10 Small Kitchen Ideas to Maximize Space!

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Make a Blind-Corner Cabinet More Accessible

Blind-corner cabinets are cabinets on inside corners that are accessible from only one door. If you have a blind-corner cabinet in your kitchen, you know how hard it is to reach anything that gets shoved to the back. Most kitchen designers will try to plan space for a lazy Susan base cabinet instead of a blind corner. If you have a blind-corner cabinet, try any one of these kitchen cabinet organizers that will change your life.

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Store Dishes in the Eating Area

Why not store your dishes where you use them? Sure, it’ll mean a little extra work when you put them away, but they’ll be convenient to use, and you can save kitchen space for cooking items. For example, a pair of custom-built cabinets could look perfect in a dining room setting. The dishes are stored a few steps from the dishwasher and within easy reach of the dining room table. You don’t have to build a custom cabinet. Bankers’ bookcases or other glass-front cases work well too. You can find these at antiques stores.

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Consider a Cabinet-Depth Refrigerator

Cabinet-depth refrigerators stick out about 6 to 8 in. in front of your cabinets, robbing you of valuable floor space and crowding passageways. If you’re designing a new kitchen, consider buying a shallow-depth refrigerator. It’ll make your kitchen seem much more spacious, and depending on the floor plan, may even allow you to gain cabinet space across from the refrigerator. Cabinet-depth refrigerators cost a little more, about $1,500 for the least expensive versions, but the extra cost is easy to justify if you need the space.

Recessing a standard-depth refrigerator into the stud wall is another way to increase space (you’ll gain about 4 in.). You’ll have to cut out one or two studs and add a header over the opening for support. You’ll also have to relocate the outlet if it’s located directly behind the refrigerator.