Cupboard to fit in space for washing machine or dryer

RHemmings

Thanks @CherryFudge. I'm probably going to end up with a selection of kitchen stuff in plastic boxes in the loft, and then I can sort things out over time. There's other work to do for the house too. I'm going to put up some hooks for hanging pots and frypans. There are some in the photos from Rightmove, but they are not there now I also hope to have magnetic spice racks on the side of the fridge. Oh, the kettle is near. That might be a problem due to steam. 

It could be that if I select right, none of the kitchen stuff in the loft gets used year after year and then problem solved

Some of the other units are pull-out. Not with metal cages like that. I think there would be no trouble accessing normal drawers there, and that's what I'm used to at the moment. 

I think that the Wuudi 2 Tier Sliding Baskets Cupboard Organiser thing would work just as it is, not inside anything. I just make sure that everything is upside down so that dust doesn't settle on the insides. A cheap solution too. 

AlexMac

RHemmings said:

… If I removed that part of the worksurface (but I need worksurface), then I could put a narrower and taller cupboard there.

If you’re happy to do (or learn) some basic carpentry or making good, and if I’ve corrrectly understood that -

a) you have an oddly shaped bit of worktop , and ain’t afraid to rip it out..?
b) you want a shallower storage unit; ie one which doesn’t stick out the usual 550-600+mm from the wall..?

As an alternative to a tall, shallow cupboard, you could fake up a shallower kitchen cupboard with a narrower worktop?  Just buy a kitchen wall unit carcasse the right width, and add the usual 4 legs that you’ll see on the bottom of most kitchen base units. Wall units come in two heights, and the taller ones are the same height as  a base carcasse (in B&Qanyway)   Then top it with any old bit of board or a short of worktop, cut to length and with 200-or so mm of depth cut off along the back. I recycled an old blockboard timber coffee table top in my kitchen as a worktop;it looks great.  

I also did this for the kids when they wanted more worktop but had a very narrow galley kitchen; full depth units and 600mm worktops on one side with the washer and dishwasher below; a run of shallow ones with a 400mm worktop on the other wall. 

TMI?

RHemmings

Thanks @AlexMac - a long time ago I said that I wanted to start doing DIY. However, I'm really not confident and was thinking of starting with something like a planter or a fence at my allotment. Over time. It was only recently that I put together my first Ikea cupboard, and that was a step forward for me

However, popping something on the top of a kitchen carcass (and add a kickboard) might be an easy project. It wouldn't even have to be a piece of wood - as it's effectively just stopping dust it could be something like a piece of opaque Perspex with matching colour, glued on. 

RHemmings

This is the space in question. I really need to put something there  



EDIT: Wait, is that a triangular cupboard I see? (Found on the net). 

Cherryfudge

It's nothing like I imagined, but I do like your tiles!

As the counter is quite an irregular shape and space to get through the door would be limited with a conventional unit, could you have a simple frame with a door on it set parallel to the wall but very shallow? A six inch deep cupboard, effectively. Then on the inside of the door and on the wall if there's space, put some of those mini shelving units designed for spice and small jars? Something like this or in single tiers. You don't have to keep spices in it - with careful measuring you might be able to store pan lids, utensils, etc. If there aren't any toddlers around, a magnetic knife rack could live there too.

If the work surface will take cup hooks, maybe use the underside to store mugs or pans?

Depending on which way the door was hung, you might have room under the surface to the left to hang a towel and tea towel, keys, etc.

What I'm not sure about from the photo - and presuming it's an older house - is whether the space is 600mm. Older houses were invented before modern specifications!

RHemmings

Thanks. I can go for the cheap solution. I buy two of those big plastic storage boxes and put my packets of dry grains and legumes in them

Cherryfudge

Perfect! They even catch stray grains that would just clutter up a cupboard!

badger09

RHemmings said:

Thanks. I can go for the cheap solution. I buy two of those big plastic storage boxes and put my packets of dry grains and legumes in them

Won’t they obstruct the (narrow?) doorway?

chris_n

Why not just replicate the shape of the worktop but 40mm shallower and put a couple of shelves there. It could be constructed so doors could be fitted later if desired but that would require some bespoke construction (but it's what I would do).

RHemmings

badger09 said:

RHemmings said:

Thanks. I can go for the cheap solution. I buy two of those big plastic storage boxes and put my packets of dry grains and legumes in them

Won’t they obstruct the (narrow?) doorway?

I have a number of plastic boxes of that type of different sizes being used for different purposes already. I can experiment and find the maximum size that doesn't obstruct.

Note: plastic boxes would be a temporary measure, though I may have a history of temporary measures like that becoming permanent. 

chris_n said:

Why not just replicate the shape of the worktop but 40mm shallower and put a couple of shelves there. It could be constructed so doors could be fitted later if desired but that would require some bespoke construction (but it's what I would do).

This is entirely possible. I'm used to shelving being high up, so I'm having to visualise it. Having something with a door that matches the rest of the kitchen may be a good way of making the kitchen look a touch bigger.

I've heard that there are fancy storage solutions where you pull something down from the ceiling. But, I couldn't find pictures online of the type I was imagining I saw before.