I replaced all my kitchen cabinets with Lowes Arcadia cabinets. I made measurements of all my previous cabinets and placed my order using the same dimensions. Everything fits except for one 24×35 cabinet:
The old cabinet I replaced was 24×35 as well, but the drawers were narrower. Without the pull knob on the right perpendicular drawer, I am barely able to pull out the left side drawer. I am thinking, should I cut the face of the top left drawer on the far right side so I have enough clearance to pull out the drawer? Maybe leave the cut out face attached to the cabinet for appearance's sake? Or should I just suck it up and buy a smaller 18×35 cabinet? I'm not thrilled about dropping another hundred bucks because of less than 2 inches; also, the smaller cabinet would be waste of space on its right side (about 6 inches of dead space).
Note that while drilling left side cabinet to attach it to the cabinet besides it (the kitchen sink base cabinet) with a poor quality Kobalt titanium bit, the bit broke off and was impossible to remove without digging it out of the wood. So the cabinet is slightly damaged and not possible to return to Lowes.
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I know...and the cabinet "salesman" didn't offer to explain about the clearances needed or the "closure" trim needed in the corner due to a narrower cabinet either...very helpful wasn't he.
So, I don't see an easy fix without it looking like a mistake, so, I'd buy the narrower cabinet and chalk it up to experience. Be sure to get the 2" - 3" wide trim that runs vertically in the corner. (By the way, will the right hand drawer clear the left hand cabinet pull without a vertical "closure" trim too.)
Remember, the kitchen is a key element in the resale of the house...you want it top-notch. Buyers spend some time in the kitchen when checking out a house to buy.