Hasta La Ideas

Reader Marnie submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer:

Our house has corner kitchen cabinets with lots of wasted space. Is a lazy susan the way to go? I feel like there is a decent amount of unused space when they are used. Do you have any recommendations?

Marnie, I love this question because I had been struggling with the same problem in my kitchen and recently found a solution. The answer we discovered are storage systems that use the descriptive phrase “blind corner” in their names. Some are called “blind corner tracks” or “blind corner cabinet systems” or some version of all of those words.

They’re regular cabinet shelves that sit on a hinge and a pivoting mechanism. The unit pulls out into the room so that you can have easy access to everything on the shelves. When it is not in use, it folds back into the cupboard and occupies every nook and cranny. It is leaps and bounds more efficient than a lazy susan.

Check at your local home improvement store to see what they carry. Online, I’ve found that most of these systems are in the $500-$700 range. That is a higher price than what we found locally.

Thank you, Marnie, for submitting your question for our Ask Unclutterer column.

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