3 drawers 4 drawers which to pick
steri4me
15 years ago
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Comments (8)If you're buying from the same manufacturer, they're usually built to automatically line up well. I have found, though, that for me the shallow depth of 4-drawer cabs makes them rather useless. Sure, there are things to put in them, but I can put far more in deeper, 3-drawer cabs. The top drawer is usually still the shallow one. I was able to buy a few custom cabs. Special depth for this MbR Tansu I am making. But I ordered 3-drawers and 4-drawers were delivered. Since they couldn't do anything with them, they gave them to me and ordered my 3-drawer cabs. So here I was with all these cabinets. I cut some up and have used all of them along a bedroom wall. I still don't know what to do with all those shallow drawers. Like spice cabinet drawers, I find them decorative. Here's a picture of the cabs in progress. Note how the top drawers do line up. Here is where I took a 3-drawer and cut it up, putting one of the deeper drawers on top of a 4-drawer. Things still line up: And for good measure, this is how it will fit into the run of cabs. On top of the far right, constructed drawers, I'm putting a 24x36 single door cab, and on top of that, a 24x12. But they're not made yet. So symmetry can happen. It's just a question of lines. But I strongly suggest you examine the depth of things you use regularly and buy the drawers to fit them. Then look how they line up. Christine...See More4-drawer cabinet for pots/pans instead of 3 drawers?
Comments (13)pickle2 I have 4 drawers. Two have a 15"h drawer front on them, Two are internal drawers. You see them once you pull on the 15"h drawer front that hides them. They can be pulled open at the same time or not, depending on the clasp position. Dimensions: In one set (deep drawer and shallow internal drawer) the distances are 10.75"h and 3"h In another set (deep drawer + shallow internal drawer) the distances are 8.375"h and 4.75"h ; I've not had these drawers long enough yet to know if the spacing is right for my needs. I could screw the internal drawer higher or lower if I wanted more or less space in the deep drawer. How: I got standard Ikea cabinets. I removed the bottom plate of the Ikea cabinet cube. I put the cabinet feet under the side panels. I have thus created a larger volume. I got standard Ikea drawers (ie. Tandembox by Blum) I screwed the (Ikea Tandembox Blum drawer front) hardware onto 15"h fronts. Each drawer has a base that is about 1/2" thick; two drawer floors take up 1"h This leaves about 13.875" available for each combination of two drawers. In one of my two drawer sets I have a bit less height available because a steel support takes up some room at the top; it was installed to give additional support to my counter at the cut for the cooktop. You could do the same thing with 4 separate drawer fronts. I didn't do this because my entire kitchen looks like it has two drawers everywhere; this keeps the lines lined up, and it reduces the visual complexity. Behind the drawer front there is a lot happening: in another cabinet I have my kitchen sink and drain, which fit into this 14.25" height. hth -d p.s. My drawer fronts are a bit less than 15" (Askome doors turned sideways). This leaves a bit of space under the counter for fingers to grab the drawer front. No need for handles. The counter overhang is large enough to stop direct line of sight into the inside of the drawers....See MoreAnyone willing to measure their Medallion 3 and 4 stack drawers?
Comments (17)clarygrace- Here's the current configuration of my cabinets on the ovens/rangetop wall. The only change I've decided on for sure is to eliminate that 12" tray pull out next to the ovens and simply make the drawer stack wider. It will throw off the symmetry a bit, but no one will ever notice because we have a giant island blocking the view of the base cabinets. Those drawer stacks are only 21" wide, so by eliminating the tray pull out I'll get one stack of 33" wide drawers. My plan is to make the space to the right of the rangetop my baking zone. Keep flours, sugars, and such in the upper cabinets and my rolling pins, cookie cutters, sprinkles, and such in the drawers. The drawers to the left of my rangetop will hold cooking utensils in the top drawer and bowls/pots in the bottom drawer... not sure what's going in the middle yet. Oven mitts and trivets? I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with all those upper cabinets. Besides some oils, vinegars, and specialty salts, I have no idea what to keep in the upper cabinet between my ovens and rangetop. I'm hoping for spice storage inspiration for there. I wish I could do a rack on the inside of the door, but the catalog I saw only had spice racks on smaller sized cabinets. Sigh. This all circles back to my original post about not knowing if I should get any 4 drawer stacks. :headtable:...See MoreAnother drawer question, 3-drawer vs 4-drawer cabinets?
Comments (3)If you only have two drawer bases, I would probably stick with 3 drawers in both. I do have one 4-drawer base--but I planned in advance what I was going to put in it & I have seven drawer bases. What do I put in the 4-drawer base? 24", the top three are the same size (same as top drawers everywhere else), the fourth/bottom is a bit deeper: * Flatware * Plastic Bags, Wraps, Wax Paper * Bread baskets & Plates * Misc Coffee & Tea supplies The rest are 3-drawer bases (1 shallow & 2 deep), 2-drawers + WD, & 1 drawer+ MW. The other shallow drawers hold: * Prep & Cooking Utensils (under cooktop) * Baking Tools & Utensils (in Baking Center) * Pot Holders (b/w cooktop & DOs) * Utensils for gluten-free foods * Linens & Placemats HTH!...See Moresteri4me
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15 years agoMine are 23" wide. Here is a photo I posted awhile back. From it you can see how things fit in a drawer that size, and maybe figure out how your 18" drawers will work for the size and number of dishes you have.
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