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"Unfortunately the depth of the pull outs is 20" so you lose 4" of valuable space."
My pullouts are 21", not a huge difference....the cab depth is 24", but 1" is lost for the shelf facing, 1" for the space btwn the door and the shelf that the pull out sits on, then another 1' separation, plus room for the hardware behind the pullout. The face of my pullouts are 22" from the rear of the cabinet. The pullout matl. is 3/4 select pine, so useable depth is 19.5".
As for the advantage...what MSG stated. Once you have used pullouts, you'll want nothing but pullouts. All or our base cabs have 'em, even one by the stove that fits the 1/2 sheet baking trays/pizza stones/cutting boards, etc., standing upright. Even the double trash cans are on a pullout that I could probably stand on, and it has a shelf for storing the trash bag boxes.
That’s easy-
Just use “pullout shelves”- then you don’t have to try and find matching drawer fronts.
Sure, I've looked at those, but the idea is that you don't have to open the door and THEN pull out the shelf - I think you also get more usable space that way as well. And yes it looks lazy but if I can do it that way, I'd prefer it.
All of our custom cabinets have pull-outs....wouldn't have it any other way...even the corner cabinets have pull out shelves within the lazy susan. No offense to Susan, but these are a huuuuge improvement over the standard plastic corner susan.
IMO....retro-fitting your cabinets is the way to go.
Yes - I've seen these. The one thing I do like with some of these is getting away from the rustic wood look and going with wire pullout shelves instead. My cabinets are white and I guess the style of the kitchen is "transitional" - the less natural colored country kitchen look, the better for my taste.
Sure, I've looked at those, but the idea is that you don't have to open the door and THEN pull out the shelf - I think you also get more usable space that way as well. And yes it looks lazy but if I can do it that way, I'd prefer it.
Your question was about finding matching cabinetry of a two decade vintage. That answer is just about ZERO!
Major cabinet manufacturers don't run a particular line forever- it's literally a numbers game for the bean counters! Then it's on to next line(s).
I offered an easy alternative that doesn't require any hunting of cabinetry- and gives you exactly what you wanted! The amount of space "lost" is the same or less than the drawers that would come from the manufacturer. "Lazy"? Oh, that's the epitome of laziness- too think that having to open a door BEFORE pulling out the "drawer"/shelf will lengthen the cooking time in the kitchen- Go Figure!
I've done plenty of pull-out shelves- for myself and clients. A lot thought the same thing when "loosing space"- But after I showed them what actually can be achieved with them, they were on board. Even base cabinets that have a fixed stile/mullion (the mullion is removed from the base cabinet and is attached to one of the doors) can have a full wide sliding shelf.
Your question was about finding matching cabinetry of a two decade vintage. That answer is just about ZERO!
Major cabinet manufacturers don't run a particular line forever- it's literally a numbers game for the bean counters! Then it's on to next line(s).
I offered an easy alternative that doesn't require any hunting of cabinetry- and gives you exactly what you wanted! The amount of space "lost" is the same or less than the drawers that would come from the manufacturer. "Lazy"? Oh, that's the epitome of laziness- too think that having to open a door BEFORE pulling out the "drawer"/shelf will lengthen the cooking time in the kitchen- Go Figure!
I've done plenty of pull-out shelves- for myself and clients. A lot thought the same thing when "loosing space"- But after I showed them what actually can be achieved with them, they were on board. Even base cabinets that have a fixed stile/mullion (the mullion is removed from the base cabinet and is attached to one of the doors) can have a full wide sliding shelf.
Well, you know how womenfolk are...they like to look and look and look and make stuff really complicated, then they come back around and buy the first thing they saw...so gimme a couple months...
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