X-Post. Corner Pantry - Make it disappear.
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Comments (5)dicot, it's Plectranthus oertendahlii 'Lime Light'. A truly beautiful plant, but it seems to have disappeared from local nurseries here. I've never seen it again for sale, in fact. It has small flower spikes and that one plant has now spread at least 6' through the bed! Not invasive, though - easy to prune back or rip out if it tries to go where you don't want it to. I had several competing groundcovers in that bed - bacopa, oxalis, vinca minor, and the plectranthus. The vinca hangs on, but barely. The plectranthus has thrived even through our occasional nippy frosts, including the harsh January 2007 that killed the original Japanese Maple in this bed....See MoreCorner Pantry people -- how big???
Comments (15)if you go to the finished kitchen blogs and look up soupgirl's kitchen, there's a picture of the corner walk-in pantry but unfortunately, it's a video instead of still pictures, which makes the viewing difficult. My son-in-law took the video and got so much pleasure out of surprising me with it that I never had the heart to tell him that still pictures would have worked better. One of these days, I'll treat myself to a video camera and reshoot them. The pantry door is 24" wide, which I have found to be adequate for my purposes. If you make the shelves wider towards the bottom, limit the wider shelves to one wall only and I wouldn't go any wider than 15". Part of the utility of the pantry is the ability to stand in the middle of the pantry and see everything at a glance. As such, you want to leave a center space where you can stand comfortably. If you have an item that is wider than 15" to store in the pantry, you may wish to see if that item can fit on the floor under the last shelf, perhaps in the corner....See Morekitchen layout - corner pantry?
Comments (13)I don't think 4' x 4' is a big enough space. My corner pantry is 41" x 51" interior...that does not count the thickness of the walls that also take up space. It's barely big enough...I wish it were another 6" to 12" in each direction (it was supposed to be bigger...I lost over 7" on the 41" side and 8" on the 51" side due to KD measuring errors.) Our pantry is more of a "reach-in" pantry since there's not much room to stand in it. It's tight...but we have a downstairs pantry where we keep the overflow. Ideally, the interior of a corner pantry should be at least 5' x 5'. [There was a discussion about what the minimum size a pantry should be a couple of years ago and we sort of arrived at 5' in each direction for a corner pantry and, IIRC, at least 5' long x 4' deep for a walk-in rectangular pantry - 12" to 14" deep shelves on one side - it's just enough room to stand in front of the shelves. If you're very small, you might get away with a set of 6" deep shelves on one side & 12" deep shelves on the other side.] The walls of my pantry are 4.5" and 8" thick...the 8" is so I could create a Message Center Niche to replace the Message Center cabinets I lost in the measuring debacle. So, if you have a 4'x4' space, subtract 3.5" to 4.5" from that space on each wall for the pantry wall. (Standard interior walls are approx 4.5" thick. If you turn the wall studs sideways, you can get away with a somewhat thinner wall...approx an 1" to 1.5" less.) Additionally, the walls will need to be approx 27" deep. The other thing to consider is whether a door frame will fit on the resulting angled wall (the interior wall length of the angled wall will be less than you think when accounting for wall thicknesses). We had to put in a 24" door for our pantry b/c a standard 32" (or even 30") door frame would not fit on the angled wall. I've linked to the thread where I discuss our pantry. It includes dimensions and other information. Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: Sharb-inspired Pantry Done! (Buehl's Pantry)...See MorePlease Help With Pantry Plan /X Post -> Home Dec, Long
Comments (37)I think I'd do 18" (or maybe 16") shelves on the lower part of the straight wall (R) with more shallow shelves above them - maybe 10". on the L side maybe counter depth for a good # of feet - with maybe drawers underneath? counter for mw, counter oven etc. that could end part way to the 'point' with shelves that are triangle shaped into the wall to be open shelves for a few larger pots or whatever. or at that end of the counter depth shelves cabs have a taller (end) cabinet like we often see as a 'broom' closet for a pantry ladder closet. The ladder would be right there when needed - but hidden. you could have the top part of it (above ladder height) as skinny horizontal shelves to slide your larger trays into. like the cookie sheet slots except horizontal. the first few ft of the wall to the R could have some hooks for dog leashes, coats / sweaters (or dust mops? if needed - or a grabber bar). but that would keep the entry area open so it doesn't feel cave like. from the end of the counter depth shelves/cabs on the R to the point area could be for the dog food bin and dishes. you could hang pictures of the dogs over their dish / food area so they can look at themselves while eating. without shelves running into the point area on the R side, it'd allow for open / standing space in front of shelves on the L side. you could keep a small ladder in there for reaching higher shelves - possibly hang on the wall toward the point area or lean on the wall (if not in a 'ladder closet'). Also, try to think of anything weird or weird in shape that you will want to store in there....See Morejpmom
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