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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.
The blocked-off corner space is what happens when you buy pre-made cabinets instead of having them custom-built. (Unless the cabinet manufacturer happens to offer a dedicated corner piece, and the measurements work out such that it fits in your kitchen, I guess.)
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.
They should make spring loaded shelves that can rise out of the counter top for those spots: the lazy suzan things are better than nothing but still a bit of a pain when something gets in the way of it's path out of the cupboard
This guy commented a bit lower with pics of what you mentioned. They look pretty cool.
You can spend untold amounts on ways of using that space.
Small space? Pop-up spice rack.
Larger space? Pop-up coffee maker.
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
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.
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.
I've got the lazy susans! Three of them!! Ahahahaha!!!
Same! Four here. Such a good use of space.
Three? Wow. Susan ain’t lazy in your house.
Overly conscientious Susan.
"Oversized" and "cheap" are relative terms.
Also, not everyone obsessively buys and hoards crap they don't need. My kitchen cabinets are half empty, because I don't buy things like air fryers, and bread machines, and food dehydrators, or whatever the latest single purpose cheap appliance is.
I wouldn't call an air fryer single purpose
My air fryer was free, it was broken and I fixed it.
We use it occasionally, but I don't know that I'd buy another when it breaks
It doesn't have to be for kitchen goods
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.