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Maximising the kitchen corner cabinet (without that spinning thing!)

Jules Yap·
Kitchen
·10 Comments·1 min read

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So many kitchens have the infamous corner cabinet from IKEA. And anyone who has had this cabinet either loves it or hates it. Personally when I had this cabinet in our first kitchen I hated it, the spinning shelf thing wasted space and was noisy.

As we constructed our second IKEA kitchen I was bummed we had to get the corner cabinet again. But we turned lemons into some sweet lemonade!!!!!!

All you need is the cabinet, which is surprisingly cheap when not purchased with the corner base cabinet carousel.

(5) drawer slides from the hardware store

(2) left over shelves

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And a packet of the removable 3m hooks.

I am SSSOOOO proud of my husband taking my ideas sketched out on paper and bringing them to life.

~ Shawna

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10 Responses

  1. I’m curious to know how this has held up, and if you’d do anything differently if you could do it over again. Thank you!

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  2. I’d love more details on how you did this!! My man isn’t so into DIY to think of something like this but if we knew how to, we’d give it a good crack! Well done 🙂

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  3. That’s a nice adaption that I’ll keep in mind.

    I just want to mention, in regard to the changes in the site that the bottom popup ad bar makes it hard to view the page on my compact screen. It looks cluttered and is really troublesome, so much so that I actually come to Ikeahackers less than I used to. Closing the lower bar does no good, it just pops upon on the next page.

    Jules, I love the site and I hope that you will consider a different layout for those of us with small laptops instead of big screens. Thank you.

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  4. I like the idea of this maximizing kitchen corner cabinet. I will share this to my wife and I’m sure she will love to have this. Thanks for posting. God Bless.

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  5. It’s not clear how and where the drawer slides were used, and how the pan hanger is attached to the cabinet.

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    1. It’s hard to tell what’s what when things are the same color/finish; the surfaces blend together on first glance. It looks like the lowest shelf (with the standing-up trays) and the shelf above it (with the stock pot and lid) are mounted via drawer slides on their edges instead of normal screws or brackets. Those two shelves pull out in the same direction. The lowest shelf is narrow, and one of its slides had to be installed on a piece of wood that juts up from the bottom of the cabinet while the other slide goes on the cabinet wall. Depending where you live, you might be able to get slides specifically for “bottom of cabinet sliding tray.” That type of hardware doesn’t need adaptation to use in that position. The upper shelf hardware is simply attached to opposite walls of the cabinet, more like the usual way slides would be mounted for a drawer. The pan hanger has the unique position in this setup. It’s attached to the underside of the counter top (or equivalent surface inside the cabinet). Like another commenter says below, the hanger itself appears to be a thick stick of wood mounted to the slide. In general, the project doesn’t seem difficult to do, but would need careful measuring and leveling for proper function.

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  7. I really like the idea – I also never found these carousel things very useful. I personally wouldnt even make so many slideouts, but i think it turned out great!

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  8. Is there a link to directions on the details of how to do this? I kinda of see how 1 shelf pulls out but barely see the shelf in the back. How did you do the little pullout bar with the pots?

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    1. It looks like an extra strip of wood with hooks put in attached to one of the slides, which was then attached to the top of the cabinet.

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