Glossary
Lazy susan
A rotating turntable for cabinets and corners that brings items at the back within reach with a spin.
A lazy susan is a round rotating platform, usually installed in a corner cabinet or set loose on a shelf, that lets you spin stored items into reach instead of kneeling down and digging past everything in front. Corner cabinets are notoriously wasted space in small kitchens because the back third is hard to reach at all, and a turntable turns that dead zone into usable storage.
Freestanding turntables for spice jars, oils, and condiments work on any flat shelf or countertop, while cabinet-mounted versions are usually a two or three tier unit fixed to the cabinet floor. Tiered lazy susans hold more without stacking items directly on top of each other, which matters for anything in a jar or bottle that is awkward to stack.
A common mistake is choosing a diameter that is too large for the cabinet opening, so the turntable cannot spin freely once the door swings closed, or too small, which wastes the space advantage entirely. Measure the actual usable width and depth of the cabinet or corner before ordering rather than estimating.