I think front is asking about uppers. I have 2 easy-reach uppers in my kitchen, and I love them - tons better than the diagonal uppers I used to have. I wanted to get to the corner space. My Mom had a blind corner in her kitchen, and made good use of it. Her house was built long before someone came up with the easy-reach idea. She was able to reach part-way into the blind part, and put things in the back she rarely used. I think the decider would be how big the adjacent cabinet is, and what you plan to put there. I can't remember your dimensions exactly, but if you can eliminate a 12" upper cabinet with either option, you will come out ahead.

Holly: that's what I was afraid of, too close to the range. As far as the expense and selling soon, that's not happening :( I got some bad news yesterday on the loan front, so I've switched gears. Its a long story. Basically, I'm saying f*** it, if I'm stuck in this POS house I'm going to at least have it look the way I want (to some degree anyway). I'm quite depressed about all of it and the idea of remodeling the kitchen is helping I guess. The current cabinets aren't anything great, but they aren't falling apart or anything. I just don't think I want to go to the trouble of painting them and I'm also worried about how they will hold up painted. FWIW the Martha Stewart cabinets should be under $5,000 with drawer bases and pull out trash, etc.

I just noticed they have that same extra space next to the bank of draws as well, so it must be on purpose for clearance, i thought they just mad the door too small! Tks!

Hi there Richard! I did end up with the pull out cabinet next to the dishwasher. But I went with the lazy Susan next to the range. I’ll try to include some pictures of the pull out cabinet so you can see the clearance. Unfortunately I do not have my dishwasher yet because of manufacturing delays. So I can’t speak to the functionality first hand yet, but I am confident it will work for my kitchen. The pull out cabinet has a 2” filler piece next to the door and then another 2” filler strip jutting out towards the dishwasher. This will allow room for both the cabinet door and dishwasher door to fully open (not at the same time of course). I will have a small (1” projection) knob on the cabinet door. I ordered a Bosch dishwasher with integrated handle so it won’t stick out too far and does not need to be installed too far in front of the cabinets because Bosch does not vent out the front of the DW like some other brands. For reference in the photos, the countertop over where the dishwasher will go measures 25.5” from the wall. One downside I predict in my small kitchen is not being able to unload the dishwasher directly into the drawers since the drawers will be our main storage. This was something another user here pointed out to me. However, my options were limited in this small space and I decided I don’t mind moving dishes to the counter first (they are never dry with my other more expensive DW anyway). I picked the lazy Susan next to the range instead of the pull out for a few reasons: A. I didn’t know the depth of the range I would get so it was a safer choice for door clearance. B. My ikea had limited stock when I was ordering and this ended up our best configuration because we could squeeze in an extra cabinet on the long wall using lazy Susan instead of the pull out cabinet. I haven’t used them a ton yet as we don’t have appliances yet and are still working on finishing up the project, so haven’t been cooking etc., but I am impressed with the functionality of both corner cabinets. I’ll include a picture of the lazy Susan in the other corner too. The range will go next to it but we’re waiting on that still too. No clearance concerns with the lazy susan. Sorry for all the mess! Does that help? Let me know if you have any questions!