What's in your inventory of things needing to be stored? Will you store that food processor in the pantry, on the counter, in a lazy susan, or in a lower cabinet? Same with the blender, crockpot and other awkward sized items. Measure what you need to store and figure out where it will go. I always like to have at least one minimum 24" base cabinet with just shelving in it if there isn't a larger pantry elsewhere.

I think I am covered. I will have six 30" x 12" drawers that should hold all of my larger items, pots and pans,etc. unless I am forgetting about something. I am also doing an 80" DR built in that will have 2 large base cabinets - one with dividers for trays and such, and the other with pull out shelves behind the cabinet doors (doing it this way for the aesthetics). I also have on order an 8' sideboard for the DR with adjustable shelves and 2 drawers that will be another storage option.

One of my favorite cabinets in both my old kitchen and my new kitchen is my vertical storage base cabinet. Old one was smaller, but the new one is 24 inches wide. It has dividers and makes a handy place not only for cookie sheets but also large rectangular griddles and serving trays and breakfast in bed trays. It is not a necessity to have in a smaller kitchen, but, in a larger kitchen, it is a civilized way to store these things. The articles are so easy to access since they all are standing on end. Just like pulling a book off the shelf. Easy!

My kitchen reno was done before I found GW. So, I have 2 24" cabinets with slide out shelves and wish I had made at least one of them an additional bank of deep drawers. One cabinet is good for the height adjustability factor. I do love my slide out 15" cabinet. It houses paper towels and soda bottles on the bottom shelf and long boxes of foil, plastic wrap, parchment, plastic bags, silpat, etc. on the top shelf. There was supposed to be a third shallow shelf on top, but it got lost in the shuffle and it's still OK. The other cabinet I find very useful is the 12" cabinet with vertical dividers next to the sink. It houses cutting boards, dish drainers, cooling racks, cookie sheets, shallow bake/roast pans, and my ever faithful folding step stool right where I need them. It's very deep and holds a lot. I also love my corner Super Susan with no pole in the center.

I agree with the cab for cookie sheet storage. Mine is only 9" and is by far my favorite cabinet. Wish it were larger as yours would be.

This is kind of funny, because I just had a 15" cabinet that I initially left with adjustable shelves changed so that it is vertical baking sheet storage. It also has one shelf across the very top for my pizza peel.

I have a couple of larger base cabs that have adjustable shelves instead of drawers. One holds large and odd-sized things like our deep fryer, our vacuum sealer, and our giant stainless steel bowls. The other holds glass and other largish baking pans. It only has a few shelves right now, but will eventually have many shelves, so I can divide the pans into spaces and not have them stacked.

The rest of my cabinets are drawers and I love them. It would be difficult to choose a favorite. At the top of the list, though, are my pots and pans drawers, and the drawer that holds my blender and mixer parts, as well as my food processor and mini-chopper.

Re: my 12" cabinet with vertical dividers (see above). You can put a shallow drawer above the cabinet. You probably don't need the height of a full lower cabinet.

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I have (or will have in 3 weeks) a 15" cabinet for vertical storage. At the last minute I changed another 15" cabinet from drawers to a doored cabinet with one full depth adjustible shelf. I decided there would be times I will want to put my mixer away and that the extra bowls and accessories for it would fit almost as well in a cabinet as in drawers. I will use the top shelf for my husband's vacuum sealer. Only time will tell if I made the right decision.

Where in your kitchen is this cabinet located? Prep Zone? Cooking Zone? Cleanup Zone? Other?

What do you plan to use it for? Or, is it an "extra" cabinet with no planned use for it?

If it's in the Prep or Cooking Zone, do you have a trash pullout in one of those zones? If not, I would consider making it a trash pull out. Ditto for the Cleanup Zone.

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