Full height pull out pantry? Ultimate size?
margo456
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Comments (33)I had a huge wide open space and opted for one 15" tall pullout. I keep bulk baking items under the baking area in a 36" deep drawer, and a spice drawer. Cereal is above the frige. This maximized countertop for me - what I wanted. I do not do bulk warehouse shopping so this works well. I also have about 15 cu ft storage in mudroom for bulk when our favorite cereal or coffee goes on sale because those are the most expensive items we buy - otherwise we use little to no prepared items. If you want all these items in you pantry, I estimate you will need at least two 15" wide units. If you buy lots of prepared items, or do warehouse shopping this may not be enough food storage - think about the way your family lives. I had 24" wide pullouts two houses ago and things were hard to find in the huge drawer - this may not be an issue for someone who is more organized than me....See MoreCan you retrofit full extension pull out drawers in pantry?
Comments (4)Ni, Wish I COULD clone him! I need a couple more of him myself! We are DIY a TOTAL house renovation, and I realize how lucky I am that he is capable of doing most of it himself. Though- there are only 24 hours a day, and he does have to work at a real job to pay for these renos! I can and have taken over the drywall patching and painting duties, but there are just so many areas that I feel helpless- like scraping the frikken paper backing from the old vinyl off the the bathroom concrete floor- what takes me half an hour and literally exhausts me, he can do in 5 minutes! He's on holiday for a week, and spent today graphing up the plumbing changes for 3 bathrooms (he's upgrading the size of copper pipe into the house at the same time), and going into town to get permits, talk to the building inspector, etc. Fun- eh?...See MorePantry - where to position pull out shelving
Comments (11)High up is where big things should go--tall things, that you can take off the shelf by holding on to the BOTTOM of the thing. And yes, lightweight things. I think that high-up shelves SHOULD be pullouts. Then, you can reach the stuff in the back more easily--because you will actually access them from the SIDES. Ditto for the bottom-most shelves. I don't want to have to dig way in the back, AND low down. The two lower shelves SHOULD be pullouts. And I haven't done it, but I fantasize about having at least 1 more shelf (all fo them pullouts) than most people think you should have, so that I have them pretty closely spaced, w/ no wasted headroom. In fact, probably I'd have TWO more pullout shelves. If I couldln't have *more* than 6 shelves (I'd probably want 8), then the middle shelves would be the fixed ones. (And I'd have them made a bit shorter than the others, bcs then I'd put back-of-the-door baskets to use up the space in the front of the pantry, and to keep the fixed shelf from being so deep that stuff gets lost in the back.) And I'd lay my canned goods on their sides, so I can see the labels. And, because then the cans would not be very tall, and I could put another pullout very close above it....See MoreWalk-in Pantry vs. Pull-out Pantry-- Which to do?
Comments (7)Definitely walk in if you have the space in your floorplan (especially for new construction). With the walkin or reduced depth pantries with doors everything is visible and you can plan space for brooms, infrequently used appliances, and bulk storage. Walkin pantries have standard household doors which will last for decades. Downsides of pullouts are that they can move abruptly, which can cause items to shift or tip over. They are also are more fragile since the glides bear a lot of weight even with reinforcement. I can certainly imagine restless kids or grandkids slamming the pullout pantry closed or trying to climb up the shelves like a ladder....See Moremargo456
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