Pantry cabinets vs. bifold closet
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eustacem
13 years ago
melaska
13 years agoI've been doing a lot of poking around Houzz.com You can make idea books for each room...I have this pantry in my kitchen book. Looks like they are using a pocket door here...don't know if that would work for you, though. I think bifold doors are fine with a closet-type pantry.
I'll link a Houzz page on pantry idea books below - looks like I need to poke around some more :)
[traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by boston interior designer Marie
[traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by boston interior designer Marie
Here is a link that might be useful: Houzz pantry photo idea books
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13 years agoMy pantry is exactly what you describe. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the bi-fold doors, and had dreamed of putting cabinets in that space when we remodeled, but the cost was HUGE! So, I live with the doors, and it's a bit out of the main space (so doesn't show much), and there is a lot of flexibility: ours is for food storage.
Now if mine was neat and beautiful like that Houzz pantry, I'd be eager to take a pic of the inside, but it's just deep shelves in various levels of organization.
(You can see it closed up in this pic -- to the right of the fridge)
HTH! -- Amy
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13 years agoWe actually like our pantry with just doors (not bifold). The narrow one on the left end is a broom closet so we have a spot for that also. Don't have the knobs on in this photo, and the crooked veggie/fruit photos are no longer there! Ours are only 12 or so inches deep, plenty of room for the two of us, and no wasted space to have to walk in and out of a pantry.
gillycat
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13 years agoI went from bifolds to custom pantry with ordered doors. I would do it again in a heartbeat. An alternative I considered was ordering bifold doors to match the cabinets which were shaker style. If I had gone with painted cabs, it would have been easy to match. What my contractor did was to order the doors and build the cabinet.
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