Can a Corner Cupboard Be Altered to Fit a Smaller Space?
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Comments (7)Deardre, I am SO pleased that my post was useful to you. I have wondered if posting it was just an ego-trip, or might be useful to others. I hope you will let us know how your project turns out. Raehelen, The link deardre posted is to my retrofit. FYI: my upper cabs are 15'' deep, and the door angles so that 24'' D-shaped shelves worked for me. You will need to measure carefully to decide what is your best fit. Also, I urge you to consider the vertical space between shelves. So often a LOT of space is wasted when an additional shelf would be much more efficient. And with the susans, you don't need to be able to reach INTO the space--you just pluck items from the front!! You might have to store seldom used stuff on the top two shelves and use a stool to access them, but that is found space, and I can reach every inch of the bottom two shelves from the floor. I sure could not do that pre-susans. If I can be of any use to you, let me know. Sandra This post was edited by Bellsmom on Tue, Jan 15, 13 at 22:17...See MoreThat horrible space in the corner cupboard!
Comments (17)This house that we bought 10 years ago keeps on surprising me. I just 'felt' everything was so right, and could never list all the 'little things' that make it a pleasure to live here. It is hard to explain how those corner cupboards have disappeared here. In the family room/kitchen counter, the counter makes a turn to occupy that space and one can sit there at a slight angle, and three more stools fit.. On the other 'corner' the cupboards angle...cutting out the corner, and the outside of the kitchen wall is a perfect angled place for my china cabinet... a little bit in the dining room and wide hallway/entrance. Ten years later, and more disabled, my only wish would be for one 'sitting-down' counter and one lowered sink. Washing and prepping for meals (vegetables and fruits mostly)takes a toll on my back. Anyway, more builders need to learn how to make those 'corners' disappear. Our bedrooms have small angles at the hallway, which is wider than most, so the doors sit at angles.... and it works....See MoreSuggestions on how to fit fridge and microwave area in corner nook
Comments (22)I have been thinking about all of your comments and have made some revisions to my original thinking, and I have worked with an IKEA person to re-do some of the plan. Doorways do not have interior molding and are just openings. I was told that it is virtually impossible to have a pantry set at a 90 degree angle to the fridge because there is no wall to hang the pantry cabinet from. So, that's out. I am leaving a full height pantry cabinet to the left of the fridge (to make the passageway into the kitchen larger), but I am making it 18" wide rather than the currently planned 24" wide. And I'm putting the microwave on the other side of the room instead. The fridge will have a side panel, and the 24" deep pantry will be set back from the front of the fridge so the fronts are not parallel. I am putting the microwave across the room in the corner to the left of the range. I had planned a standard wall cabinet there. Instead I will have a cabinet that goes down to the counter top. That cabinet will have two shallow drawers with an open cubby on top of them. The cubby will contain the microwave (this way I can just put in an inexpensive microwave). There will be cabinet doors on the portion of the cupboard above the microwave cubby. The photo below is the idea that I will be replicating (except I will have a small section of wall maybe about 20" deep that the left of the cabinet will butt into so it will be an actual corner. And I will have a flat counter on the peninsula rather than the raised ledge section.. Do you think this will work better? Ever since I began planning this kitchen, the microwave placement has just been a bear in terms of where to put it. When we were first starting to think about this project, and when shopping was easier, we did see the microwave that @wdccruise linked and liked it. I went back and took another look online at that option today. It could still be a possibility maybe, but there are some negative review comments about usability that bother me. And, we have to go with recirculating because this is a townhouse that has no way to vent to the exterior, and I have found some other hoods that do provide better function with recirculating. I really appreciate all of the thoughtful comments and advice you have given me.....See MoreRefrigerator does fit, should I raise upper cupboard? Repost w/photo
Comments (9)remove the upper cab so that you can push the fridge back a few inches. if you had plans on painting those cabinets, you could add on some boxes on top all the way around, and do a diff fridge surround. you can make this fridge surround so that it fits you fridge and gives you space above and, you could make your own custom pantry next to it. on this one they kept the top open for recipe books and such. Diff ways to do the boxes. can you do your micro like this?...See MoreBirchPoint
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