Thank you for the replies. Desert Steph, I saw those in a magazine, as a stack of drawers. Very clever use of the space. Eliz, I looked into all of those fancy pull outs (Haelfe and Knape/Voit,) but they are not really big enough for using with a 48" cabinet. They appear to be created for a 36" cabinet. I hadn't thought about the head banging, but I would be down on my knees anyway to access the pull outs I have. I really liked how much usable space that there was with arlosmom's pull outs from the blind corner. I would use that space for crock pot, vases, etc. I wish that I could swing the mixer out of the way (I do use it once a week, and it would be ok where it is, but countertop space is premium in my small kitchen. By the way, thanks for the compliment, Arlosmom, but I wouldn't have thought about this if I hadn't seen your drawers first! I just had another idea, but not sure if it is better - I don't love my microwave, because it takes up way too much counter space - much more than the mixer. It would just fit into the opening, and there is an outlet directly behind that cabinet on the back splash. It is 33 pounds, and the Rev-A-Shelf appliance lift has an adjustment for 30-60 pounds. I would Love to put it on the appliance lift, but am not sure if I would want to be under something so heavy while I accessed my crock pot/etc. We would use the microwave at least 6 times a day, and this would probably be crazy to do. Has anyone mounted a heavy small appliance (30+ pounds) onto an appliance lift? Thank you! Hestia_Flames

Wow, a lot of posts. As I said in my original reply to Melanie1422, I did a lot of research into this issue when I wrote my series of blogs last year. It is, as I said earlier, too long a discussion to reproduce here, but those who are interested can pursue it at http://cft411.com/2008/03/24/in-the-valley-of-the-blind-one-of-five/ I absolutely do not want to get into any kind of tit for tat discussion, but I did want to reply to the post that found the quote "I talk my customers out of them on the grounds that they're a waste of their money and my time" condescending and arrogant. Cabinetmakers do this sort of thing for a living. Ask for a quote on a remodeled kitchen, and he normally tells you how much per running foot, PLUS an added price for drawers and other extras. One of these extras is Lazy Susans or any other kind of blind corner "solution." Understand, please, that the cabinetmaker is PAID for his time to make that Lazy Susan, but the one I quoted is, I think, essentially correct. Because they add so little to the usable storage space in a kitchen, they may well be considered a waste of a cabinetmaker's time. Certainly, they are a waste of the client's money. Of course, if a client absolutely insists on it, that's what the cabinetmaker makes, and since he is paid for his time, it is not a waste of his time, per se. But do they add to a kitchen? I say no, and say no most reluctantly because they really do look slick. Also, Lazy Susans do not work in every blind corner. In my kitchen, there is a stove on one leg of the blind corner, so all I can do is use the "solutions" intended to access the blind corner from one of the legs. None of those really provides as much storage space as a simple drawer bank. And, believe me, with a kitchen as small as mine, I would kill for a storage solution that really added meaningfully to the total storage space, so it is, as I said, an issue that I researched most thoroughly, especially in view of the fact that my wife really wanted me to do something with that blind corner. Excepting only the very rich, anyone who commissions a new kitchen has a budget, and all of the blind corner "solutions" cost extra, but none of them, as far as I was able to learn, really add much, if anything, to the usable storage space. I really feel that the wisest course of action is to install drawer banks on either leg and use that money for something else in the kitchen. Finally, I will say that these comments apply only to base cabinets. I did see a number of solutions for the blind corners in upper cabinets, almost all of which add a lot to a kitchen, both in ambience and usable storage space. And they do so at a much more reasonable price. Just my opinion, of course. Here is a link that might be useful: Cabinet & Furniture Trends & Information

whoops; should have clarified -- an aftermarket solution that I can find at the local BBB or somewhere similar. I called Rev-A-Shelf and they said if I order one, they have have it to me in 10 days (same word from the KD). My countertop is scheduled to be installed in 6 days, so I can't wait that long for a Rev-a-Shelf. If i miss my counter installation, my carpenters aren't available for another month and a half, so I need something that I can just pick up and buy at a local store. Thanks

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.