Reference

How the Organizer Dimensions Table Is Built

The method behind our sourced kitchen organizer dimension reference: which products are in the cohort, how each dimension is sourced and dated, how unit conversions and source disagreements are handled, and how corrections are made.

What this dataset is

It is a bounded reference table of the exterior dimensions that makers state for a named cohort of kitchen organizers. The cohort is the set of cabinet, drawer and pull-out organizers already covered in our storage guides, so a reader comparing two products in a guide can check their real footprints side by side. It is a named sample, not a market census, and no figure is averaged across brands or inferred for a product whose maker did not state it.

How a dimension gets into the table

  1. The product must appear in one of our published storage guides and have an identifiable model or manufacturer part number.
  2. Its size comes from the maker's own product page, or from an authorised seller or distributor page that republishes the maker's specification. That exact source URL and its retrieval date are stored on the row.
  3. The stated wording is kept verbatim, in its original unit, alongside a to-inch conversion where the source used a different unit.
  4. Where the source also states a minimum cabinet opening, that is kept in a separate column from the product's own exterior size, because they are different measurements.

Units and conversions

Values are reported in inches. Where a source states centimetres, the inch value is converted at 1 in = 2.54 cm and labelled as derived; the original centimetre value stays on the row. The primary unit for the whole table is inches.

When two sources disagree

They often do, by a fraction of an inch or more, and that is useful to know rather than hide. When a second source states a different value for the same model, both are kept and the disagreement is recorded in the row's notes; the value is never averaged, and a range is not invented from two points. Empty cells mean the source did not state that dimension, not that it is zero. Where two distributor sheets state different sizes for one model, that is one row with both observations, not two rows; where a maker states a separate minimum opening, the stricter published minimum is used if the size is ever referenced, and the alternative is still shown.

Ranges, sets and shaped products

A product with a single stated size is shown as one number. A product that expands, such as an expandable tray, keeps its stated range and is never collapsed to one value. A set is shown as a set, with each stated piece footprint, and no single exterior size is invented for it. Round, kidney-shaped, pie-cut and blind-corner products are shown by their stated diameter, depth and height, but they are not rectangular boxes, so they are excluded from the two fit tools and labelled with their shape. The downloadable CSV carries the same facts as the table, including ranges, minimum openings and piece geometry.

What is deliberately excluded

Prices, star ratings, review counts and load or capacity ratings are out of scope. A dimension alone never proves a fit or a load rating, so this table makes no such claim. Products with no stated exterior size and no identifiable model are left out instead of estimated.

Freshness, correction and removal

Every row shows the date its source was retrieved. A product's listing can change, so a row is only as current as that date. If you find a value that no longer matches its source, or think a row is wrong, tell us through the contact page and we will re-check the source and either correct, re-date or remove the row. A corrected row keeps its retrieval date updated to the re-check and the change is noted. If a product is discontinued and its source page disappears, the row is removed rather than left pointing at a dead link.

Using it with the fit tools

The pull-out fit checker and the drawer layout checker read the same dataset. They do plain arithmetic against the numbers you enter; they do not predict real-world fit, and they are a measuring aid, not a guarantee.