Text by Tracy Corriveau, CAPS, CGP, Corriveau Interiors Photography courtesy Kesseböhmer
How many times have you been down on hands and knees trying to find something way in the back of a lower cabinet? Or climbing up on a step stool or chair to reach the upper cabinets? Good kitchen design is about accessibility to all the various items that live in the cabinets.
How do you achieve that? By using storage organization that will bring the items to you and allow easy access.
Pictured are some amazing products that will make your life easier and save your back and knees.
This upper-cabinet unit effortlessly pulls a single or double shelf down and forward with a smooth motion. No more hazardous step stools or chairs.
With this dual-wastebin pullout, you can use one of the bins for recycling. These are also available with a foot pedal or “push to open” with your knee for hands-free access.
Base-unit pullouts hold cookie trays, spices, oils and more.
For storing cleaning supplies, this is the ultimate under-sink storage. Pulling all the way out, it includes a removable carrying caddy with one or three basket sets, and it’s dishwasher-safe. The three-piece set has an upper basket that swivels up for extra storage.
This blind-corner unit is one of the best on the market. It has two adjustable, kidney-shaped shelves that pull all the way out smoothly and effortlessly. It holds 55 pounds per shelf and is also available as an upper-cabinet unit.
Another pantry idea, with shelves on the door supported by the cabinet floor and not by hinges. The back shelves pull forward with adjustable heights and will hold up to 185 pounds.
This Lazy Susan is a corner unit with added technology. The doors fold back inside the cabinet and spin around with the trays, and close automatically when returning to the front. There is an adjustable rotational speed, offering complete customization.
For a pantry idea, this unit pulls all the way out and independently of the door, with access to three sides. All shelves have adjustable heights and will hold up to 285 pounds.
Another upper-cabinet unit, a Lazy Susan offers an offset post located in the back vs. the center — for more storage than a traditional design.
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