What to do with odd dead spaces
Sherryl
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Dead corner is missing!! Is this normal? Do you have dead space?
Comments (13)If you have plenty of storage elsewhere and/or a fairly large kitchen, deadening out a corner may be OK. However, as Madeline616 specifically stated, this is a small kitchen. Small kitchens typically are short on storage, so even an "inefficient" storage area is better than no storage! Personally, I find that corner susans are more useful than the blind corner cabinets (and you don't need a small child to retrieve fallen items!) for base cabinets and easy-reach cabs to be more useful for upper cabinets...both with a 90-degree corner (i.e., no diagonal), but to each his own. (For uppers, height may be a deciding factor...I'm 5'10" and can reach into the corner easy-reach cabs fairly well.) In my experience a corner cab of some sort is standard (susan, blind, easy-reach) - if you want to eliminate that corner storage, you have to tell the KD or cabinetmaker you want it eliminated. Did the cabinetmaker include extra stile width on the sides of the cabinets to accommodate the filler that's needed in cabinets installed in a corner with a dead corner? You need either that or significant filler to allow the doors/drawers to open and clear the drawer pulls/knobs on the other side of the corner. The corner cabs mentioned above provide "natural" filler... Personally, I'd get the cabinetmaker to make a corner cabinet of some sort!...See MoreWhat on early to do with this odd space??
Comments (15)Is it a floor that could hold weight? If so, you could change the railing so it turns and continues above the fireplace all across the overhang and then add a small corner cabinet with glass front door to display your favorite family treasures and/or seasonal decorations. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coaster-Company-Eden-Corner-Curio-Cabinet-Golden-Brown/19214258 http://notife.club/post/ https://www.howardmillerusa.com/display-cabinets/corner-display-cabinets/680-347-howard-miller-display-cabinets-corner-display-cabinets.html If you don't mind dusting, you could use an open shelving unit or create corner shelves by hanging them directly onto the wall. https://www.wayfair.com/home/hd0/-l508-k~w002098034.html?sku=W002098034&refid=GX386023977016-W002098034_207742486 https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Furinno-Turn-N-Tube-Espresso-Black-5-Shelf-Corner-Open-Shelf-99811EX-BK/301773104?mtc=Shopping-BA-F_HDH-G-D59-59_34_INTERIOR_FURNITURE-MULTI-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Home_Office&cm_mmc=Shopping-BA-F_HDH-G-D59-59_34_INTERIOR_FURNITURE-MULTI-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Home_Office-71700000048685358-58700004834194635-92700046771713994&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrcCBjaes5QIVAobICh0BaQUNEAQYASABEgIsM_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds. https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Furinno-Turn-N-Tube-Espresso-Black-5-Shelf-Corner-Open-Shelf-99811EX-BK/301773104?mtc=Shopping-BA-F_HDH-G-D59-59_34_INTERIOR_FURNITURE-MULTI-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Home_Office&cm_mmc=Shopping-BA-F_HDH-G-D59-59_34_INTERIOR_FURNITURE-MULTI-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Home_Office-71700000048685358-58700004834194635-92700046771713994&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrcCBjaes5QIVAobICh0BaQUNEAQYASABEgIsM_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds...See MoreWhat to do with this odd space in living room. Table on wall across
Comments (15)If you created a wood top rail (and added a wood support on the wall without a rail), you might be able to set a Lucite panel or thick safety glass panel (or one way mirror - mirror side up) atop it. You could have the clear panel framed as if it were a picture and affix its wood frame to the wood railing....See Morewhat to do with this dead space
Comments (13)not a fire hazard, lost of people like to have a decorative cover like that. You can't tell from his photo, but there wouldn't be a top to it, so just a lattice that is kept about 6" - 12" off of the unit itself. I would recommend the patio/landing spot there. Then if you have the room, you could put a small tree or some kind of hedge plant....See Moreres2architect
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