How big do dish drawers need to be?

14 years ago

Does anyone know the minimum width for dish drawers (to store dishes) I've lost an upper cabinet in my design and I'm trying to figure it out.

Thanks~

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morton5
14 years ago
I think it really depends on what dishes you plan to store in the drawer, and the inside dimensions of the drawers of the cab line you are considering. I would make a rectangle representing how large a 24", 30", and 36" drawer is (remember, the useable space of the drawer will be smaller than the cab footprint), and then arrange my dishes on top. Personally, I don't think you need pegs or any other such organizing system to keep the dishes in place, provided you have good glides.

That said, I would want at least a 24" drawer stack. My dish drawers are a 30" stack, and most of the dishes are in the middle drawer, cutlery is above.
katienic
14 years ago
I was just putting my dishes away in the drawer last night for the first time (big smile), and there is lots of room for an 8 place setting stacked & positioned this way:
Dinner Plates - 4 Bowls (or 8)

4 bowls or
beverage mugs - Sandwich Plates

The drawer interior is 21" wide
The depth is about 8 1/2"

I put some of that non-slip chushy liner that I picked up at the dollar store on the bottom.
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elizpiz
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You can fit lots into drawers of varying widths/depths depnding on how you stack the dishes. Here are two of ours:

{{!gwi}}

Obviously the second photo is not everyday dishes, but you could put a lot in there if it were.

Eliz
Jim Peschke
14 years ago
The size depends on: 1) how much can you spare and 2) what fits your dishes well. You have to try it like mentioned above. I love having my dish drawers, but I overlooked something. I have undermount glides everywhere. My undermount glides aren't as strong as the side mount that my cabinet builder uses (because no body puts their main dishes in a drawer except us TKO people). It works, but not as perfectly as I would wish. The load has to be balanced for example.

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