Kitchen Corner Access

After three decades I decided to modernize my kitchen by substitution of shelves to drawers.

Particularly the corner shelf irritated, and I made a moveable drawer to solve that problem.

Drawer slides for moving in two directions is the key .

The slides under the box are seen mounted in the inner corner here, and the drawer slides on the side of the box.

Brackets, angle iron, metal thread baskets, rollers, scews and some softwood pieces.

The old shelves are reused.

This is not an easy project, but very rewarding, and after a lot of measuring and testing I reused the old shelves in this simple box. Two sides are higher to cover the top shelf, but the third is to be completed later. One corner of the back is tapered for mounting reasons.

Separate the slides and fasten the brackets that will be screwed to the carcase and the box.

Add a pair of rollers to the box so the slides not will flex under load.

Fasten the slides to the box and cut a piece of shelf the same size as the box side to be attached to the slides.

The baskets I found were a bit too long, so I cut off the wires in the end and then, after sawing a notch in each end, bent it 90 degees and made holes for mounting.

An angle iron is bolted between the slides.

A piece of softwood in the lower part of each basket is needed to level it.

Another piece between the baskets steady up and will later hold the front together with the angle iron.

The slides are screwed to the carcass as shown in supplies picture.

Then the box is pushed in standing on the side, tilted to right position and pushed into the slides.

The ridge at the inner part can now be installed.

Slide the drawer into place, mark the position of the front and fix it with screws.

This is a bit tricky and I don’t remember how I made it, perhaps I used double coated tape and temporary support.

Maybe it is better to add some adjustable hardware to avoid repositioning.

The heavy and rarely used things are placed in the box, and light and frequently used in the drawer for easy access.