We have the same set up at out beach house. I would rather have drawers than pullouts. I find it really inconvenient to have to open both doors all the way they then pull out the shelf to get at stuff and since the cabinets are framed, one door has that little piece of wood to take the place of a stile so that one has to be closed first. I know it's a small gripe but I like smooth, one handed operations in the kitchen so I love to store things in drawers. I also find that stuff falls over way to easy in the wide, deep pullouts. Ours are only 2" high.

There's a thread in the Gallery all about pantries. I recommend reading it b/c there is a bit of discussion as well as many pictures of pantries. Most are walk-in/step-in/reach-in.

1. When you say "pullouts", do you mean pullouts attached to the doors that pullout when you open the door?

Or, do you mean roll out tray shelves (ROTS), shelves that individually pullout, sort of like a drawer, but w/the disadvantage of (a) having to first open doors and then pull out the ROTS (and reverse for closing) and (b) shallow "drawers" so things can fall out?
When you say "closet", how do you mean? Do you mean a cabinet with all stationary shelving that's 24" deep?
Or, do you mean building a drywalled pantry (walls on each side), using cabinet doors to panel the walls & doors and having shallow (12") shelves from the floor to the ceiling?

I'm assuming your space is 36"W x 24"D.

Personally, I like the look of drawers on the bottom & shelves above but the functionality of a drywalled pantry w/shallow shelves. In your case, the latter would be a "reach-in" b/c it will only be 24" deep. I would not recommend options 2 or 3 above. So, I guess I'd say either your option A or my option 1 or option 4.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gallery Thread: Pantry photos/ pics of pantries

BTW...you're probably not getting follow-ups automatically emailed to you even though you checked the box requesting them. This is because you do not have the email option turned on in your profile.

For more information, including turning on the email option, see the "Getting Emails Sent To You...3-step Process" topic in the "Read Me" thread.

HTH!

Here is a link that might be useful: Read Me If You're New To GW Kitchens!

Mominator, I'm posting the link to your elevations below so that it doesn't have to be cut and pasted.

We have a 36" pantry cupboard with drawers on the bottom and pull out shelves and fixed shelves on top. We also have a 24" cabinet we use as a baking cabinet with a center drawer and pull outs on the bottom and pull outs and fixed shelves on the top.

I like them equally well. I keep a couple of small appliances on the bottom roll out of the baking cabinet. I like having appliances on roll outs instead of drawers because there is more room around the appliance for grabbing (instead of snaking my entire hand and lower arm down between the appliance and drawer side I can just snake my fingers between the shallow side of the roll out and the appliance.) I feel the same way about stock pots.

I like the drawers in our pantry for holding items that don't stay put on shelves very well. The bottom drawer holds boxes and bags of pasta and overflow items. The middle drawer holds bagged items--snacks, cereals, loose granola bars, etc. The shallow top drawer has silverware (the pantry is next to our table.)

The advantage of roll outs over drawers is that they are adjustable in height. You can figure out the storage in your kitchen and then adjust the roll outs so that they just clear the items below. You might find that you can squeeze in an extra shelf if you need the extra storage. Drawers are fixed in height. I've found it tricky to match items to drawer height--I often find I'm wasting vertical space because the drawers are too deep or I'm not able to store something in the area I want to because it's too big for a drawer.
On the other hand, I do like having deep drawers in our pantry for corralling the items that don't sit on shelves well. Since the items are lightweight, they can be piled on top of each other and I can completely fill the deep drawer without feeling like I'm losing valuable space.

As far as 2 motions required for using pull out shelves, I found I keep my most used items in the front (much like I used to when I had items on a fixed shelf). Usually I just have to open one door and grab. I only have to roll out the shelves once in a while when I'm hunting for lesser used items (i.e. grabbing a new jar of pickles, jam, or salad dressing for the fridge.)

I'll caution you about your 2nd and 3rd drawings. Unless you have an island or peninsula near the fridge that isn't shown in the drawings, you're not leaving yourself much landing room for items from the fridge.

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Here is a link that might be useful: Mominator's Elevations