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ebean, tell me about your blind corner pull-out

13 years ago

In the pictures you posted on another thread, you showed the bowl section pulled out and there is another set showing in the cabinet. Does that set push back into the blind corner? Is that pull-out something that can be purchased for existing cabinets, and if so do you know the brand?

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ebean
13 years ago
we looked at 3 blind corner cabinets. the most expensive was the richelieu - but it was really amazing. i think others have that one. i went with the full shelf medallion (our cabinets are medallion and i figured that they would be around if it needed fixing).
yes...the 2 'back' shelves basically slide back into the blind corner.
there are pros and cons to these systems.
pros: you don't have to get down on your hands and knees and put your head into the corner of a tight dark corner cabinet.
cons: the mechanics take up a lot of space - so measure each shelf and make sure it will fit enough 'stuff'.
i insisted on a pull out that had a 'rail' around it ...so that stuff doesn't fall off. but as you can see...my big bowls fit on one shelf and not much more. i was excited to see it was a good place to store my big jug of olive oil.
some of them have triangular shelves or pod-shaped shelves. my advice? get the biggest full shelf with a rail that you can find. some of them attach to the door of the cabinet.
this one works really well - the medallion. the installed tweaked it a little ...and then it was perfect. we bundled the price into the total package for our kitchen cabinets and so i think we got a little discount overall.

and for those not seeing the other post:
From Kitchen Reno

From Kitchen Reno
TxMarti
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks ebean, I'll look into it. I think you are right about the edge rail. We had a tiered lazy susan one time and stuff fell off and into the corner and was really hard to get out.
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Any idea who makes this unit? I'm sure medallion only buys from a hardware manufacturer.
francoise47
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Hafele makes a "Magic Corner I" and "Magic Corner II" which are very similar.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hafale
cpartist
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I got mine from rev-a-shelf. Here's the link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rev a Shelf

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