Drawer design feedback
My brother and I are designing a camper for our 2015 Outback and would love your opinion on some drawer ideas. We're very happy with the right drawer: the drawer face folds down in front of the stove, extending your counter space.
For the left drawer, we're deciding between two designs: a "drawer-top counter" or a "fold-down counter."
Option 1 gives slightly more storage space, but risks crumbs falling from the counter into the drawer while cooking. The drawer will probably have non-cooking gear in it, like jackets and shoes, because the cooking gear will be in the other drawer. So we don't want crumbs and food spills on that stuff. If it was spilling onto pots and pans, that wouldn't be so bad. The cutting board plus the lip does eat up about 3/4" of vertical storage space.
Option 2 gives more counter space, but eats up some enclosed drawer space. However, you can easily gain this storage back by placing a plastic dish tub on the counter surface. Under the tub, there will be a non-slip material, so I'm not worried about it falling out. Also, you lose no vertical storage space with this option. In the tub, we would store dishes and other stuff that would easily go somewhere else if we needed to use the counter space below it.
We also have a 4'x2' table that we're folding up and sliding into the right drawer cavity, so the left drawer wouldn't be our only counter space.
Which option do you all prefer? What are some potential pros and cons of each I didn't mention?
This is all 3/8" plywood btw. Thanks so much for your opinions!