Walk-in pantry or cabinets?
We are renovating our kitchen and adjoining butler's pantry. We have the option of creating 2 tall cabinets (one in each room) or combining them into a small walk-in pantry.
If we did 2 cabinets, there would be one cabinet on the kitchen side of the wall (47"w x 24"d x 108"h), and a second cabinet on the butler's pantry side of the wall (47"w x 18"d x 108"h). The butler's pantry cabinet would be just on the other side of a doorway leading from the kitchen, so it would be fairly easy to access from the kitchen.
If we did a single walk-in pantry and combined the space from the two cabinets, you would enter it from the kitchen side and the butler's pantry would just have a wall instead of a cabinet. The dimensions of the pantry would be approximately 47"w x 51"d x 108"h.
Is it better to have two separate cabinets, or one walk-in space? You get a little more square footage with the single closet, but I don't know if the space is better utilized by splitting it into two cabinets. Thanks!
Location of the cabinet doors or pantry door on the kitchen wall
Location of the cabinets or solid wall in the butler's pantry (on other side of wall behind fridge/freezer in first photo)
Comments (16)
Heather N
6 years agoI suppose I could do this type of pantry door so the shelves aren't as deep, but it seems like these giant doors would be annoying to open and close all the time!
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Tammy Lawhorn
6 years agoI personally like the idea of having two Pantries. My pantry is through a door opening in my laundry room on one end.. I've had both a walk in, which was much harder to keep organized and to find things and I now have this in photos. The shelves are pull outs and not attached to doors( wouldn't recommend that because of the reason mentioned above) the weight eventually causes problems with door hinges and the line up of the cabinet/door. Love these pullouts because you can see everything. In the upper cabinets you can store dishes, cake plates, glasses, plastic wear, etc.
I have 12' ceilings so I did 3 sections, two that are 4 & 1/2 feet tall and one the rest on the top. It's great for storing large pots you don't use often.
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6 years agoYou do have to get the pull-out shelves, though. That kind of pantry has been transformative in our house -- we can see and access everything that used to pour out of wall cabinets or get wadded into other pantry spaces. (Our upper shelves are fixed.)
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