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.

  • Unleaded8163@fedia.io
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    7 days ago

    I had something like this in that kind of corner: https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/utrusta-corner-base-cab-pull-out-fitting-gray-50596762/ Mine was right next to the range as well, it was a little awkward because the cupboard door couldn’t quite open all the way. You could also just extend a cupboard back into the void. Some of the stuff at the back gets hard to reach, but most people have kitchen stuff they only need once in a while, so it’s not too bad to have to go deep for some things.

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      7 days ago

      This is it. My mother has the exact (maybe not exact, but really similar) setup, and she’s got some pullouts like these. $190 seems pretty reasonable too, these things can get expensive AF.