Kitchen pantry door issues
We are almost done with our kitchen redo. There is a pantry in the kitchen that had bifold shutter doors which were dark gray with a bumpy stone texture. We decided to use new doors rather than try to remove the texture.
(kitchen as it was when we bought house. Pantry showing to left of refrigerator does not show the true dark gray color in photo)
(We removed glass wall cabinet, metal shelf at ceiling near bay window and soffits above all cabinets)
I saw a blog post where they took flat bifold's and made them into shaker style doors by adding framing around the side sides. They looked nice when finished, but when we went to install them we found that because of the added thickness there was had to be a large gap on both sides between the doors and the framing so the doors could open. Also the carpenter cut off some of the bottom of the right hand doors because the floor wasn't level and they couldn't fit in the space.
(shaker panel bifolds. Brown fabric over new refrigerator to protect it during construction)
We decided not to use the doors and find another solution for the pantry doors. We could use shutter bifolds and put an edging board at the bottom that could be planed to accommodate the unevenness of the floor leaving the bifolds the same height.
The other idea we had was to use tall shaker cabinet doors for the pantry. The pantry is in a narrow passageway around 41" going from the kitchen to the family room and also going to the front hall. If we use two approximately 24" doors they will stick out pretty far into the passageway. The other option we thought of was to use four 12" doors which would not stick out that much but would divide the cabinet pantry into two parts. The shelves are quite shallow on the left-hand side and are about 12 inches deep on the right side, so the inside of the pantry is divided into two parts anyway.
(passageway with two doors from cabinets temporarily put on to get an idea of how they would work in passageway. One is 13 1/2" a little wider than the 12" doors if we use four cabinet doors and one is about 21" so a little narrower than actual doors would be if we used two cabinet doors.)
Does anyone have ideas on other options or on which of the above options would work and look best?
(pantry shelves showing on right side of photo. Missing door was defective and has to be replaced)
(A couple more views of kitchen - wip but getting close to finish. Upper cabinets raised to 18" from 13", new doors, short row upper cabinets and crown molding going to ceiling over all cabinets added)
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poppy3212
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRelated Discussions
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8 years agopractigal
8 years agoI still like the cook book holder (or spice rack if shallower) approach. I would never do a sliding door it always covers some of your light and access. I love the photos you seem to have made a lot of wonderful decisions.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThe pantry shelves come very close to the door. You can get an idea from this photo (sorry it's not very clear. It's a snapshot taken from a video. I would love the bookcase door for cookbooks if it would work in the space.
poppy3212
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHere's a drawing of how it might look with four doors. Maybe side pieces could go all the way up and not have seam. (have to click on photo to see top and bottom which are cut off here)
funkycamper
8 years ago
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