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Space Corner Drawers from Heritage Custom Cabinetry

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We'd trade our lower kitchen cupboards for drawers in a flash. And oh, to have these Space Corner drawers. What bliss. (In fact, we can see these working in bathrooms and home offices, too.)

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See more about Heritage's ZONACucina here, and find dealers here.

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Via: Remodelista

(Oops, blogged -- today! -- on The Kitchn here.)

Comments (19)

I understand the appeal, but at the same time, they're kind of harsh and dangerous looking. Bad feng shui, for sure.

posted by karyn on 2008-03-05 16:30:07
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And I am supposing there are two wasted triangles of space on either side of those drawers?

posted by Kah on 2008-03-05 16:32:32
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Still a waste of nearly 12 cubic feet of space - now made more expensive.

posted by bepsf on 2008-03-05 16:42:42
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Better to have the cabinets on the corner, and a dolly. Drawers to the side.

posted by SFGail on 2008-03-05 16:52:19
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True comments above -- still, I like the inventiveness of this.
Although one problem is if the corner drawer is not quite fully closed and you open one of the big drawers to either side, you could chip an edge off the drawer front finish.

posted by lightspeed on 2008-03-05 17:06:44
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these have a bad feng shui feeling, i totally agree...i like the magic corner pullouts by rev a shelf.

posted by debbieeastbay on 2008-03-05 17:14:55
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still wasting space and a brutal design for the kitchen.
I do like the tiles on the backsplash though!

posted by twenty twenty-one on 2008-03-05 17:16:25
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I don't mean to be an incessant critic, but one other problem with this design is that unknowing people will pull the drawer handles straight out rather than at 45 degrees.

Over time, this will put much wear on the drawer glides, causing them to eventually loosen and fail.

posted by lightspeed on 2008-03-05 17:24:58
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It's a nice, but already known from Blum, solution for the corners, it's just an alternative to the carrousels and baskets/shelves pullouts for those kind of spaces or for people who just want drawers allover the kitchen.

But the price tag must be a little, very little, bit higher if compared to the more used solutions like Lazy Susan and alike.

posted by Zenoforum on 2008-03-05 17:56:33
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lightspeed - great point. I hadn't thought of that.

posted by twenty twenty-one on 2008-03-05 17:56:40
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Usability-wise, lightspeed is right. This is inventive but not user-friendly. Plus, think of the sacrifice you are making - you have to deal with TWO unsable corners flanking that drawer now.

posted by siongchinchan on 2008-03-05 18:01:41
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A waste of space.

posted by PlanItGirl on 2008-03-05 18:32:24
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Ouch. I actually think it's cool-looking (aside from the scary feng shui potential), but can you imagine walking into that? My shins hurt just thinking about it.

posted by firecracker on 2008-03-05 18:36:12
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It does hurt to look at it!

posted by PlanItGirl on 2008-03-05 18:58:32
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That thing looks like it could impale someone!

posted by Michael on 2008-03-05 19:27:31
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Wow, another tough crowd. That seems to be happening more and more. Where's the love?

posted by patrick (the other one) on 2008-03-05 20:29:01
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I really like it and am fairly skeptical about feng shui anyway so that's immaterial to me.

posted by Gigi818 on 2008-03-05 20:57:06
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THis is not a product made by Heritage. THey are simply Blum drawer slides (the same brand used by Poggenpohl, IKEA, henrybuilt, etc). Blum's invention, though I've seen a number of cabinetmakers claim it as unique to their own lines. Point being: you could convert your own corner cab to the same thing by buying the corner slides from a BLum distributor. I bet they're a bitch to install though.

posted by greeps on 2008-03-06 09:12:29
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I like the backsplash!

posted by Lizzykewl on 2008-03-06 18:25:37
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