If you have one of these, what do you use it for?
I’m trying to get motivated via the, “Bag a Week” thread to do some purging/decluttering. I am also wanting to get a bit more organized/streamlined in our kitchen. Trying to figure out the best use of this space from an organizational/storage standpoint.
I have this both in my upper corner cabinet and my lower one.
The upper one is where I keep all my spices, baking powder, salt, etc. Easy to find everything…I just spin it around.
The below counter holds mixing bowls and pie plates on the bottom, and the top shelf has my glass fridge small storage containers/lids.
Ha! I actually have this! We put it in with our kitchen remodel. It’s the bottom cabinet. On the top level I have the pots and skillets we use regularly. The bottom we have things we use less regularly - the Foreman grill, waffle maker, cake pans, etc. But in 4 years I haven’t had to reorganize anything. It stays nice and neat. It was such a mess before
Gosh - y’all have hefty stuff in there. I have nice quality cabinets - I guess I could put heavier items in there.
I only have one in my lower cabinets.
We had one in House1 - just the bottom one. It was used to store things I rarely used, like crockpot, turkey platters, etc.
One corner has spices, condiments, oils etc. other corner has cans like soups etc, peanut butter etc.
My lower corner cabinet has a door that opens…and a full circle lazy Susan in it. That’s what I have. Really…I can’t put anything THAT big or heavy on my round shelves.
Others have a door that opens and the shelves pull out hooked to the door.
Others have a corner cabinet without lazy Susan…just shelves. In my experience, those are the type where the less used items go.
@BunsenBurner which kind did you have that could accommodate heavier and bigger things?
Mine is pretty sturdy. I have flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch etc. and a basket with coffee and coffee filters on the top. The bottom is mostly a million kinds of tea (DIL and her family give us tea every time they visit!) and chocolate, both for baking and eating and drinking.
Upper one has spices above an appliance “garage” that hides the coffee maker and toaster.
Lower one has tupperware and pitchers.
I put a lot of weight on my lower level kitchen corner unit - large and smaller food processors, stick blender, vitamix blender, hand mixer and all the blades and attachments for these appliances.
That cabinet has 2 half moon shelves that rotate and extend out of the cabinet cavity. Haven’t had any trouble with all the weight. It’s this half moon version from Rev A Shelf.
https://www.rev-a-shelf.com/blind-corner-accessories-info
My laundry room has the more traditional lower corner cabinets with a folding cabinet door to expose the entire corner. I used this Pie Cut lazy susan from Rev A Shelf. I load those up with very heavy things like Costco size laundry detergent and cleaning supplies. It’s amazing how much I can get on those shelves.
https://www.rev-a-shelf.com/lazy-susans-info
It was a two-shelf lazy Susan with a 3/4 circle shelves… the cabinet door was a folding door to accommodate that. I stored heavier stuff on the bottom shelf.
I used mine for baking gear too.
We have one in a lower cabinet by the sink and it’s mainly full of storage containers of all sizes. There’s also a little bakeware.
I have 2 tiered upper and lower ones from IKEA. They are full circle and rotate all the way around. Bottom one has small appliances (crockpot) and larger dishes, mixing bowls, chip and salsa dish, and whatever else we cram in there on both tiers. It doesn’t mind the weight. The upper cabinet is where we keep cereal, some snacks, also some very small appliances on the top shelf (a mini waffle maker and mini donut maker).
I love those things.
Yours sounds much larger than mine! Mine are full circles, but not large enough for a Turkey platter or a crockpot. But I like them a lot…without those lazy Susan things, that corner would be a black hole!
So I guess my bottom ones are 3/4ths but they do go all the way around. They look like this, but not in white. Products - IKEA
The top is like this, but again not in white: UTRUSTA Wall corner cabinet carousel - IKEA
Mine are full circles! Above and below the counters.
I used to put canned goods in ours until the weight became too much and it cracked., DH replaced it and now I have on the bottom: oils, vinegars, some light hardly-used utensils (wonder cup, sieve etc). The top shelf has containers with measuring cups (dry and liquid), salts, and a few more weird utensils
