PLEASE help me convert my desk into a pantry.
gillylily
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Comments (9)I am trying to decide the exact same thing. My baking center is 42" wide. Though I want to put in glass doors and worry the big ones would be too heavy. Since my cabinet is already up on the wall and I'm sort of using it, I'm leaning towards having one door as it will be cumbersome to open both to get out the things I want to store up there. If I planned on storing smaller sized items I think double doors would be fine. I've got lots of cardboard on hand, I think I'll cut out some "doors" and see what looks better....See MorePlease help me pick glass pattern for French door and pantry cabi
Comments (7)NYCbluedevil, I agree that I do not want a clown car kitchen! Nancy, our lighting is actually simpler than what is shown, but I agree we do have a lot going on. I like plain frosted glass, but my designer warned me that texture tends to show marks easily if anything damp or greasy touches the surface and is hard to keep clean looking. Have you had experience with frosted glass? Michoumonster, our exterior door, whatever design we pick, will be laminated to meet local energy codes. I had not thought about that for the pantry. The Paris is cool looking (and my favorite city) but not quite opaque enough. Camphappy, that is a good point about tempered glass - thanks for the reminder. Localeater, that is an interesting idea - I will run it by my designer. I can picture doing a vertical strip of rectangles and squares maybe 1/3 of the way over from one side, with a very opaque glass on one side of the line and a less opaque glass on the other side. The more opaque glass could be repeated on the pantry doors to tie the elements together. DH and I picked out a few glass textures we think might work. What do you think of these? If we pick a pattern with lines/ridges, do you think vertical or horizontal would be better? Ripple: Quarter Reed: Pilkington Stippolyte: Pattern 62: Master Point: Cord: Cannes: Thela:...See MorePlease help me convert pumpkin bread recipe to muffins
Comments (3)That does look yummy. I'd start with 20 minutes for regular muffins, probably 10 for mini muffins, then check for doneness. It's easy to bake them a bit longer, but they cannot be unbaked, so watch them carefully the first time and note the "magic" time. Like lvmadison, I often make muffins from quick bread batters or cupcakes from a cake recipe, etc. It always works fine and I use the same temperature but watch my timing carefully. Annie...See MoreHelp me plan my Pantry shelving please!
Comments (19)Your pantry is 5'6" wide. I'd want at least a 3' wide aisle. So... If you want shelves on both sides, I would put 12" deep on both sides - that leaves you with 3'6" of aisle width - a nice width. It's wide enough to allow you to bring in grocery bags w/o having to juggle them. It's also wide enough to easily carry appliances in/out. I'd consider the cabinet/counter idea on the short side. It gives you more options for storage. You could have a 36" wide set of drawers plus nice counterspace. You could put upper cabinets above for more storage. +++++++++++ IF there's a refrigerator in the pantry...it shouldn't go right up against the wall where you show it b/c the wall is deeper than the refrigerator's box and that means the doors and handles will not extend into an open space and the doors won't open fully (depending on the # of doors and the location of the hinges.) I suggest putting in a 12" wide pullout utility cabinet for broom, mop, etc. b/w the wall and refrigerator. The shelves on that wall would then begin next to the refrigerator. I had a thought - you might consider an 18" wide standard base cabinet next to the refrigerator for landing space for the refrigerator. Maybe have 12" deep shelves on one side and 9" on the other to provide better aisle b/w the refrigerator & shelves on the opposite wall. These are two options I was thinking of with the refrigerator: Option 1: Landing space b/w wall & refrigerator; no utility cabinet; 21" of open shelves above the landing space Option 2: 12" utility cabinet b/w wall & refrigerator; 18" cabinet for landing space next to refrigerator; top shelves from refrigerator to bottom wall....See Morecjc123
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