modifying a stock pantry for broom closet
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Comments (17)Love your cabinets and what a deal. I love the re-store store! In our last house we had a tiny kitchen, but managed to modify a pantry to have pullouts plus a six inch space for broom closet along one side. I know a lot of people would say that's not enough space, but it was plenty for a broom, swiffer and a hand vac. You will love this space. If you order a cabinet, a face frame will narrow the space, though. You will likely also be limited on heights available. You could probably just make this cabinet with 3/4 panels if you want to go to the floor and order your doors separately. We used a 3/4 panel in this way and used angle brackets on the floor and ceiling (at the top ours was also attach to another wall cabinet, though.). The angle brackets on the floor were tiled over since we went down to the subfloor. The ones at top were hidden behind our frig. I think trimming it to the ceiling would look best and maybe find a way to bridge the top of your frig. It will link the two sides visually and give the frig a more built in space. Even if you just put a nice straight line valance with a plain bead at top like your cabs, stained to match, you would get that finished look. We had a cabinet bridging that space. Whatever you use, there may still be that little bit of space to slide a cookie sheet on top of the frig. That's what we did--we used every square inch! Now I'm planning our last dream house kitchen and I'm still wanting to use every last bit of space well. Hate those fillers unless they pull out :) Isn't it fun to find a use for the little spaces that others would just use filler of leave an empty space on the other end?!...See MoreModified the layout, is it better? Ready to pull the trigger...
Comments (9)As always, such great feedback. I was strongly considering making that orphan end a full height broom closet, which currently is planned to be a part of my pantry. I still haven't ruled that out, but that doesn't solve the tunnel part! I will gather cabinet-maker ideas and hubbys input and make some decision there. I also really like the idea of open bookshelves, and the idea of making the whole piece more hutch-like (maybe even having legs put on) and turning it into a message center. How nice of a place would that be for a phone!? OMG...my phone!....I didn't even think about my phone! I wouldn't want to clutter my kitchen with the phone! Right now the jack is in the corner between where the sink and range will go. Who wants people running into my workspace to answer the phone! Or the phone mixing in with the area I am trying to chop veggies in. GREAT ideas guys. It just gets more and more exciting. And yes, my cabinet guy is custom so he can do anything. He even hand picks every piece of wood, and the best part is that's he's been in biz 30 yrs - tons of experience, and is giving me a GREAT deal cause he wants an easy, close proximity kitchen to float to float him through the summer. My kitchen was exactly the type of project he was hoping for :-)....See MorePlease help design my small pantry
Comments (16)Thanks for your feedback, Angela. Glad you think the design will work. I agree with you about having the 5 inch side closer to the opening. That is the way we had it the first time, so that was my first instinct too. However, we switched it so that the message/calendar niche could be on the wider side and near the pantry door (pantry door will have cork board on the back side it for notices) and beside the white board on the dumb waiter door. I figure from standing at the message centre niche, I have access to the phone, pens, calendar, cork board with notices and the message board on the dumb waiter door. Seating at my island is right behind me for longer conversations. The broom closet pull-out is awkward. I did not realize that the pullouts were expensive. We have that awkward space at the end because where the dumb waiter is positioned is not able to be altered to allow a wider broom cabinet. The space available is only 6-7 inches wide. I could do a 1 foot deep door and sort of put the brooms in on an angle. Would that be better than the pullout? What other options would we have for this narrow deep space? The dumb waiter, BTW, will be for bringing up groceries (our garage is in basement level), taking down trash, bringing food/dishes to and fro the rec room downstairs (there is a small kitchenette there). The dumb waiter starts in the mudroom (first room from garage) and goes to kitchen. I am really looking forward to having this feature. Thanks for linking fishes' kitchen. It is loaded with cool features!! Thanks again. Carol...See MorePantry vs. broom closet allocation
Comments (7)FWIW, I'd want ideally 15 inches wide "cabinet width" for a 24" deep cabinet, because you need to really get your arm in there to reach things. If I used the above design, I'd make sure to add a shelf or two above (or, better yet, BELOW) the tall height needed for brooms/vacuum, so I'd have at least a 12" high shelf for supplies. (Either in a well sized bin or two to slide out, or in a rollout tray/shelf.) Once I got the minimum I needed for a workable broom closet, I'd devote the remainder to the pantry. Ideally, I'd want at least 24" of pantry if that was my only pantry, but 18" could work if you have minimal storage needs. If it was 18" or under wide, I'd consider the pull out pantry . . . if larger, probably the roll out shelves....See Moreeam44
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