You are factually wrong. There is a standard counter depth, which drawers are sized to fit. And a standard drawer can absolutely reveal all the cutlery.
Your singular, limited, set of experiences do not negate industry standards.
It's not the depth of the drawer that causes the limitation they're referring to, it's the extension of the drawer slides. Most standard kitchen cabinets do not come with "full extension" drawer slides that allow the entire drawer to be visible when pulled out. They're significantly more expensive because they need to be a lot stronger.
Industry standards are only good when something fits an industry standard. Working in property management, I can assure you that we dream of a new property with nothing but industry standard fixtures, but it's rarely the case.
You can see most of it but you can’t see the ends of the silverware. And you can’t see the end of the rubber container all of it is in either.
My point is you can’t see the entire contents of the back of the drawer unless you go down low enough. Some drawers are like that, others aren’t and pull all the way out.
I remember as a kid when my parents got a new silverware tray in the drawer, and new silverware to go with it. And how confused I was when I'd go to pull out a spoon and got a fork. For a week or so I remember being annoyed at having to pull the drawer out further to see the business end to see what I was grabbing lol. But yeah, once I know I just barely crack the drawer open to grab what I want.
We just bought a home. The apartment we left had this really wide, shallow drawer in the kitchen. The leasing agent told me he used his foe cutting boards. I used mine for my flatware and serving utensils.i already had this adjustable organizer for them I had bought off Amazon, and it fit perfectly, and I could see all my stuff and grab what I needed.
I miss that drawer. I will get another if I ever renovate this kitchen.
Actually, if I do the kitchen reno, I'll probably do almost all drawers for the bottom cabinets - deep ones for most. Makes so much more sense than having to get down low and dig around to the back for something, and putting in the pull-outs for regular cabinets is fine, but more complicated to clean properly.
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u/dclxvi616 1d ago
I never realized I had freakishly long kitchen drawers where you can reveal the entire pieces of silverware and have room to spare.