Please help with the uppers in this corner of kitchen
Hi, it's been a few years since I've participated much on the boards, but I would love your help!
I'm on the home stretch of the kitchen design for a small kitchen. Feeling rather settled on the plan, all except for how to design the uppers in the corner. It's a pretty tight space, it's above a 33" corner cabinet, boxed in by the hood on one side, and the window on the other. My husband will be building the cabinets, so we can do pretty much any design, I just want it to be extremely easy to use and make the best use of the space.
I am considering building that upper as all one unit, with 21" doors that would swing out from the corner. BUT... will 21" wide doors whack us in the face when we open them? If we were to do a piano hinge door, how would that work??
I've also considered doing open shelves, but with storage at a premium in this space, and with it being so close to the stove that I'm not sure open shelves would be a wise use of the space. And with an open concept home, maybe closed storage in the corner would be tidier.
What would you suggest? Thanks!
(My apologies for the smudgy drawings! : P)
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Thank you, HU, your first-hand experience is with the easy reach upper is invaluable. I mocked up a 21” door by taping a piece if heavy cardboard to a cabinet door in my own kitchen, and while it’s not perfectly face avoiding , it doesn’t seem nearly as bad as the 24” upper doors that I DID whack myself on in a former kitchen pre-remodel, ha ha!
We may retire to this home someday, but for now we are remodeling it to rent out to our daughter and son-in-law, so the storage will be variable. I did do a rough placement plan of items just to try to make sure things could fit, pictured below.
(I’m still working on the pantry layout…)
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