#Solutions for Blind Corner Cabinets

Taking Cabinet Blind Corner Access Beyond The Lazy Susan

By Lee Wallender. Home Renovations Expert

As the ultimate know-nothing beginner, Lee Wallender's first experience with home renovation was remodeling a 100 year-old house.

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It s found in both kitchens or bathrooms--anywhere with cabinets--but mostly in kitchens because that s where you ll find cabinets that meet at corners.

Why They Are The Scourge of the Kitchen

Kitchen cabinet corners. whether we re talking about bases (lower) or walls (upper), are deep, dark, and inaccessible. It s what happens when simple geometry meets up with most homes scarcity of space.

The etymology is simple: it s called a blind corner because, when reaching into it, you reach blindly:

• Deep. Corners can be close to 50% deeper than cabinets on either side. For example, base cabinets tend to be 24 deep. But at corners, they are 34 deep.
• Dark. Where the light don t shine? You bet. Light is scarce in corner wall cabinets, worse in corner bases.
• Inaccessible. Reach is hard. If you re not trying to reach straight into the corner (a long distance), you re reaching into the sides (where you can t see).

Solution

Sabine Schoenberg, a successful kitchen designer and author of Kitchen Magic: Secrets to Successful Kitchens . says that [c]orners in base cabinets are always tricky.

Circular Lazy Susans used to be the only option. But fortunately today, there are great, so-­called blind corner pullouts.