Features of using a corner cabinet with a sink
Corner furniture can be stylish and comfortable, but before installation, you should find out its advantages and disadvantages, familiarize yourself with the types of corner elements in order to choose the best model.
Advantages
The obvious advantages of installing a headset with a corner cabinet and a sink include:
- Rational use of space. In most rooms, a corner is an unoccupied area. A cabinet with a sink will become a useful and functional element of the kitchen.
- neat appearance,
- Spaciousness. Under the sink next to the pipe, you can place many more items.
- The corner is the most suitable place for the sink, since it is usually in this place that communications pass.
- Convenient location. The sink, located almost in the center of the headset, allows you to quickly get to it, which saves a lot of time in the cooking process.
There is a huge selection of all kinds of corner cabinets with sinks for the kitchen on the market.
Pendant lights designed to illuminate the sink area look stylish and original.
Flaws
The disadvantages of using corner cabinets with sinks include:
- Inconvenience of use. Getting to the contents of a standard corner cabinet can be difficult. This situation can be corrected using modern storage systems.
- Low reliability. Corner furniture is more prone to breakage than straight furniture.
You can use convenient storage sections at the bottom of the corner cabinet in the kitchen
A cabinet with a sink in the kitchen can be placed not against a load-bearing wall
The main categories of things used
Typically, each kitchen contains:
- many knives, spoons and forks
- various utensils for cooking;
- aprons, potholders and towels;
- rags;
- all kinds of detergents and cleaning products;
- various household accessories;
- household trifles;
- large and small kitchen appliances;
- long-term storage products;
- tea and coffee;
- dried fruits;
- dishes for eating;
- paper, linen and plastic bags and bags;
- bakery products;
- medicines for first aid;
- random little things;
- banks;
- glass and plastic bottles;
- full and empty containers of various materials;
- waste containers, etc.
Each category of things and objects must be thoughtfully placed in the kitchen so as not to be damaged, made to serve as long as possible and arranged in the most convenient way for the hostess.
It is not always possible to store everything in cabinets and drawers. But it is also impossible to completely force tables and buffets. Therefore, there are certain ideas that help women cook with maximum convenience for them.
Once placing things in the right order, you only need to regularly maintain it and put everything in the strictly designated place.
How can you use a corner cabinet
Inside the corner cabinet in the kitchen you can put:
- The trash can is an essential item in the kitchen. Hidden behind the doors of a floor cabinet, it will not attract the attention of guests. Today, it is popular to use containers that allow sorting waste: paper, glass, organic matter.
- Part of kitchen appliances, for example, a water filter, a food waste disposer.
- Boiler. This is a flow model. Only a compact heater will fit under the sink.
- Kitchen utensils, cleaning products, pet food, etc.
The corner cabinet under the sink can be equipped with two shelves for storing household chemicals
To increase the capacity of the corner cabinet in the kitchen, you should install in it:
- A pull-out basket that holds a lot of items and rolls out gently when the handle is pulled;
- Shelves-carousels, allowing you to easily get all the items laid out on them;
- Ordinary wooden shelves, which should be installed on the side walls of the cabinet;
- Boxes of an unusual shape, with a cut out center through which a sewer pipe passes.
Storage system in the kitchen in the corner cabinet under the sink
How to store dishes
Usually there are no problems with these. Most kitchen sets have special dryers that are installed inside the cabinet - upper or lower near the sink. But if you don’t have it, then the second way is very simple - stack the plates on top of each other, and put the glasses next to each other or hang them on small hooks.
To be honest, I don’t see any big problems, I think you shouldn’t have any questions regarding the storage of dishes. Another thing is to develop a system that will help keep your home clean and tidy.
So let's sum up all of the above.
- First of all, the determinant with the organization of washing. Leave everything as it is or modernize this place by adding accessories?
- Then organize a place under the sink, taking into account your interests, what you are going to store there, and, of course, the possibilities. Don't forget to throw away the trash, leave only what you really use. You don't need a hundred thousand cleaners and detergents. Leave only the essentials. Then there will be more space.
- In parallel, make a list of possible purchases (Wishlist).
- From this day on, start creating a healthy habit - immediately after eating, wash the dishes. If you have big children, then talk to them, let them take on some of the responsibilities, for example, wash the dishes only for themselves. And in order not to forget about it, hang a leaflet or a sticker with a reminder.
- Decide for yourself how many times a year you will tidy up the lower cabinet under the sink, declutter it and wipe the shelves, wash the bucket. For example, I do this once a month. Mark these days on your household calendar. Write it down on your monthly to-do list.
See you soon!
Additional kitchen appliances
It is advisable to have a separate box where you can put rarely used, but necessary little things in the household (bags, twine, lids, etc.).
The dryer for washed dishes also has a number of attachments. It can accommodate clean rubber gloves and other frequently used utility items.
Detergents are best placed in the space under the sink, which must be arranged accordingly. Glass jars, soap, powders and other household items are placed in boxes, containers or recesses.
Usually mezzanines adjoin the kitchen. Items used only in exceptional cases, seasonal items, as well as things intended for receiving guests are stored there.
Application for storage of horizontal surfaces
Larger household appliances (combine, microwave, steamer, etc.) are best placed on the countertop. Those appliances that are used only occasionally should be removed so that they do not deteriorate and do not create a feeling of tightness.
Many housewives try to improve such surfaces a little. They make a small recess in which small appliances for cooking are placed.
It also has a bread box.
Do not forget about the windowsill. Most often, flowers are placed on it, but it is also often used to store full and empty bottles. If it is high enough, it can also be used as a bar.
A number of spices or fruits are grown right on the window, allowing you to save the family budget by getting fresh greens and saving the required space.
