banged into it a lot moving stuff from the right of the sink to the stove counter. I had to change what I stored in there - Originally I had spices and thing that you would keep around a stove area but as I was prepping, I was in my own way for opening the door. Won't do it again.

I wonder if that kitchen you posted has a prep sink on the island.

It's a great place for open shelves or to hide away a microwave or air fryer.

Open shelves are interesting..

The house we rented had a cabinet that came down to the counter. We had our coffee maker next to it. I went to fill the coffee maker with water and spilt a whole lot of water. Guess where it went? Under that cabinet and there was no way to dry it out.

I have the arrangement you're talking about and I really like it! The cabinet holds my toaster and coffee pot, which would be on the counter anyway, so I don't really understand the comments about taking up so much counter space. I love that my countertops don't have the clutter of small appliances on them.

Smaller niche shelves would be fun . Keep counter clear … i would move stove to the left and add 3 inches or so to the dbl door cabs… those are main cabs … you want between 30 and 39 inches for each of those generally …they look scrimpy in the pic. make the shelves in the corner the smaller kid on the block…..reach and grab kinda thing……not a main storage cab.

One option to protect against liquid is to put a countertop riser under the cabinet, example in this video https://youtu.be/Afn8grW29Fo?si=3bYq6S5l6_JOZpTA

There should not be a full-height item b/w the three primary work zones -- especially b/w the Prep & Cooking Zones, and b/w the sink and Prep Zone. (In reality, the sink is part of the Prep Zone, but not everyone understands this, that's why I mentioned it.)

As others have said, if it's in a location where it does not get in the way of prepping, cooking, or cleaning up, it would likely work. However, if it's in the middle of a primary work zone or a path to/from a primary work zone, then it's strongly discouraged.

Unfortunately, you see a lot of pictures on Houzz and online in general that look nice but in reality aren't very functional. People are swayed by the looks and don't realize the cons until it's too late. Sure, you'll figure out a way to adapt (and even tell yourself "it's OK"), but why force yourself to have to adapt to something that's dysfunctional when you can make it functional from the beginning? (Especially when most remodels are $$$$.)

@Sandra Plate, mine was similar to this one. It didn’t have practical interior room and the door was annoying. Since I refaced the kitchen to an ivory shaker design, I eliminated this cabinet and now enjoy the roomy corner.

We have this cabinet to hold appliances and I love having it. It's on the edge of our kitchen so not in a workspace. Before this, I would bring the toaster in and out of a lower cabinet. I clean our counters every night and am just careful not to spray it.

I think they are sttractive but not in middle of prep space where there is water and mess. besides how do you open the cabinet to ger your glasses when you are prepping there? it’s not just the 1x2 corner you also have to have that space open for the door swing.

If you want it you build a BASE for the cabinet, wrap the base in same material as counter. The door has room to swing and the cabinetry is fully protected.

The solid door tower is sitting atop a base,....wrapped in soapstone as counter. same idea if in kitchen -DOOR is flush with base.

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similarly here below, note the wrap of riser

Stiley…
Love the color of your cabinets and countertop. Can you share the paint color and countertop info? I don’t know how to DM you, so apologies for posting on this thread.

Sure, the counters are honed Taj Mahal quartzite, and the cabinet color is FB Skimming Stone. We redid our kitchen about two years ago and I have no regrets about those decisions.

we have one at each end of a baking prep counter with prep area in the centre. one appliance garage holds our kitchenaid stand mixer and accessories. the other holds our toaster n food processor. I love that these appliances stay on the counter within easy reach but are hidden when not in use.

Staley…thank you!

I am planning to have one in my new kitchen - however, I am following Jan's advice (she's provided that advice in older posts) + it is located outside of the work triangle (at the end of a run of cabinets).