@tc9876 we have 8' ceilings and planning the Ikea upper cabinets would be MUCH easier if we had a few extra inches. We prefer the full 40" uppers, but we also want crown moulding and a light rail. Additonally, we also want the space above the counter to be slightly higher than the standard 18" (certainly no smaller than that standard). We're probably going to have to settle for 30" uppers that won't go all the way tot he ceiling if we want all of these things.

I see a few more requests looking for tall bins that fit 15 wide ikea cabinets. Can you believe after all this effort, recycling pick up is no longer offered for my address! 😢 ive been using the 2 bins I bought and installed quite awhile back They are still working out great. i was going to make something similar to what a few others did but ended up finding these. Witt Industries 13R Plastic 13-Gallon Rigid Waste Liner, Square, 11" Width x 11" Depth x 20" Height, Black. got them 1/2 off on AMZ warehouse deal very thick strong commercial use plastic. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005QNOFES/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TAcHDb3D23QJK AMZ often has them as unavailable in that size, but you can find them elsewhere online mine did not have any dents/defects. Note that these are commercial grade liners to go inside a metal trash can vs a polished plastic meant to be placed out in your room. You can see pics in my Akurum ikea 15 inch base if scroll dowm the posts I have the 1st bin, raised up by about an inch to account for the slight flare at the lip and that makes them fit perfectly using all availble drawer and height space, while still allowing for my shallow drawer. I should note that I did not install the upper rod of my lower drawer that my trash cans sit in. I never got around to it and with both cans in, it actually makes that drawer and door fromt super stable - door front doesnt move and is perfectly vertical. mine are the older line, akurum, with similar but not identical specs. if needed I can measure further up the trash bins height, for the width I dont believe they flare out any, until the very top where there is a slight flare in where the lip area is, but can double check if needed.

Thanks, dtrivino! Those are nice top drawer organizers but what she really needs are ROTs for the base cabinets. We could remove the middle rail but it would have to be attached to one of the cabinet doors to cover the gap between the doors (they are partial overlay with an inch between doors). That's how the base cabinet with ROTs is set up. I could probably sweet talk my DH into doing this. I could also do it but he has more years of experience using a sawsall or similar tool for the job so he'd probably do a clear cut. Definitely something worth considering.

You just need 155 degree 0-protrusion hinges. IKEA has them anyone online that sellers Blum will have them. The fact that someone installing the cabinets doesn’t know this would give me pause on the more difficult aspects of a job like this.