Cotehele - Wow... what a gorgeous kitchen! Thanks for posting the eye candy as well as your layout. There sure is a lot of storage space in the shallow cabinets. Right now (depending what we find after we take down the drywall), we are planning a shallow cabinet facing the walkway, not in the kitchen per se. I hope we will be allowed to do that! Lynnski - I can easily see how the short pull outs could be really useful for cans. I have seen something similar to that idea with all the cans laying flat so that you could read the labels. Marcolo - Now you are just scaring me! LOL Especially that last photo! But it does give me pause... if I had two doors covering the base cabinet, maybe having two pull outs side by side, one behind each door, would be a better way to handle it. That way, you didn't have to open both doors to pull out one shelf. Hmmmmm Oh no... I just looked back at that last image and they have toe kick drawers! Might have to think about those little buggers :) Fori - Yes... you are correct. I am definitely on the short side. Livewireoak originally suggested the 30" deep cabinets and 15" uppers... I didn't even think of another option. But sure... add 6" here, add 6" there, is there any reason why not to go to 18" deep uppers? Sounds good to me! Of course, now I might have to use one of Marcolo's contraptions posted above to enjoy all that space! As for the dry cereal... what else is for dinner in a minute or less minutes when you haven't gone shopping! I have already measured the cereal boxes... did you know they are not all the same size? LOL Good idea bout the spice drawer. I should do some planning there! I love the input and all the creative ideas. Thank you!

At Target recently I bought white plastic 'reOrganizables' (house brand) medium size bins with holes in sides that have a gray piece in handle that allows optional stacking. Not expensive $3.59 and very washable. I would guess one would hold 5 lbs or more of spuds. By stacking them, I hope to avoid the "nasty one on the bottom" syndrome. I also brought home for evaluation a black bin with sides made of plastic circles (air spaces between them) which was even cheaper at $2.50. Also comes in white. This would serve the purpose well--it's taller than the other style but has same footprint. But until my pantry is done, my spuds are in a long, thin handleless garage sale willow basket that disappears when set on my new mottled countertop. I rather like it and it's very convenient.

i have to agree that some of the personal attacks and screaming in some of these posts on this thread has been uncalled for. Opinions can be strong, and they can provoke some strong responses. But, personal attacks are unacceptable. Sometimes it is difficult to draw a straight line between a strongly worded opinion and personal attack when the opinion is seen as denunciation, but there should be some attempt to make that delineation. People who post here are inviting opinions and advice from strangers on the world wide web.. There will be misstatements and misinterpretations,differing versions of the truth, and, sometimes there will be too much said, too strongly. There will almost always be someone who feels that their toes have been stomped on, no matter what. That is unavoidable. But, there are no spitballs or flaming arrows allowed! Get a grip! All this was to be about was kitchen storage containers!! Glass, or plastic? By the way, I too have some of those old fashioned covered dishes such as pyrex. I have a darling nested set of very pretty colors and nice looking glass lids. I treasure them and really enjoy using them! They were given to me from the kitchen of an elderly lady who's family cared not for them. Enough said here about this--- moving on. I feel quite certain that someone is awaiting my opinion of how to place their sofa. I am sure I can muster an opinion for them and let them know exactly what I think they are doing all wrong. (insert muffled laughter here)

Custom pantry · More Info The above pantry is great -- no surprise its picture has been kicking around the internet for years! However, I think it's important to note that this pantry is probably 3-4' and 7-8' wide ... you have less space. This pantry "closes off" with pocket doors, which will eat into your depth. You could totally do this ... but just know it'll be smaller. If I were using this as an inspiration picture, I'd go with 18" deep drawers in the middle ... 12" deep shelves on the edges ... eliminate the side shelves /instead install narrow pegboard to fill in those sides. I have a medium-sized pegboard in my pantry, and it holds SO MUCH stuff that isn't used every day /keeps my kitchen drawers free for always-used stuff. Love the white /pale wood shelving, as it brightens and visually enlarges the space. Note that the upper shelf is "wide open", meaning it has no vertical divisions /could easily house your large items like picnic baskets, roasters, whatever. One thing this pantry does right: The "nicest part" ... that is, the shelves ... is placed front-and-center, and the packages of food, which can look messy, are shoved to the sides. Makes the space more attractive. New York Transformation · More Info This second pix is another great choice, but it comes with the same issue as above ... space. Note that your first two inspiration pix both have a "countertop" at waist-level ... not a typical thing in pantries, but I love it. It'll give you a space to set down grocery bags while you sort, a place to measure out a cup of beans rather than bringing out the whole bag. It's also a place to "display" ... it's a place for glass canisters of flour or noodles, or a place to set out your not-every-day small appliances. I think the only difference here (between this and pix #1) is that doors are hinged /open out into the room. I prefer these doors, and they have no effect on the interior of the pantry. NARI Tour of Remodeled Homes 2014 · More Info Well, of course he recommended them! Exponentially more expensive than the other two pantries, these would line his pocket! Seriously, these doors would look lovely, but I think you'll get just as much storage from something similar to the first two pantries ... without the expense of pull-out shelves. Ideas to consider: This is kind of the opposite of your two pantry pix. Your pix put the larger "forward" cabinets in the center /shallow storage to the side. This is shelving in a "U-shape". If you do this, I'd get Lazy Susans (just simple ones from Bed, Bath, Beyond -- no need to "build in") for the corners. Last thought: If you do one straight-across-the-back shelf, you could have -- instead of the pegboard I suggested in the first portion of this post -- small baskets on the sides "facing inward". They'd keep a lot of stuff "corralled", and it'd be nice to have a "baking basket" full of sprinkles and cookie cutters ... another full of snack bars ... another for spice packets. These baskets could be highly functional.