I want to make some under-counter trash bins for the kitchen. The counter I want them to go under is 25-1/4" wide and 20" deep. I have to separate paper from bottles and cans, so I need three bins -- trash, paper, bottles & cans. My idea is to have a triple bin that slides out on drawer slides from under the counter.
Here's the catch: each bin can be at most about 18" x 8" to fit in this space. Normally for a kitchen trash bin I'd just use a Rubbermaid type wastebasket, but I haven't been able to find anything close to being narrow enough. So now I'm thinking I might just make something instead. My first impulse is just to make a three-compartment box out of 1/2" birch plywood. But where I'm getting hung up is how to make some sort of lip for the trash bags to hang from.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Here's the catch: each bin can be at most about 18" x 8" to fit in this space. Normally for a kitchen trash bin I'd just use a Rubbermaid type wastebasket, but I haven't been able to find anything close to being narrow enough. So now I'm thinking I might just make something instead. My first impulse is just to make a three-compartment box out of 1/2" birch plywood. But where I'm getting hung up is how to make some sort of lip for the trash bags to hang from.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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