If the exterior of the drawer is 6", then you probably only have about 3" of interior space. That's reaaaaaaally tiny. No way can you store containers of flour and sugar in there, at least not the way I bake. If you can't store those items there, do you have another use for a 3" drawer in that spot?

A few things I can think of storing in 3":

-Tea bags, small tin of loose tea, and tea ball
-Compost bags
-Small box of resealable plastic bags
-Receipts
-Lighter for BBQ and candles
-Small baking items like birthday candles, food coloring, flavoring extracts, cupcake papers, and sprinkles
-small selection of small spice tins

6" is small, but useable depending on your other storage and needs. And hey, it could be a conversation piece in your new kitchen as in, "come look at the world's smallest drawer!" ;)

I have 2 narrow drawers under my 36" induction cooktop. One one side I keep spatulas, large spoons...things I use in cooking daily. On the other side I keep my knives. My cooktop is one that only requires 2" clearance (if I remember correctly). It's up there on the top most functional things about my kitchen. The two deep drawer under that hold my pans and pots/lids. Totally awesome.

I have one drawer where the inside measures slightly less than 4 1/2 inches - it is just right for the BBQ tools - long & narrow. The door space beneath it is a couple inches wider - have a long narrow basket there with onions on the shelf, and another basket on the bottom for potatoes. It is working out great.

If it's anywhere near your stove, you could use it for your cooking oils and wines. This was our cabinet makers solution to a dead space (i think it might be 8"), and I'm so happy I have more clear counters now!

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I also have very narrow drawer above a two tiered pullout next to a corner Susan near my baking counter. I actually love it. Draweri is possibly a bit deeper than most top drawers. It holds baking powder and baking soda, salt , small bottles of extracts cupcake liners etc. Pullout below is too small for flour etc. so I use it for other frequently used baking needs: molasses, the big containers I buy of cinnamon and ginger, various baking chocolate supplies, gelatin, yeast, etc. I find the arrangement very handy

How deep is it? I have a drawer over a wine fridge with the interior dimensions of 8" wide and ONE inches deep. It houses corkscrews and shelves from the wine fridge. Almost as useless as the wine fridge.

There ARE tiny baking supplies. If your drawer is deep enough it might be pretty nice. Birthday cake candles. A lighter. Measuring spoons? Spatulas? (Spatulae?)

More importantly than what you can fit into your tiny drawer is do you think you can fit enough into the baking cabinet below?

And does it look dopey or coherent in the kitchen?

When my present kitchen was done, my DH did the drawings for the cabinets...and I ended up with a bank of 6" (inside measurement) drawers...and I was not happy...but now I love them. In one, I have my turners, spatulas, cooking spoons, etc. and in the next one, I have my measuring spoons and cups, the next two, misc. cooking items. It is not as cluttered as the wider drawers would be.

The drawers are all full depth and full extension. This one drawer would provide a 4 3/4" interior width. Elba1--I thought of that drawer for bbq tools as well.

From a looks point of view, I think it's a toss-up. It begins a row of drawers, so it will be coherent whether it's there or not. Probably makes sense to keep it; I'll post a pic a bit later.

The space below will be wide enough for our rectangular tupperware that we keep cornmeal /etc. but not quite big enough for our square tupperware that holds 2 bags of flour. So either will need to look for new containers or find another use for the space; most likely tray storage. We could put baking supplies right above in the lift-up horizontal uppers.

leave it as an open cubby for dish towels. There is always a need for a place to tuck away the towels of the day.

DW sez we're too messy so no open shelves or cubbies for us in the kitchen!

Here is what it looks like now--

Nice to finally upload a pic and not a rendering!

Leaning towards leaving it as the wildcard 4 3/4" interior drawer. Glad to here that other people like theirs.

I have the exact same set up also next to a susan. I really like the narrow drawer and keep some long handled tools in there like long spoons, basters, zesters. Its great because it really can't hold too much and doesn't get to be a jumbled mess like larger drawers.

I think all those tiny drawers are simply a weird design of larger drawer dividers.

My smallest drawer is in 12" drawer cabinets. Even those are worthless.
I store 1) pot holders 2) large utensils such as ladles, BBQ junk. In the bottom I store plastic bags. In it's mirror image, I store shelf support things, then paper bags, then nothing (so far).

I'd put in a full height thing for trays, or a step stool or something. That seems like a silly waste of space, though.

Just me. I am tired of small drawers and skinny cabinets. I think 12" cabinets were invented just to fill in space, not for actual usage.

Just my op-onion.

C.

First off, we have no young children at home.

We have a drawer that size. It's perfect for pills. We have aspirin, band aids, etc. in it

This is our 5.5" interior drawer. Love it for the BBQ "stuff".

FWIW we ended up **not** putting a drawer there, mostly because we ended up putting a rev-a-shelf pull out organizer that goes all the way to the counter.

http://www.rev-a-shelf.com/p-252-filler-pullout-organizer-with-wood-adjustable-shelves-wall-accessories.aspx

I have a 7 1/2" drawer and upper and lower cabinets to the right of my stove. The lower cabinet has cookie sheets and baking pans standing on end. The drawer has a garlic press, a pizza cutter and assorted other utensils. The upper cabinet is big enough for small grocery items like canned soup, vinegar, salad dressing, etc. Not an ideal space but it works well enough.

I know it's too late now and hindsight is 20/20, but why didn't you do one 21" drawer instead of a 15" and a 6"? That's what I would have done. I do think your decision to convert it to a full height pullout was your best bet given that the box was already built and installed.

To the right of the pullout the 15" cabinet has a trash and recycling pull-out. Could probably have squeezed this in the under-sink cabinet, but didn't want to have to get out of the way of the sink to get to the trash.

Fabricators measuring today but as luck would have it I'm in jury duty service. DW covering... ;)

I just realized I lied.
I have one of those spice drawer cabinets. They're purely to change the texture of the flat cabinet wall.
They do have drawers, but they're about 2.5" wide. At this point, I'm gonna put nothing in them! [LOL]