There’s an approximately 24"×24"×32" space in the corner of my kitchen between the actual cabinet and the range.
I’m at a loss. The house is fairly small, and I’m an efficiency nut, so 10ft³ of totally useless space bugs me. The proximity to the oven would make extending the cabinet back that way and using some kind of blind-corner storage solution impractical.
We’ve been thinking about getting a new water heater, the current one is ancient and lives in a little enclosure outside, about 12’ away. Can we get one of those short ones and tuck it in there or is that likely to overheat?
We’ve also been talking about a whole-house water fountain system, but I’m worried that changing filters would be incredibly annoying.
Oh wow, I have the exact same setup, with the same airfryer in that corner. When we bought the house, it already had a blind corner cabinet pullout. When you open the cabinet door, it pulls to the side with storage attached to the door and pulls out what is kept in the corner. Pretty cool. Here’s a picture of something similar as I can’t find the exact one.
Oh, just saw you said a blind cabinet solution is impractical. Can I ask why? I guess you’d have to rework your existing cabinetry, but mine is right next to the stove, just like your picture. You’d just have to reverse the door opening direction.
Mostly the hassle involved to extend the cabinet (color matching, retrofitting, etc), but also the super tight clearance. I already had to cut a notch out of the drawer to clear the range knobs, and even then I still have to open the oven to clear the handle.
I could do a blind cabinet, but I feel like it’s not the optimal use of the space, since those pullout solutions tend not to utilize the full space. That’s why I was leaning towards a short water heater or extending the lower portion of the linen closet on the other side of the wall.