Post your pantry photos!

Justamum

p-pincher wrote: »

Wow, i now have a bad case of pantry envy !!!

That's nothing - you should see the store cupboards of Mormons in America!

Helen2k8

Try vintage websites/manuals. Kitchen planning for the good housewife and all that (I have seen plans in books, with suggestions on shelf heights, depths etc, I will google around now)

HariboJunkie

I'm not going to post a pic but will try to describe mine..

It's actually utility room sized and is down a step off the kitchen (was originally a downstairs loo). OH has panelled the entire room with white tongue and groove (including covering the window so the room is dark) and he fitted a work surface below which are the washing machine and a set of deep drawer units which hold most of my appliances (food processor, iron, large pots etc). On the work surface at the back are large jars of pasta, plastic cereal containers, a housekeeper's box, enamel laundry box and enamel dog food box. Above the worksurface are narrow shelves about 2.5 metres wide on the back wall and a metre wide at right angles to that. The shelves are entirely filled with large kilner jars (40+) which house all dried goods and smaller jars for my preserves. Also in the room is a 1940's larder which houses all my tins and jars and has a pull down shelf which I use for baking and drawers which hold tinfoil, freezer bags etc. I also have a small blackboard which is used as a shopping list. I take a picture of the list on my phone before I go shopping to save me writing it all down again.

We've adapted the pantry to suit our family and are lucky that it's so big but no matter what the size, organisation is everything and for that I think you can't beat kilner jars which keep things dry, cool, airtight and best of all, you can see at a glance what you have in stock.

Butterfly_Brain

Possession wrote: »

My pantry is the cupboard under the stairs which happens to be in the kitchen. We had very narrow shelving put in along one side, with a wine rack (now empty!) at the back where it's too low. However it's way too full and messy to be taking a photo of it!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Sounds exactly like mine :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ziggy2004

love that website! Off to see if I can be more inspired with my cupboard pretending to be a pantry :j

Hardup_Hester

I need to read more carefully, I read the thread title as 'Post your naughty photo's.
I harrumped a bit & thought 'I bet that thread gets closed down fast!'
Hester

D&DD

Haribo yours sounds lovely,my sis in law has a similar set up and I'd love a utility room like that Is your cabinet like the one Ruth had on wartime farm?? My nan had one of those *fond memories*

kizzie_nikita

Does anyone know where i can buy the plastic tubs for rice/beans/spagetti etc cheaply like on the pantry pictures?

hardpressed

Billie-jo wrote: »

There is a blog that has photos of other peoples pantry's. Its called -The Perfect Pantry (must learn how to do links next !) You will get ideas of what others are like anyway.

There are some nice recipes on that site as well.

Is there a site of people's kitchens, want to get mine done and need inspiration and ideas.

lostinrates

hardpressed wrote: »

There are some nice recipes on that site as well.

Is there a site of people's kitchens, want to get mine done and need inspiration and ideas.

I am going to have a small pantry, one big cupboard sized one at a high level. Its the only way i could make our layout work. . There was a larder/pantry when we arrived, but sadly, the changes we were making meant it make more sense for us to lose this. It was an agonising decision.

I am hoping the way we use space will be as important as the space itself. Looking at higher end kitchens (which we cannot afford) the use of space on the back of doors is phenominal. No space is wasted, and that allows sleek appearance of surfaces. That is what we hope to do, but using someone local to make this for us.