Kitchen corner cabinets in both walls and bases can be divided into three distinct shapes: diagonal, square (pie-cut), and blind. They are often difficult to access completely, although there are several internal accessory options that can make these cabinets more functional. Lazy Susans or some type of swing-out storage solution are the most commonly used.

Dura Supreme Swing-out basket storage for corner cabinets.

A Blind Corner with a Swing Out with Wire Baskets from Dura Supreme Cabinetry.

Corner wall cabinets typically require 24” or more of space out of each corner. Base corner cabinet space requirements can range from 33” to 42” out of each corner. Blind corner cabinets utilize the standard 24” of depth but need a minimum width of 39”. Based on all of these dimensions corner cabinets require a lot of space. What if the layout doesn’t provide the necessary space to accommodate a decent-sized, accessible corner cabinet? 

 

A sink base cabinet with a bump-out and decorative toe kick detail with white inset cabinets from Dura Supreme.

The wide sink limits the options for corner storage in this space, but they make up for it with wide drawers and cabinets on the sides and pull-out storage with a pull-out spice rack on the left and pull-out tray storage on the right.

Kitchen design by Studio M Kitchen & Bath in Plymouth, Minnesota.

One option would be to void the corner, creating space that is blocked off and inaccessible. While this may not be the ideal solution (wasting perfectly good storage space) there are some advantages. In a base corner, the voided space would typically be 27”. The advantage of the voided corner is that it allows for larger cabinets on either side of the corner.

Why would you void a corner with kitchen cabinets? A wall cabinet corner with a voided corner in minty green painted finish and inset cabinet doors.

A kitchen design featuring voided corners in the wall and base cabinets. Design by Karr Bick Kitchen & Bath of Brentwood, Missouri. Photo by Lisa Mitchell.

In the case below instead of a 36″square corner base and a 6″ cabinet right and an 18″ cabinet on the left, there is a 15″ drawer base on the right and a 30″ drawer base on the left.

Before

A voided corner during installation. You can see the space in the corner will be inaccessible after the countertops are installed.

A voided corner in a kitchen design with drawers on each side.
After

Two wider drawer bases in the corner became possible by voiding the corner space.

While not for everyone, voiding a corner makes sense in certain spaces. Talk to your local Dura Supreme designer to discover the best corner cabinet solution for your kitchen design. 

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