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The dark internal corner space where two perpendicular rows of kitchen cabinets meet is aptly named a blind corner, and deciding how best to use this
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Diagonal drawers
Diagonal drawers sit at a 45-degree angle to adjoining walls. Without any complicated internal storage mechanisms, these drawers are simply drawers, and they’re great if you want immediate access and easy organisation.
Corner drawers
When is a drawer not a drawer? When it’s a single, chevron-shaped corner drawer, made to look like two drawers set at right angles from one another.
Pull one handle, and the entire two-handled drawer comes out as one. Once closed, the drawers align seamlessly with adjacent cabinets, allowing you to maintain the look of sharp 90-degree corners in your kitchen.
Corner carousel
Where two banks of cabinets meet, you might choose to keep one square and one rectangular cupboard. Or you might opt for a 90-degree corner cupboard with a hinged cabinet door.
Whichever you choose, a corner carousel works perfectly in either setting to improve access to the internal space.
Corner carousels are usually made up of 2-3 wire baskets or trays that swing around from the back of the cupboard to out in front of it on an axis.
No reaching into the dark recess of the cabinet is required, the baskets put everything within easy reach. However, these are usually restricted to a maximum of 25kg of weight per basket.
Lazy Susan
A Lazy Susan is a carousel with completely circular shelves that sit in either a 90-degree or diagonal cabinet.
Its shelves turn 360 degrees on a central axis, providing easy access to items stored in the back.
However, because of its circular design, some storage space is inevitably lost.
What you gain instead is superior access to all of the contents of your cupboard. You won’t need to rummage, unpack and restack anything to reach or store items at the back.
Magic corner or pull-out corner cabinet
The shelves of a magic corner unit pull out like scarves from a top hat. As you pull the main drawer straight out towards you, revealing
the first rack, a second rack follows behind without intervention, which was nestled into the blind corner.
This is another, highly engineered option that offers maximum accessibility and efficient use of your corner space.
Corner pantry
A corner cabinet or pantry maximises dead space by creating a tall storage hub. Corner pantries with deep shelves and hidden drawers offer bags of extra space for dry goods
, appliances, and cookware.
The only downside is that, with a tall pantry, you lose some worktop space. However, for some, it’s a small price to pay knowing that when you get back from the grocery shop, there’s ample space to stash everything.
Sink cabinet
You’ve got the space. Maybe you’ve got the view from a window, too. So why waste it on little-used storage solutions?
Instead, a beautiful corner kitchen sink cabinet with the plumbing safely stowed underneath will transform your kitchen corner into an essential wash station.
Sink units usually sit within a 45-degree cabinet but you can get corner sink units that wrap around a 90-degree countertop, too.
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How do I decide what’s best for my kitchen?
A corner unit is not just a storage dilemma to solve. The solution you choose also has to fit in with your preferred aesthetic and the way you use your kitchen.
When mulling over the final look, feel and different use-based scenarios for your kitchen corner, it might help to analyse your space in the following ways.
When mulling over the final look, feel and different use-based scenarios for your kitchen corner, it might help to analyse your space in the following ways.
Next time you’re eyeing up your corner space for renovation, take a look at what occupies the adjacent space. Depending on your preferred storage mechanism, there needs to be enough clearance for nearby doors and drawers to open.
Take note of whether your corner space is next to any hot appliances, too. You might not want to choose a pantry storage unit if it’s next to a hot stove, for example.
Kitchens are usually split into different zones to make our movements more efficient. What you find in a particular zone might be best placed for food preparation, cooking, cleaning or serving, for example.
So, if your kitchen corner is next to your dishwasher or washing machine, perhaps you’d prefer a deep storage solution for tall cleaning products.
There’s nothing to stop you from using your corner to create an entirely new zone, however. Depending on the available diagonal space, a fridge-freezer and even a corner oven unit or range cooker can sit in a corner space, with handy storage beneath.
Your chosen storage solution will need to support the weight of any items it holds, so having at least a rough idea of what you’d like to store in your corner unit can greatly help the final decision.
Be sure to get advice from a specialist if you’re worried about the load-bearing capacity of certain storage options.
If you have a minimalist aesthetic in your kitchen, or you already have several banks of drawers, you may want to steer away from adding extra diagonal or corner drawers that could make the overall look seem “busy”.
Equally, if you already have many tall appliances or cabinets, adding a corner pantry might be a little imposing. A better solution could be to increase your countertop space instead.
More innovative, highly-engineered solutions such as magic corners will cost more than regular solutions such as corner cabinets. However, the improved accessibility and extra space might be non-negotiable for you.
It’s possible to strike a balance, so have a firm idea of what you want from the space versus what you’re willing to pay and a clear choice should present itself.
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