...those angled upper corner cabinets

4 years ago

What is their best use and what do others put in these? I am moving soon, and the new kitchen has one. I think the current owner has spices there, but it seems awkward, with deep and inaccessible areas. Ideas and suggestions?

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AnnKH

4 years ago

Ugh, I took out 2 of those when I remodeled! But I also lived with them for 15 years, so I understand having to deal with them.

Accept that whatever goes in the back corners will never be seen again, because you can't get to those things without moving everything in the front. It may be a good spot for seasonal dishes, or a few big serving pieces you don't use often.

Keep in mind that you don't necessarily need to keep kitchen items there, if you have storage needs for non-kitchen, rarely accessed things (again, I'm thinking holiday decorations).

Bigger items are less likely to get lost than smaller items.

A lazy susan at the front may be useful, depending on what you put there.

Good luck with your move!

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tartanmeup
4 years ago
Pictures of the space will help with ideas. (If you attached a pic, it didn't come through. Try in a comment - the site can be glitchy.) Would the cabinets be deep enough for cookbooks? Pull-out trays can make deep areas more functional.
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I no longer have mine. But doing the math - the cabinet box was 24", and the sides were 12". That makes the angled face just under 17". However, they were builder grade face frame, so the cabinet walls and face frame took up anywhere from 2 to 4", leaving 13 or 14" for the opening. I honestly don't think widening the opening by 3 or 4 inches would have helped a whole lot. The only items in an angled cabinet that are readily accessible are those right in front. Of course the same is true of a rectangular cabinet, but in the angled cab, you have the side corners and back that can hold stuff, but are impossible to reach without moving the items in the front. And because the angled corner cab is deeper than a standard wall cabinet, there is even more stuff lost in the back. If you're short, like me, it is impossible to reach things at the back, even on the bottom shelf. Sure, you get a lot of storage, but unless you have a lot of things that you use rarely, it's not very useful storage. When I cleaned out my angled uppers prior to renovation, I was embarrassed by how much crap was in them - things I had no idea I even had. Most things got tossed or donated - if I haven't used them for years (because I don't know they're there), I don't need them. In the 25 years we had those cabinets, I did clean them out periodically - and it was the same story every time. Stuff just gets lost in those back holes. I did a little sketch, and a little math. For the sake of simplicity, I'm ignoring the actual width of cabinet walls, and assuming the corner cabinet is 24" x 24", and adjacent cabinets are 12" deep. With an angled corner, I'm considering usable space to be that in front of the door - the square space outlined in green. But because that square is 17" deep, potentially only the first 12" are easily usable (shown by the dotted green line), cutting the usable area down from 576 square inches actual space to about 200 sq in usable space. Applying the same criteria to the easy reach, where the corner is considered less accessible, you have 432 sq in actual, and 288 sq in accessible. Obviously, YMMV in both scenarios, depending on what's in the cabinet. Another thing to consider - I put an extra shelf in one of my easy reach cabs, giving me more total usable area in that cab. While it's possible to do that with an angled cabinet, reducing the height makes the back and sides even darker and less convenient.
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Mrs. S
4 years ago
I guess you could put a lazy susan in there. It depends on how big your kitchen is, and what other items you have to store.
zmith
4 years ago
If it doesn't have a lazy susan, you can probably order one to fit if the shelves are removable. Otherwise, you can buy lazy susan trays to set on top of the shelves. Copco makes 18" trays with non-skid rubber.
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cpartist
4 years ago
I put glass doors on them in my last kitchen and displayed pretty stuff
sandk
4 years ago
I put glasses in mine. If I need what’s in the back, it means I have a crowd and need all the glasses anyway. Serving pieces have also lived there. My teapot and pitcher are on the top shelf to the front. Behind them, anything would be lost.
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Pam A
4 years ago
I put the fancy dinnerware that we literally never used. Then, when I remodeled, I swapped that out for a corner cabinet with no doors. Now it holds our every day dishes and glasses. The fancy dinnerware was relegated to the basement in china storage boxes (why I spent $$$ to store plates I haven't used in 10 years is beyond me, but we do strange things when packing up a kitchen).
loonlakelaborcamp
4 years ago
I use a pull-out basket to access any items in the center of them. Just a long plastic storage bin with a handle grasp. Mainly light packages in them - baking do-dads or tea varieties.

Once you pull out a basket. You have visual access to both sides. I stored one or two varieties of bulk purchases on each side (I buy by the case when items are on sale...)

My last corner cabinet had spaghetti sauce on the right, and pasta boxes on the left on one shelf, home canned chili on another shelf pared with home canned beans on the other side. On the top shelf I stored my extra ziplocks and foil or plastic wraps that did not fit in drawer.

I buy a year supply of items in bulk when really good sales hit.
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lucky998877
4 years ago
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I ripped the door out, added molding to the opening and painted the whole inside black. I have deep narrow baskets on the shelves which are easy to pull out (on felt so they don't scratch the paint). I keep our medicine, band-aids etc in the baskets. Has worked for us for 10+ years.
jhmarie
4 years ago
I actually keep most of my everyday dishes in mine and it has a leaded glass door - I have an older kitchen. The harder to reach corners have matching serving dishes or glasses that I don't use much.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-pics-work-in-progress-phvw-vp~110720042
stillpitpat
4 years ago
This is what I have in mine. It's not super efficient, but I didn't want to crowd things in. Behind the glass measuring cups I have nuts, dried cherries, and raisins for salads and oatmeal, and the very top shelf, which I need a stool for, has rarely used things.
chedanemi
4 years ago
I know others aren't a fan of those type of cabinets, but I do like mine. I had lazy susans made for all but the bottom shelf. I can reach to the back of that one. I bought the hardware for the LS at Menards and had a guy cut them from good quality plywood. I sanded the edges and my husband installed them. Love them!
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