I painted my pantry door and trim the same white as my cabs. But...I painted my whole house full of new interior doors and all new interior trim so maybe that doesn't count. Somewhere, probably Houzz, I saw a pretty kitchen with painted cabs and painted pantry door trim with a wood door. It struck me because I would have thought it wrong before I saw it. It looked pleasing.

We have glass sliding doors on our present uppers (in the pantry). I love them and will have them on my shelves in my new walk in pantry. I can see everything at once and it keeps the cats and their hair from the items behind the glass. Here it's not part of my main kitchen. The new walk in pantry will not have a door (couldn't fit a pocket door and a swing door would take up too much space). It will be an open doorway with the glass sliding uppers and solid doors below in an "L". You will walk towards it (on the left) when using the half bath next to the kitchen and will be able to see inside the pantry when using the bathroom. I like the glass uppers - it's more period appropriate. My glass upppers date to the 1910's. They were originally stained but somewhere along the way they were painted. My new ones will be stained. If my pantry was in the main kitchen I would have preferred an area with a closed door so other people don't have to look at my pantry. This photo is our present pantry.

I don't think 30 inches is too big. I have a 36 inch pantry door, which we made that size to mirror the 36 inch wide integrated fridge panel on the other side of the cabinets. The pantry door has three support panels on the backside. Symmetry was critical in this kitchen as the style is minimalist/modern, so we did not want two doors breaking up the space. Functionality-wise, I think 36 inches will be fine. It's large, for sure, but I have had two door pantries in the past and I much prefer one door. In our current configuration, if I had to a two door configuration, I'd have to close one door to put any items on the counter. With one large door (which opens against a wall), I can keep the door open and unload things on the counter without having to shuffle around the doors or shut doors. Any larger than 36 inches would certainly be too large, though.

oldbat2be - thank you and wow! I love your pantry!!! We are going to have a small walk-in pantry in the kitchen too and I was envisioning beautifully divided shelves like yours... I’ll definitely be referring back to your amazing progress pics as we plan out that space. The reach-in pantry in the niche will be for dried goods (with the walk-in being more for small appliances, equipment, and my baking supplies). I will definitely look into using real “door-doors” in the niche rather than being stuck with the limitations of cabinet doors. Our KD is actually a designer project-managing our entire first floor reno (not just the kitchen), so I had hoped she would’ve able to advise us on solutions like this, but I’m staying to realize she’s really kitchen-focused and I think is trying to sell us as much cabinetry as possible rather than looking at what the best solution for our needs might be. Sigh. Luckily, I have a very strong vision of what we want and am tireless at doing my own research, so I am confident I’ll be able to find just the right door solution for our niche. Thanks again!!