If you are considering a kitchen remodel, it’s the perfect time to consider how to maximize the space of your cabinets. At the heart of most kitchen remodels is new cabinetry, however a budget-friendly alternative to brand new cabinets is cabinet refinishing. Imagine what you would do with all the money saved from skipping the brand new cabinets!
When you refinish your cabinets, make sure you check out these useful cabinet kitchen features so when you’re all finished not only will your cabinets look beautiful, but your kitchen will also be more efficient than ever.
1. Corner Cabinets and Lazy Susans
If you have a corner cabinet, you will likely have trouble making use of it. While these cabinets are often quite deep and can hold quite a bit, that same depth makes it hard to get to those items. If you’re using that space now, can you even remember what’s in that back corner, let alone access it? Probably not.
If you have been grappling with this conundrum, a built-in Lazy Susan is the answer. They allow you to swap out your old static shelving for a new option that turns. Now you can see everything stored in your cabinet and easily grab what you need. Mystery solved.
2. Cabinet Tray Dividers
If you have ever tried grabbing your favorite cookie sheet only to have to scuffle in your cabinets for 30 seconds, move the muffin tin and cutting board to finally get to it, you need Cabinet Tray Dividers. As mentioned, storing flat units like cookie sheets, cutting boards, and muffin tins, quickly becomes inefficient. Stacking them on top of each other just leads to a noisy crash or makes it hard to get the one you want, but standing them upright can lead to issues as well.
That is where Cabinet Tray Dividers come to the rescue. Pick a convenient cabinet and add vertical dividers to section-off the space. Now you can add your cookie sheets, cutting boards, and other thin, flat items standing upright, and easily grab what you need when you need it. Efficiency accomplished.
3. Drawer Dividers
In addition to cabinet tray dividers, you can add a number of dividers into your drawers. If you have a “junk drawer” or your utensil drawer requires digging to find that rubber spatula, we here at N-Hance of Wilmington are here to help.
Drawer Dividers help keep the things you’re storing in their proper places, and also make the drawers more user-friendly because you can store more items in the drawers with an organization system in place. Now that rubber spatula is ready to use right where you left it!
4. Hidden Kitchen Appliances
You have probably noticed some newer kitchens have common kitchen appliances “hidden” inside a sleek cabinet. These hidden kitchen appliance storage cabinets safely conceal your microwave, fridge, or other appliances, to create a streamlined look in your kitchen.
Or, perhaps you are not considering hiding larger appliances, but want a convenient space for your smaller kitchen appliances. Small appliances, such as a pressure cooker or a mixer, take up a lot of counter space.
So, maybe it’s time for your appliances to have their own storage garage. This is a cabinet with a door that swings up. A swing-up appliance shelf fits inside your lower cabinet to hold this device when you aren’t using it. The appliance shelf sits behind the wall line and allows you to close up the mixer, coffee pot, and blender when you aren’t using them. When it’s time to use it, you simply swing it up to counter height and get to work. Now your appliances are accessible when you need them and not in the way when you don’t.
If this is something you have considered, call us for a quote at 910-541-1633 to see if your local franchise offers hidden appliance options.
5. What’s Under the Sink?
For many homeowners, even looking under the sink can be an undesirable task. You might store dish soap, cleaning chemicals, or even a small garbage can, under the kitchen sink. However, if you avoid grabbing something under the sink at all costs, you are not alone.
An excellent solution to this issue is to add a pull-out drawer. No more bending over to search under the sink for the sponges. Now you can pull out the drawer to see all of your cleaning supplies or more easily reach your trash can, then slide it back in when you are done.
6. The Pull-Out Pantry
Similar to the Under the Sink options, a Pull-Out Pantry makes your kitchen items more accessible. This pantry looks like a regular cabinet, but pulls out like a drawer. It has several shelving units that can house everything from your paper goods to canned goods. Now you can pull out what you need quickly and then the pantry neatly is tucked away when you are done.
7. Moving Dishes to an Extra Drawer
If you have quite a bit of drawer space in your kitchen design, moving dishes from your cabinets to drawers can be an innovative solution. Typically this option does not require any changes to your actual cabinets or drawers, but is rather a way to rethink your kitchen and create a more ergonomic space.
This option also allows younger children to reach for dishes to help with chores and frees up your cabinets to store those bulky or unusually-shaped items that cannot fit into your drawers.
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