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
This is probably a “too late” comment given what you’ve already built in, but I’d be tempted to not put the cabinet bottom in the corner (just have floor) and build 2 rolling cabinets. One that has a front that matches the other cabinets and pulls straight out all the way and another that pulls sideways out of the blind corner, like you already have. Maybe use furniture glides on the side of the pull out one that’s toward your other cabinets to keep from banging them up although that would require a gap in the corner to accommodate the glides entering and exiting the built-in part of the cabinet. Alternatively, have some sort of track under the countertop overhang to guide it, although I don’t think you currently have enough overhang for that. One advantage of this is that the rolling cabinets could be built as sturdy as needed without having to worry about the unknown load capacity of certain hardware like the piano hinges.
can you build it with just gliders like on kitchensource.com. looks like your cabinet but they just attached with two glides.
I have found some hardware that would work. It costs $700 so if my next idea doesn’t product the results I want I’ll just waste the blind space and have some easy to access drawers.
I did have that moment on Friday, while drinking my coffee feeling frustrated about having to walk away. I was all, “This @#** cabinet will not beat me!” LOL My new idea seems so simple but I’m afraid to be confident about it until I try it because I did feel like I had it a couple times before …until I tried it out after spending countless hours rigging it up. Haha. I guess I just wasn’t ready to walk away…yet.
Keep thinking hard because I’m always open to bright ideas. 😀
That’s a good idea. Let them store it all! LOL