Do you have Hafele blind corner pull outs?
karenlk10
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kitchen corner cabinet: lazy susan or magic corner pull-out?
Comments (18)"...corner susans...don't quite look like the rest of the kitchen..." Huh???? They looked just fine in our old kitchen w/partial overlay doors. Our lazy susan was the only thing in our kitchen that looked and performed as well at demo as it did at installation 13 years earlier. I wholeheartedly recommend corner susans. As to stuff falling off, if your cabinets are made so the back and side walls closely follow the contour of the round shelves, there are no problems. However, I don't know if all cabinetmakers, especially small custom shops, are able to (or willing to) make them that way. We had that kind (curved walls) in our old kitchen w/builder-grade cabinets...and that susan was great! It held all our pots & pans, colanders, cake & pie tins, and various serving pieces. Everything was in front...you simply rotated the susan, the doors rotated inside, and you stopped where the item you wanted was...and it was right in front of you...no digging around for things. Nothing ever fell off. The hardware worked smoothly the entire 13 years. No taking up aisle space in front of the cabinet when open. No door-banging b/c the door was attached to the susan (like Marcolo's picture). Be aware that if you store smaller items on a blind corner pullout and something falls off, you will have to crawl inside to retrieve the item b/f you will be able to close it. My KD strongly discourages blind corner cabinets b/c of all the complaints she's gotten from customers who insisted on them and then later regreted them. (I thought they looked "cool" the first time I saw them and asked about them. After she showed me how they work, told me about the pitfalls, and told me about all the complaints she's gotten, we decided not to get one.) Other good uses of corners: Drawers (Plllog's kitchen) Corner sink bases (b/c under sink storage is usually poor so you combine them to give you better storage everywhere else.) Installing a 27" or 30" cabinet and turning it 90 degrees to face the back side of the corner...but this only works if the back side is open, like in a peninsula. Yes, some people love their blind corner units, but, to me, they're a "last resort" option...only if absolutely nothing else works. YMMV...See MoreWhat do you think of your blind corner swingout?
Comments (25)I will have one blind corner in my kitchen (new house build), and after reading the dialogue at the following link (see Contributor L response), I have decided to forget about using this space and just design around it. However, if you must use this space, there are several good suggestions here. I have copied/pasted it here because the URL keeps getting rejected by THS. The website is "WoodWeb" and includes a forum for cabinet makers to exchange info. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Kitchen_Corner_Cabinets.html...See MoreBlind corner pull out
Comments (30)I'm on the fence on whether to put a BC pull out in our new build. My current blind corner houses some rarely used things. I think the key is putting things there that have a specific purpose so it doesn't matter if you forget about them. In other words, the items will "tell you" when they're needed. When the time arises to use one of your blind corner items then you'll know. I've got my chafing dish, a huge roaster pan, a big tupperware cake transporter, punch bowl and a couple of other biggies all with specific purposes. If I put things like pretty trays or serving dishes back there then I might forget about them and never use them. On the other hand, when the need arises for the punch bowl, chafing dish, etc then I know right where it is.... nothing is back there that I have to remember to use..... if that makes any sense! I'm wondering in the new build if I'd be more irked by my big things not fitting in a pull out unit than having the occasional inconvenience of having to fish back there for something a couple of times a year....See MoreWhich is better for blind corners? Hafele Lemans or Rev-a-Shelf?
Comments (24)By way of update to this thread, I attempted to design a LeMans II 60, the largest size made, into my kitchen and realized only in the final stages of cabinetry finalization that the door required for this size of LeMans was so large that it was a warp risk for a 5-piece wood door and would put excessive weight on the door hinges. As mentioned in a previous comment, the largest LeMans II 60 offers more of a semi-circular shape without the peanut indention and thus provides the maximum storage area. However, I would not recommend using it unless you have a configuration with a pull-out drawer on top of the LeMans area simply to shorten the dimensions of the door required for the LeMans. I had originally planned to order two sets of LeMans trays and make the entire cabinet a 4-tray-pull-out LeMans which you can do in the same style of their high pantry option, attaching more trays to a single pole set. However, in the end I changed this cabinet design to close off the blind corner and use a drawer stack leading up to the corner instead due to logistics concerning the oversized door that would have been required. Some cabinetry doors are more prone to warping than others. A solid wood slab would have the greatest risk, then a 5-piece wood door. An MDF door would have the least risk of warping in a large size but might also present some concerns about holding solid to hinges with that weight and screws fitted into the MDF panel....See MoreBuehl
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