Anybody have pot lid storage in pantry rollouts?
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Aglitter
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoYou read my mind with your last paragraph. A lot of people really prefer to store their lids with the pots. I've read up quite a bit on all the different options. One of my favorites is actually the company Glideware. They were sold recently to Rev-A-Shelf, but they have some nice options for organizing pans and lids including a turntable option where you could hang the pots and put the lids on the bottom rack. You might check out Glideware's other options, too, which include some retracting racks that you can use for either pots or lids depending on how you hang things.
IKEA also has some lid storage accessories that you can possibly put into your existing cabinetry. Otherwise if you have a drawer the correct size, you can just stack them upright in the drawer. Many people find that all the interior organizational accessories end up taking up a lot of space, so if your kitchen is on the smaller side, it turns out usually to be better to organize your items without the organizational accessories in the way.
Glideware's Not-So-Lazy Susan photo:
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Comments (24)So this isn't the greatest picture (and please note this is an UNFINISHED kitchen and sorry I just realized my butt is in the picture because my DH took it while I was cleaning the glass on the range...) but you might be able to make out the 18" pantries flanking the 48" SZ. The doors open left and right 90 degrees, just like a SxS, which works perfectly as our drop zone is on the island across the aisle (galley style kitchen layout is on page 7 in the gallery kitchen forum). All are 27" pullouts (set in 30" deep cabinets) and completely adjustable to whatever heights I want. Note: The top of the pantry is at 60" - I didn't think pullouts any higher than that would be of much use. I keep extra appliances (slow cooker, rice cooker, colandar, roasting racks, etc) in the upper cabinets above the pantry. This is not quite enough space for us so I use the cabinet under the prep sink for big stuff like gallons of vinegar and 20# sacks of basmati rice and the weird flours that we don't use much (for making tortillas). I also have a big hall closet that I use for cases of big cans (I shop primarily at Costco). Hope this helps your thinking/planning a bit....See MoreLid storage - pictures please
Comments (24)Personally I don't like the lids on the pot / pans either, and Rev-a-Shelf makes a nice pull-out where they stack separately. I think it fits a 15" wide cab. Lowes has them for about $80 - HALF what I have seen them for anywhere else. BUT, I ordered a cooktop / storage unit from Fagor that will hopefully store all but my largest Lobster / stock pots. Still waiting for that to arrive from Europe (over a month - getting nervous). With my current layout I won't be able to fit the Rev-a-Shelf, so I really need that unit to arrive so I can make sure all my pots fit before I finalize other cabinets. If I had drawers large enough to fit my pots without stacking, I'd just leave the lids on top and if I don't need to use the lid I'd just leave it in the drawer as a space-filler. The benefit of this is that if someone else washes the pot and goes to put it back it's pretty obvious where it belongs! I REALLY like Beagle's pics of the shallow drawers holding lids above the deeper pot drawers. That makes the most sense of all! If you can get a rack with the partitions set on an angle you can vertically stack the lids in a shallower drawer. Does anyone have special pots with deeper domed lids? How do you store those? I have a vintage cast iron pot with a lid shaped almost like a bundt pan, and I don't know where to store it. I plan to keep shallower cast iron skillets (no lids) in the storage compartment of my Chambers Range, but that one pot won't fit. I really want to get a couple nice copper sauciers, and I plan to hang a pot / utensil rail below the hood behind the Chambers and keep those out - won't be in the way like a normal pot rack, and just a couple frequently used pots left out will look like accessories against the backsplash....See MoreHelp me space my pantry roll-outs
Comments (1)I would reconsider putting counter top appliances in the pantry unless you absolutely must have empty counter. If you have a Kitchen Aid mixer or something equally heavy it will be very annoying to have to drag it out to use and will therefore get much less use. You have two deep corners where it would fit perfectly and be out of the way yet easy to pull out and use. I feel the same about the food processor but perhaps it and the blender are not used as often. In any case, things that are heavy and/or bulky should be at waist height so that you are not bending to pick them up. The plastic containers can go on the bottom, perhaps in a basket or large container to keep them corralled and your two year old will love to play with them. Have fun organizing, it means you are almost at the end of the process and you may end up moving things as you actually begin using the kitchen. Linda...See Moremaddybeagle
3 years agomaddybeagle
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoSilverlined thank you! Somehow Houzz told me you'd commented but then hid your post from me all day. Googling around after your pullout pot rack suggestion led me to this variation, which has room for lids in the middle:
Pricey, but if it worked well it would take care of the problem of lids too big to fit upright in a drawer and could be worth devoting a base cabinet to. I'd have to think about where in the scheme a cabinet like that would fit, but it might solve a lot of other problems. Hmm...maybe left of the sink, where clean pots and lids could be hung up directly after drying and then be easily accessible from the stove?
Aglitter
3 years ago
wilson853
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThis IKEA lid organizer is simple and inexpensive and has adjustable sections. I use one to store pie and cake pans in a pantry rollout and another for vertical storage of fry pans in a drawer.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/variera-pot-lid-organizer-stainless-steel-70154800/
Here's a couple of other ideas.
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