Drawer or Pull Out - Best function?
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Drawers over pull outs in Cabinets
Comments (34)I have mostly drawers in G-shaped kitchen, but either side of range, I have a small drawer at top with a cupboard below. Each cupboard has two repositionable shelves with standard holes and clips for the shelf positions. On each of the shelves, I've screwed down a metal roll-out unit purchased at big box hardware stores. There is a slight disparity in width (with the cabinet being a few inches wider than the roll-out); positioning the roll-out far to the right or to the left leaves a small open channel on the other side that can be used for narrow items or for thin bottles. I like the roll-outs for my pots and pans because I can see the entire contents of both the upper and lower one faster than pulling out and shutting two deep drawers. When the lower unit is extended, I can still see part of the contents of the upper unit and it's quicker to dig about. Also, pan handles can protrude over the edge of the metal unit, allowing me to access open space beyond the rolling unit. Some pan lids can stand up in the grooves that form the bottom of the rollout--your mileage may vary. I use the niche between the bottom of the roll-out and the shelf for a thin item--in my case one is a little broiler pan, one is a marble tile that I use for defrosting frozen food, one is a little cast iron cornbread pan, you get the idea. I restack my pans quite frequently, depending on time of year and what I'm cooking at that time, for example, my deep pots are stored at back bottom for part of the year and don't come out much until I'm boiling down something, usually tomatoes, or blanching. I can reposition the shelves as I need to to change the headroom of the pot stacks. Having the repositionable shelf means that I can have an assymetrical shelf pattern within the cupboard and still a symmetrical look when the cabinet doors are closed. Don't forget that you can also hang an inexpensive underslung wire unit below your upper shelf. I have one that holds my omelet pan with its touchy ceramic coating; this protects it from the rough and tumble of the contents of the rolling unit. As for my lower drawers in the rest of the kitchen, generally I like them very much. Because our kitchen remodel required us to lose the long wall that supported a large china cabinet in the dining room, I had to move the china and serving pieces into the kitchen. I have 4 large lower drawers with heavy duty rolling mechanisms to hold my china and serving pieces. They are ready at a moment's notice for me to use for fancy tablesetting and I can put party stuff away quicker now than when I had to lug it into the dining room cabinet. My casseroles are in a med-size drawer. I have one deep bin drawer for deck stuff--special tablecloths, plastic bev glasses, seasonal serving pieces. I have one deep bin drawer that is for tupperware, yogurt containers, mason jars, etc. I limit myself to this space only for containers for leftovers & freezing odd things; in my old kitchen this stuff took over a huge cabinet, shame on me. I have one shallow-ish drawer for wraps and plastic bags; I have a cabinet door on my tray storage and on my recycle & waste cabinet and on a corner cabinet I have a double door with a lazy susan inside. If I were to do it again, I'd combine the double door and corner cab with an adjacent open space such as the vertical tray holder so that the door opening was larger when it's open. (One idea for better light in a dark corner space is a battery-powered push on/push off light stuck to the wall, but this doesn't solve the problem of getting your shoulders into a narrow opening to chase a lost item. I have really enjoyed my very wide, medium-depth baking drawer. I've got most of what I need for baking inside it--flour, sugars, chips, other standard ingredients, plus bowls and funnels and large glass measuring pyrex . In the shallow drawer above it are some of my baking pans (13 x 9 pans, brownie pan, cupcake pans, more) with measuring cups and spoons and blades for the food processor and mixer inside them. Above that drawer is a wide pull-out breadboard. In the bottom med-depth drawer is clunker stuff--awkward items like food mill and some stuff in boxes like pasta maker, plus my Betty Crocker cookbook. (all the rest of cookbooks are across the room in large bookshelf). Don't forget to have a couple built-in breadboards/cutting boards. Having pull-out boards means extra work surfaces. You especially need one alongside the refrig. -- a sandwich making station, plus place for processing leftovers, plus plunk space for grocery bags. --Florantha...See MoreAfter-market pull-out drawers
Comments (3)Mir3899...You aren't limited to individual pullout shelves. You can also install pullout accessories that attach to the door and then pullout...the whole thing pulls out, not just one drawer. Take a look at the sites below. While they are not the only makers of such items, they are probably the most well known, particularly Rev-A-Shelf. There are a lot of options open to you, explore them before making any decisions. If you have questions about any of the various accessories you see, post it here--chances are good that someone has one! I've also posted a link to a thread that talks about filler pullouts. While it's too late for filler pullouts, there are similar pullouts for cabinets and the thread does discuss some of the advantages & uses of them. HTH! Rev-A-Shelf Sink & Base Accessories Häfele Arena Champagne Collection Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: Rev-A-Shelf Spice Racks for Fillers -- Have you seen these!!!!...See MoreDrawers or doors with pull outs?
Comments (21)I love my drawers. They have cast iron stacked, and it's not a problem. BUT they're 48" wide. There's lots of room to get the hands in, shift things, etc. I originally thought I'd feel like Jbrig about it, but it turned out to be a non-issue for me. Doors wouldn't have fit, so I had no choice. :) My mother has ROTS that are even wider. Besides the whole thing of the doors being in the way, etc., etc., the width the doors have to be makes them sag just a little (with extra hinging, etc., even so), so you have to lift and adjust to close them. The problem with narrower drawers--that is, dividing the space into two sets, rather than one big drawer, whether it's 36" or 48", is that you not only lose the 1.5"+ where the actual cabinetry is in the middle, you lose the small spaces between where handles overlap, or where you put your steamer basket, or whatever. This is true for all drawers and cupboards, but when you're dealing with more, smaller items, sometimes you gain organization. For pots you just gain wasted space. My divisions are only where they were exactly necessary, structurally, e.g., between the corner units and the regular runs, and next to the appliances....See MoreShelves or door with pull out drawers?
Comments (2)The first pic looks like a solid door on that cabinet, so I think maybe you mean ROTS (roll-out tray shelves). I think it depends on what you want to store in the cabinet; if it's items you don't want on display--cereal boxes, bags of flour, mismatched cookware--then solid doors will work better. If no doors, everything stored on the shelves will have to be organized and look nice all the time. There is a third alternative--one or more actual drawers--but that will work only if nothing is kept on the counter, as for the ROTS. The advantage is one movement to pull out a drawer, rather than opening the single tall door then pulling out a tray shelf. Upper left: Bottom row is what you are describing (I think)....See MoreTherese Ciesinski
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