Bellsmom, that is how I feel about my top corner cabinet. It is useless as it has that hidden useless space. Despite my cabinets being builder grade, I love my two lazy susans and want now Super Susans in my new Kitchen. This kitchen designer I am working with is getting me upset by how he does not leave his designs here so I can make changes and how he has no clue how important things are to me like the other kitchen designer that did not come here to measure. The kitchen designer in 2011 and the kitchen designer earlier before this guy both did not take the time to come here and told me to find an installer to measure but they used my measurements and came up with designs with Super Susans and no blind cabinets. If this designer would have not taken 6 weeks to give me a print-out when he came back with an installer and IF he would have left it here for me to look over and make changes instead of finally mailing it to me when he saw he lost the sale, I would have ordered my kitchen already with the many changes that I wanted. The installer was quick in getting me an estimate as he works independently and he is the one that called the kitchen designer that is only selling the cabinets about how unhappy I was and then the Shiloh price increase was able to be moved up again when he knew he did not have the sale. He finally drops off two sample doors in two of the white colors on Saturday when I had a client here but no changes yet in the blueprint with the 1 hour phone call to him Friday night about how he is not doing what I want and the many changes I need that makes his original design useless. I am now thinking of waiting until after tax season despite the price increase to be sure I get what I want. I may need to deal with a kitchen designer that realizes I am not going anywhere and to not hide anything so we can work on getting me a kitchen that I will love and not one that he thinks is good. He is again pressuring me to decide by Monday again or the price goes up as he got a special with a discount place he deals with to lock in the Shiloh price before the increase. I still have not picked out my counter and that matters with what color cabinet I want as it needs to tie in with the counter and the floor tiles I bought already. The counters I thought I wanted to go with at the end of 2011 may not be right as my taste has been changing and I see that the floor and cabinets and counter needs to all tie together. Your post makes me realize that I am changing my cabinets not just for looks but for space and usability and I need to do it right. My client arrived so I have to read this edited post over to see if it makes sense. I did not sleep last night and I am having dental pain. I want to love my kitchen and I want it to function much better than it does now. This post was edited by lynn2006 on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 12:16

We are getting a carpenter to build us Super Susans. I am sure you can find one too. We are making sure that he makes the circle as big as possible to avoid wasting space, and to avoid that black hole where things can fall off. By having your turntable on a fixed shelf, nothing can fall down below (could fall off the turntable if you spin too fast, but it's less likely). With the pole type LS, because the shelves often aren't perfectly level, ie because of weight issues they can tip, and things are more likely to fly off. Think about it, if you have a spice turntable (I have a rubbermaid plastic one that I think I paid 50 cents for at a garage sale), it lays flat on the shelf, and nothing flies off, and those are just small bottles. So, have a turntable on a solid shelf, make the circle as big as possible, and build up the sides a few inches, I think you can learn to like Susan.

Lucky you!!! Definitely rig up a shelf system. What your friend had was a Super Susan vs the Lazy Susan you have now. Any hardware store will have the turntable mechanism- they're around $10. Obviously you can set the bottom one on the bottom. And you'll need to cut a shelf to support the top one. Here are a couple of pics of super susans- hope this helps. (We still have to build them for our kitchen). You will appreciate the added space of not having to fit things around the pole, and it is far more stable.

Oh, thanks for the explanation. That makes so much sense. What a cool idea. I'm going to visit there to see what other unique ideas they have. Looking at those prices, then figuring out how many times you'll reach for storage in that corner over the years, you're talking pennies, maybe even fractions of a penny, per each time you access stuff there. YES, money will spent if they allow you to find what you need quickly and easily. Also think of the seconds you'll save each time you use them and, if time is money.....right? And less aggravation, too. I'm sold.