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K I T C H E N P L A N N I N G G U I D E L I N E 2 7
Storage
Recommended:
The total shelf/drawer frontage*
is:
a. 1400″ (35,560 mm) for a small
kitchen (less than 150 square
feet) (14 m
2
).
b. 1700″ (43,180 mm) for a
medium kitchen (151 to 350
square feet) (14 m
2
to 32.5 m
2
).
c. 2000″ (50,800 mm) for a large
kitchen (greater than 350
square feet) (32.5 m
2
).
The totals for wall, base, drawer,
and pantry shelf/drawer frontage
can be adjusted upward or
downward as long as the
recommended total stays the same.
Do not apply more than the
recommended amount of storage
in the miscellaneous category to
meet the total frontage
recommendation.
Shelf/Drawer Frontage in Inches
Small Medium Large
Wall 300” 360” 360”
Base 520” 615” 660”
Drawer 360” 400” 525
Pantry 180” 230” 310”
Misc. 40” 95” 145”
Shelf/Drawer Frontage in Millimeters
Small Medium Large
Wall 7620 mm 9144 mm 9144 mm
Base 1320 mm 15621 mm 16764 mm
Drawer 9144 mm 10160 mm 13335 mm
Pantry 4572 mm 5842 mm 7874 mm
Misc. 1016 mm 2413 mm 3683 mm
*
Shelf and drawer frontage is
determined by multiplying the cabinet
size by the number and depth of the
shelves or drawers in the cabinet,
using the following formula: Cabinet
width in inches × number of shelf and
drawers × cabinet depth in feet (or
fraction thereof) = Shelf and Drawer
Frontage.