Frankly, I'd be more concerned with function than how it looks

I have had angled uppers in the past and you loose space. I like the look of angled better but if storage is an issue I would go with a right angle upper.

Corner Configuration...

Looks -- I would prefer the right-angle. I'd get an "easy reach". I think it will not only look better, but function better as well. It's not easy to access the interior of those diagonal corner upper cabinets - I know, we had one in our old Kitchen. We're a tall family and we still had to get a chair to be able to access the depths of the cabinet - even the bottom shelf. Sure, we could access the very front, but that was it.

Caveat: I have very long arms and everyone else in my family is 6' or taller. We can easily reach all the shelves of our "regular" upper cabinets that are 36" tall (mounted 18" above the counter) without the need for a stool or chair. So, what we could reach in the diagonal cabinet may be much less than what most people can reach.

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Cabinet Widths...

Honestly, I don't know, so I won't even try to answer! :-)

cpartist absolutely function first. Those cabinets won't be deal breakers as I have so many cabinets and storage. Those corners I store larger serving ware and only occasional use dishes. I'll be adding even more storage with a larger island, and then still have a huge double door pantry opposite the tall pantry next to fridge. I could even lose some cabinets! Thinking of adding a wine cooler somewhere?

These are all our own opinions and what you think matters more than any of us...but since you asked...I hate the angled corner cabinets, lol!!! They are much more "in your face" when you are standing at the corner and, well, I think they just look dated.

Thanks buehl I like your idea of right easy reach. I have had the angle in the last 2 homes and it's ok. I don't use those cabinets much, but I think I'm just tired of the angle. I feel it's dated no?

Lisadlu16 thanks for weighing in.

Storage not an issue.

I'm gonna tally up the preferences :D

I'll put you down for liking looks of angled corners.

Dcward89 your right and I appreciate all opinions but I was thinking that the consensus here would be like yours ...that angled corners are considered dated. But didn't know if that's just what I think based on what I'm seeing in newer kitchen designs. I've actually been hard pressed to find angled corners in newer designs.

So far thats:

2 for right angle corner

1 for angled corner

Just make sure the double door uppers do not have a center divider frame piece.

Just make sure the double door uppers do not have a center divider frame piece.

Dan1888 why is that?

I just went back and read all the old threads on this topic some from like 2011! Geez it's been a long debate and seems differences of opinion mostly about the corner cabs use and storage. I think I'm more concerned about the appearance as I don't use those much with that said diagonal is the only thing Ive had so maybe because I've had it so long it feels dated to me.

A couple things I know I don't like that I read from the old threads is the hinge in the middle of 90 (hate that on my lower corners), easy reach ok but either way 90/right angle corner doors aren't proportioned to other uppers if using Ugh, regarding diagonal I not a fan of lazy Susans top or bottom and again dated? Someone also had posted a pic of going from 90 to diagonal and I much more like their before picture with the 90. Again, this could just end up being personal preference.

Here's what I store in my diagonal now:

Stuff I don't use everyday. Big salad bowl in back (but have another one i use more in pantry), I think I have a cookie jar back there (never used since moved here), all the glasses ok yes probably use those the most if any but again not a lot, and the top empty...like almost all my others!

So I could just do a regular cabinet butting up to a regular blind to have proportioned doors in the corner if I want correct?

Do I sound like I like symmetry?

Yup :D

Mawizz if you have a center stile on your cabinet it is just inconvenient. Unless the cabinet is extremely large you will have to put things on an angle to get them in and out from behind where the divider is. Most new cabinets don't have these and I think that's a great improvement. As to the width of the cabinet, you want it certainly wide enough and deep enough for what you're planning on putting in it.

My U-shaped kitchen isn't that big, so I wanted to make efficient use of all my storage space. I replaced two angled uppers with Easy-reach, and I am a believer! I can actually see and get to the things I put in them! And the piano hinges do not show when the doors are closed (to address Johnsoro25's comment).

Mawizz, there is a difference between "enough storage" and "most functional storage". Since you will have a corner in your primary prep space (between your sink and range), you may find that you store things there that you use during food prep. Just because you have a big pantry doesn't mean that you want to truck back and forth to it while preparing a meal.

Much of my kitchen design was centered around putting things where they made the most sense. I started with things that needed to go near their point of use: cooking utensils, spices, potholders near the stove; knives and cutting boards in the prep zone; dishes near the cleanup zone. Then I moved on to bulky items: cake pans, cookie sheets, pots and pans, small appliances. Meanwhile, I addressed things that bugged me about our old kitchen (that we'd used for 20 years). For example, we don't have a pantry, so we always had boxes of beer and pop stacked next to the fridge. Now I have a cabinet dedicated to beverages - and the shelf was placed so pop cans fit on the top, and beer bottles underneath (a shelf in the middle of the cabinet would not have worked). We also use a lot of large water bottles (we do a lot of hiking). I dreamed of a shelf dedicated to just those. I also planned for a cabinet for my purse and small briefcase, which used to end up on a kitchen chair, for lack of a place to put them. I put outlets inside a cabinet that I use as my "command center", so we can charge devices out of sight - instead of on the kitchen counter.

I bucked the trend and went with an angled base cabinet in one of my corners. My cabinets were custom built, so I could get whatever I wanted - and I had them build a super susan in an angled cabinet, with a drawer above. One of the goals of my remodel was to get stuff off the counters, and to get as many drawers as possible, so the angle allowed me to put a knife drawer above the SS. But there is an easy-reach above it.

Practigal yeah KD said they will not have that center stile no problem and even now with the larger sizes no stile so that's good.

my island cabinets are currently like that ...I hate it.

I've written the same thing dcward posted many times on this forum.

My uppers are 42" and the doors on the right are 12" and 13" on the left. I would have done 15" if I could have. If it's a single cabinet, I'd want it to be at least 15" and no wider than 18"- 20". Single doors wider than that cause you to move your head out of the way to open them.

Right angled cabinets all the way. Both for upper and lower. With an angled cabinet, one third of the cabinet will be unusable. I hate them. A complete waste of space. My most recent old kitchen had a bunch of these. It was one of the reasons I undertook a renovation. Go with the right angle. Also important is to make sure the new wall cabinet is deep enough. Dishes are larger than they used to be, a 13" wall cabinet will accommodate pretty much every modern plate.

Get the function of the kitchen planned first. It will have a way of determining the sizes of the doors. For me any size is fine. One of the reasons I love my full framed cabinets is the lack of center styles.

If you don't use the uppers much consider eliminating a few for a more open feel

I'll be a vote for angled cabinets. I've never thought of them as old-fashioned. The large size is useful for some of larger, but not regularly used items. There are a lot of items I don't need to be easily accessible but are still useful to have available in the kitchen.

mayflowers

thanks for feedback. pretty kitchen, nice clean and simple. I could see doing like you have on my back wall. We are just not sold on the chimney style hood. how do you like it?

homechef59 and freeoscar thanks for the input!

votes so far:

angled: 3

right angle: 4

some didn't really say or seem to not mind either.

MaWizz - curious - in what direction did you end up going and how did it work out?