Building Walk In Pantry Shelves

Learn how to build strong and sturdy pantry shelving or walk in closet shelving or garage shelves with this detailed tutorial.

Building walk in pantry shelves.

Make the most of a small pantry by outfitting each of the three walls with floor to ceiling shelving. It s been a dream of mine for years and after living here for 15 months we had a light bulb moment when touring some model homes. The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart and the top two shelves are installed 10 inches apart. Adjustable shelves offer flexibility.

A closet pantry with white cabinetry and shelves along with a hardwood flooring. Reeded glass doors hide the pantry s contents but keep the kitchen airy. The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. A small walk in pantry with gray doors matching the kitchen s gray finish shade.

And while it s no walk in pantry even with the washing machine dryer folding counter and wash sink there was still plenty of space to install some shelves and create the pantry we so desperately needed. Choose deeper taller shelves for the back wall and short narrow ledges on each side for cans bottles and other pint size products. Plan out how you want your shelves to be installed in the pantry. We installed two 15 inch deep shelves at the bottom and left 16 18 inches of shelf space between each shelf for storing large items like cereal boxes tall bottles and small appliances.

But today i m sharing how we. Retrofit your cabinet with slide out drawers or work a pre built pantry cabinet box into the layout of a kitchen remodel. We ve lived in our home for four months now and we re finally nearing the end of the pantry project. Building a pantry in its own cabinet creates dedicated storage space right in the kitchen without sacrificing the look of your existing cabinets.

If you don t have room for pantry shelving in an area adjacent to your kitchen why not find a way to tuck it into the kitchen itself. I m almost ready to show you the whole glorious project. Cutting wood for the pantry closet shelves using several pieces of scrap 2 x 8 birch plywood i cut out 5 pantry shelves each approximately 37 x 14 25. Right off of our little kitchen however is the laundry room.

I will do a complete post on how and why and all of that good stuff. They were custom cut to fit inside our pantry. With the design materials and walls ready it was time to start building the pantry closet shelving. Size and depth for a walk in pantry and adjustable pantry shelves typically about 5 by 5 feet walk ins can be lined with u shaped open shelves or cabinets and finished with or without a countertop.

Large walk in pantry with a hardwood flooring and smooth countertops.