Only a few things will fit in the cabinets, so almost all of it is in the distant garage. I practically drool over the pantries in the Kitchen forum. Our solution was going to be shallow cabinets along one dining room wall. There is only enough depth for about 10-11" deep cabinets, but that would hold can goods and spices. Unfortunately, my kitchen remodel went to Neverland.

I have a reasonably sized pantry, but I don't keep a lot of non-perishable foods besides the standard flour and three kinds of sugar. I do buy my cereal by the case so there's usually one whole shelf of cereal and almond milk. Toilet paper and batteries are stored in the garage.

In one kitchen cabinet- its pretty much just spices and sauces, coconut milk and boxes of tea. Most of what we eat is fresh so all of the other cabinets are full of my vintage kitchenware addiction.

I've done something different with each place we lived.

• Our last house was custom. We had a really nice sized pantry with a light that came on when you opened the door. I had a blank wall so I had them add spice racks there.
• In this house, I use the closet in the guest bedroom for a pantry. I added 3 four tiered shelving units and stack things in there. I like that closet better than the pantry.
• In a previous house, I added shelves to the under the stairs closet and put extras in there. That kitchen had decent storage so that was just mainly stock up stuff.
• When I married dh, I moved into his apartment. It had a tiny kitchen. I turned the coat closet into a pantry by adding shelves and over the door shoe racks. I used a large dresser to store dishes and small appliances.

I have a 10 x 10 pantry and I store food in there, plus my extra dishes and pots and pans.

I have a pantry in my kitchen (floor to ceiling double doors). Not as big as I would like it, so some things are kept in the garage. I'd love to have a walk-in pantry off the kitchen and aside-by-side all refrigerator, all freezer combo. Not going to happen, just don't have the room. Some of my extra dishes are kept in the basement.

I now have 2 pantries, a small one for snacks and often accessed items and my bigger walk in that holds everything else from paper towels, dog food, all canned goods, cereals, flour and such. I love my pantries.

I have a large walk in pantry and store everything but my spices and things like oil, honey and vinegars in it. I have a smaller pantry in the kitchen for those. Originally, our walk in pantry was our first floor laundry room, but a previous owner relocated the laundry to the 2nd floor so that room needed a purpose and a pantry made the most sense and it's worked out wonderfully.

We live five minutes from our town's grocers and fifteen minutes from others -- including a Costco. We are just two adults and not foodies. I don't need a separate freezer or a pantry with backup of any supplies to last for months. Any food not in my 42" fridge-freezer is in my kitchen cabinets. Paper goods are shelved in a long, deep closet in the back hall off the kitchen, accessed by a pair of 36" doors. Inertia (AKA laziness) has kept me from disposing of fine china, crystal and silver currently stored -- untouched -- in lower cabinets under the kitchen island.

Since I can't get out on my own much anymore, I stock up during the good months and only have to get a few items each week. I used to have more than enough cupboard space but with my new way of shopping, not nearly enough. I store the extra stuff anyplace I can find a convenient spot. You do what you have to do. ☺ It works for me.

I have a turn table that I fill and when that is full I have a Landry/pantry that the rest goes in.

Living in Florida, it is not practical to store much in the garage, just too darned hot.

We bought this house in February and had the kitchen renovated in August. This is our pantry. It works well for the two of us. Lots of room for lots of things.

When we did a kitchen restoration about a dozen years ago with Plain& Fancy we had a pantry built in one step from my sink It has three very tall layers of shelves reaching where I need a stool to get the stuff. On the bottom is the cat and dog food bins. Best thing I did in the remodel. No food is anywhere else.

I do have a kitchen pantry cubbord, but its small. Wish I had an extra room here..you can bet it would be a walk in pantry.

Should say I do have an extra walk in closet, that hubs built floor to ceiling shelves into, but that's where I store my laundry detergents...LOL.

I have a nice little walk-in, but not much food is stored in it.....my rices and assorted grains, a little bit of pasta, vinegars, oils, jars and cans of different kinds of beans, sauces and tomato products, a little supply of baking requirements, and herbs/spices.

Most of the space is used to park all of those appliances that I refuse to keep on my kitchen counter, a minor quirk of mine. I also store stacks of dishes in their covers and the serving items and platters needed for entertaining.

I don't know what I would do without the space.

Pantry

kitchen cabinets. Only me here, and thus, not much needed... my "pantry/cabinet" looks like this: