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Lazy Susan Cabinet
A Lazy Susan Cabinet is a Superb Kitchen
Cabinet Design Solution for Storing and Accessing Items in Deep Corners
By: Mark J. Donovan
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A Lazy Susan cabinet is the perfect
kitchen cabinet design solution for corners. From initial appearance it looks
like two kitchen cabinet doors at right angles to one another. However, when you
push or pull on the door(s) the door either rotates inwards or opens outwards to
reveal rotary trays or pull-out cabinets.
Prior to the availability of Lazy Susan cabinets less frequently used kitchen
items were typically stored and forgotten about in the deep recesses of a corner
kitchen cabinet. |
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However, with the advent of the Lazy
Susan cabinet the wasted corner space became a popular location for storing food
items, and pots and pans.
A Lazy Susan cabinet typically consists of one or two rotating trays or
carousels that rotate around a center axis pole within the kitchen cabinet. Lazy
Susan cabinets are also available with drawer systems that easily pull out. |
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A Lazy Susan kitchen cabinet is
typically located in a corner where it would be otherwise hard to reach for
objects. In some cases the kitchen cabinet door system is attached directly to
rotating kidney shaped carousel trays, and in other cases the kitchen cabinet
door system opens up and fully circular tray(s) can be rotated by hand to access
stored items. With most Lazy Susan cabinet systems they can be rotated in either
direction.
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of shapes and styles. Besides the standard kidney or
circular shaped rotating carousel trays, there are also half moon shaped Lazy
Susan Cabinets and drawer system based ones. There are also pie cut Lazy Susan
kitchen cabinets as well as blind corner Lazy Susan cabinet systems, each with
their own unique benefits. Lazy Susan cabinet trays are available in plastic,
wood and metal materials, and come in various dimensional widths and heights.
It is important to consider what you plan on storing on the carousel trays
when buying a Lazy Susan cabinet. |
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quality and ruggedness of Lazy Susan cabinets and their rotating trays and
associated hardware vary widely. Frequently people overstuff low-end Lazy Susan
cabinets and end up breaking the hardware. This results in either the trays not
rotating well or even worse not rotating at all.
So when developing your kitchen
cabinet design consider including Lazy Susan cabinets for those hard to reach
places. Just make sure you select ones that serve your intended storage
purposes. |
Photo by Mark Donovan |
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