Blind Corner Cabinet vs. The Perfectionist
Remember my Blind Corner Cabinet? I was originally pleased with myself for coming up with a design to take advantage of the wasted space issue but now that I’m finishing up the pantry, I’ve been looking at all the fine details and want everything to function REALLY well.
I have never been in love with the movement of the first component of my blind corner and I decided that I could come up with something better. I decided this on a Friday. I decided I’d knock out a solution on Friday.
The stubbornness has now kicked in and I’ve lost any sense of time/effor vs. benefit…
Saturday…
Sunday…
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Monday Wes, Madison and I flew to Idaho for 10 days to spend time at two family reunions. I thought about my unfinished project a lot during this 10 day period but I had fun too!
We got home late Wednesday night.
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Thursday…
I’m walking away from this project but I’m not giving up on it. I just can not deal with it any longer until I can tackle something and complete it. I’m feeling very defeated which pisses me off. LOL
I just have to laugh at myself because I just kept trying and trying even though I knew I was wasting way too much time for the value of the project. Hammering away, laughing at myself for not being able to walk away… Hahaha Good luck on your cabinets!
Oh… that feeling of not wanting to give up! Not willing to be beaten!!! I know it soooo well.
I’m so grateful that you shared this. Sometimes you just have to walk away and do something productive. 🙂
But I’m sure that one night, at 2 o’clock in the morning, you’ll sit bolt upright in bed and say “I’ve got it!! I know what to do with that **#!@!* blind corner!”
Meanwhile I’ll be thinking hard in case I can come up with any bright ideas. <3
I have recently downsized. Trying to find space for things that I rarely used made me realize that maybe those things needed to be cut. It’s like being defeated though. I used them at Thanksgiving and Christmas, so they must be important…. but can I justify the space….. ugh… such a dilemma. Going from 5400 sqft to 3000 sqft is soooo hard. (whine) Maybe I should just give all that stuff to my grown kids and let them host the holidays!!!! Yes!!!! 😀
I had a blind corner in my previous kitchen and I bought a large plastic square container and put my small baking supplies in it and it was pushed into the hard to reach corner. I keep my flour, sugar and larger cooking supplies in easy to grab containers and put them next to the square container. When I bake I easily pulled out the flour and sugar and the grabbed the edge of the square container and slid it out to grab whatever small baking supplies I needed. Worked really well and very simple. If you want some inspiration try looking at Richelieu or Berenson web sites and maybe some of their fancy racking systems will spark an idea.
I’m not usually one to comment, but this post hit home and made me laugh out load ? Especially the part about forgetting the time/effort vs. benefit comment. I have two projects that I’ve recently stepped away from because of all the hours I’m putting into them just to save $20 ? and the other one I have so much time into it, it seems like such a waste to scrap it! But I’m over it! Thanks for the encouragement, been building furniture for years and because of your posts I’m gearing up to build some additional cabinets in my kitchen and build new doors for them all. Wish me luck!