I had to go look at my door hinge because mine folds back nearly flat and I knew that I had never seen the hinge between the doors before. It's not a piano hinge, just two small regular hinges. It's really the other hinge--the one that connects the door to the cabinet that seems to dictate how flat the door can fold back. Mine wasn't as flat as I thought, but it has never gotten in my way in the slightest. I'm assuming yours will open in the direction of the sink, not the stove. Correct? I would not want the hinge to be visible when the door is shut. We also have natural cherry cabinets, and those small hinges are brass, which makes them even more invisible. It seems like chrome would really catch the eye, and not in a good way.

The cabinets are already installed and I know I will love it once we get used to it. It was the one thing I would not comprise on. I really don't like the diagonal cabinets. Had one for 25 years. Yes, the lower is like a super susan without susan. Windycitylindy, You did well training your kids. The cabinets came with a touch up kit which we have already used. Our kids are 16 and 19. I will be instructing them on alot of things with the new kitchen! Like not pretending the sink is a basketball hoop and shooting plastic cups from across the room, lol. The upper won't hit the other handle just the door. The lower would hit the stove. It seems the damage I've seen is from the handle screws so if these are countersunk we should be ok. Just wondered if there was anything else. I think the concern was since all the other doors and drawer are soft close everyone,including me, would forget and slam the doors on the two corner cabinets. Not sure what I will put in the upper as I will have triple the cabinet space I have now. The Lower will be small appliances and odd large shaped items. Thanks for all the comments I feel better now that we can get the hang of this.

I had a walk in pantry that was about 7 feet deep with narrow shelves along one side and slightly deeper across the back. It was across the hall to the garage from the rest of the kitchen and it was a pain. It looked great when staged for selling the house, but it didn't work that way. My pantry here was in the kitchen proper -- a step-in across a corner. That was better for convenience, but the shelves were only across two sides and nearly half of them got lost in deep corners. I tried trays and baskets to keep things organized, but it just didn't stay organized. My kids would throw things back in and it seemed we were always loosing stuff in the back or underneath. The dog food and drinks that went on the floor somehow gravitated out to the step-in space at least at times. The shelves in both of these were fixed and the function could have been improved by ripping out the shelving and reworking things, but never had the chance at the last house and we decided to take out the corner pantry and replace with cabinets. It really opened up the kitchen space, so we were happy about that. We'd had a 24" pantry cabinet that came with minimal shelving before and we knew we didn't want that. We did the rollouts for dry goods (boxes and bags) and a pullout tower for cans and bottles. My spices went into a drawer. It seems to be more efficient - easier to see what I have and to get to it, better turn over of staples, and most of it stays better organized. I don't have to straighten them too much -- just the bread and snack drawers at the breakfast hutch, and they are much easier because they are not too large and I can easily see and reach everything. Never underestimate the value of full extension glides. LOL

I have a piano hinge base cabinet and am not a fan of them. Company invariably knocks the door into the adjacent cabinet, causing a scar on the finish. Handling it gently is a learned technique. Due to my dislike of piano hinges and overlap doors, I opted for a diagonal corner cabinet for the upper and lower in the other corner, with a Super Susan in both. These are a joy to operate and yield tons of storage. No regrets going against GW advice in my small kitchen. For me, this is one case of function over form.