• Beacon@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    You have to live in a very oversized house in area where space is extremely cheap to decide to just throw space away. Yes that wedge of corner space under the counter is inconvenient, but it would still be useful for things you only need to get to very occasionally.

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      Spaces like that are more common than you’d think when it comes to countertops. Some older kitchens used that space for lazy Susan style rotating shelves, but you don’t see it much anymore.

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        Might be because these corner sections don’t work if you want everything drawers instead of shelves. That’s the issue I’ve run into

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          Yup. We had a house like that and I told me wife, "fuck it. make it a basic one shelf cabinet and store crap in it.

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          Even then it doesn’t make sense to wall off the space. People have things that they’ll almost never use again but don’t want to throw away. A tucked away space is perfect for that. Just cut a big hole in the sidewall facing the wedge area, now you have storage space you can reach when you take out the drawers.

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      I use it for things I rarely ever use, like the microwave.

      I would get rid of it but sometimes when we invite people over to have food and they bring microwave meals.