building a larderin an alcove?

mummyplus3

I've got a massive alcove in my kitchen its about 5.5ft tall and about 4ft wide, I was thinking of sticking some shelves in and some doors but was wondering if I can attach those straight to the brick work or whether I need to get something made to measure for the space?!

Obviously just doing it myself would be cheaper but I don't think I could build a cupboard! I don't want anything fancy for the doors just flat and plain as i'll be painting the whole wall & the doors with blackboard paint!

Can you attach doors strait onto brick I'm assuming not?

tiggerjj

you can attach a frame of wood onto the walls using rawl plugs and screws and then hang the doors off the wooden batten frame?

mummyplus3

thanks, looked at some examples of people buliding into alcoves and saw they all put like a small wodden frame inside and attached the doors to that rather than the brick, was being abit thick I think!! No idea how to make one of those though!!

loracan1

It's just pieces of wood cut to fit the alcove, you're attaching them to the wall. It's all 'measure twice and cut once'. Worth having a go!

cddc

How about putting a couple of 600mm Mid height Larder units in there, if your kitchen style is still available. Would then match the rest of the kitchen.

mummyplus3

Its a LHA house, so i'm not sure where the kitchen is from, although its really badly done and I'm hoping to rip it out eventually. the units is a good idea, if i brought 4 different units eg two wire rack draw units and 2 with just shelves I could fit them next to eachother and ontop and secure them quite easily I imagine?

Could even get a nice bit of work top to seperate them and join them through that. Then I can attach the doors onto the units like normal cupboard doors! Only thing is i'd need the top units to be the 600mm in height but not as much depth as normal units can you buy shallower units? As I want to put spice racks on the doors like the old fashioned larder units

cddc

Sorry, should have explained myself better, work in K&B so tend to talk in jargon a bit.
A mid height larder unit is like a full height one only shorter, about 1400 high. Two of them sound like they would fit in to your space.

Just put a bit of worktop on top of them and job done! Available from all DIY sheds and the likes of Ikea. Unless you are good at carpentry it might be the easiest way of creating a larder that will look good and last. Should not be too expensive as everyone is in sale at the moment.

mummyplus3

Just out of curiosity also, with the base units do you need to have them on the feet or can you have the bottom directly on the floor?

fiesta04

Always best to put on feet but a couple of bits of 2"x2" wood would do.