I am having great difficulty accessing kitchen cupboards,

3 years ago

I have decided I need drawers rather than cupboards to enable me to access everything in my kitchen. My kitchen has been in situ for 8 years and I am not in a position to have a new one. Can drawers be retro fitted? I think I would need 8-9 plus maybe a pullout larder.

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Sonia
3 years ago
I can’t answer your question, but I totally agree how easier access is with drawers.
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Carolina
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Hi,

I think you probably can convert your cabinets, but you'd need the same colour fronts, or a very contrasting colour if you can't find the same fronts. Or all new fronts. You could ask your kitchen supplier if it is a possibility. Another option would be to have pull out drawers installed behind the doors. Like these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Pullout-Drawers/s?k=Kitchen+Pullout+Drawers
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Daisy England
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Yes you can swap a door for a drawer. All base cabinets are the same height so you just need to decide how many drawers you want in each unit. Some have 2 x 355mm high pan drawers, others have 3, 4 or even 5 drawers. You would need to buy new fascias, drawer boxes of the size in relation to the height of the drawer you plan to swap to, runners and new handles.

It’s a bit of a fiddly job if you’re not into DIY so I would recommend getting a kitchen fitter in to do the job.
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Maureen courtenay-thompson
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you Daisy, some good suggestions there. There is no question of it being a DIY job - I cant get down to the cupboards let alone do anything when I got there! I just want to find ways a) to convert cupboards to drawers and b) to do it on a limited budget.
Maureen courtenay-thompson
Original Author
3 years ago
Also thank you Carolina for doing that research. That sounds like a very reasonable way of converting the cupboards and will certainly go straight into my ideas book
Carolina
3 years ago
Good luck with it. Hope you can find a good solution
Wumi
3 years ago

I would keep your doors and go for pull out drawers as @Carolina suggested. You could also make your door into one deep bottom drawer with additional internal drawers inside. I’ve seen this done with an IKEA kitchen.
Maureen courtenay-thompson
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Thank you Wumi. I am so glad I came on here to ask my question I have had such good advice. Such a sense of relief!
Maureen courtenay-thompson
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Thank you Sonia. It's nice to have support for my views. Isn't it great that I have had such useful answers. All I need now is someone competent to fit them!
Daisy England
3 years ago
Maureen, where are you based?
Maureen courtenay-thompson
Original Author
3 years ago
London, Daisy
Daisy England
3 years ago
Ok. I wondered if you were Midlands based and then I could have make some suggestions. Sorry can’t help with London area.
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Maureen courtenay-thompson
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3 years ago
You are so kind Daisy. Alas that won't work.

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