old fashioned pantry

Churchmouse

Ches wrote: »

I NEED pp's pantry and whats more I WANT her victorian vicarage.

No way!!! I wanted it first

You can't have it - IT'S GOING TO BE MINE - ALL MINE :mad: moanymoany

In your dreams!!! I've known her longer:D

PP is going to give it all to me when she gets her smallholding:D (OK I lie, but a girl can dream;) )

LilMissEmmylou

a pantry and an agga, thats what i dream of when i get around to building my own home.... *goes off into a dream*

mocolo

i am still working on the idea---but altering it for the rad pipe running through it- it will be a while until its done but i will defo add a picture as a thanks to you all,

cheers mocolo

kippers

I have a pantry in my kitchen but the pantry takes up vital room in my 1930's very small kitchen. I can't fit my fridge in my kitchen and this sits in my pantry which takes up shelf room ( my freezer sits in our dining room as this doesn't fit at all in the kitchen).

The pantry gets mould on the outside wall and i have to leave the door open all day to keep it dry (as i had a problem with psocids at christmas).

The house next door have knocked theirs through and it looks lovely and makes their little kitchen so much bigger. I wish we had the money to do the same but we haven't, so i'm stuck with it!

Yes a pantry would be nice in the right circumstances i.e a big kitchen, but it can also be a pain!

Frugal_Fox

I've come to this thread a little late - but very timely!! We have a victorian terrace - sadly with no pantry. A couple of years ago we had our kitchen done, and I designed a standalone unit to house all our food in - akin to a larder. It sits on an interior wall, doesn't have a marble shelf... couldn't find one to fit that was within budget but I keep ALL my foodstuffs in it.

Currently just cleaning it... Monday is Kitchen Day for me, so will try to take a picture and add a link here later!

paddy's_mum

I've got a sort of conglomeration of many of the spaces mentioned on this thread. I have a double doored walk-in cupboard in the kitchen, in which I keep all the day-to-day basics such as biscuits, flour, teabags etc.

However, a few months ago, I persuaded my husband to give me a corner of the garage and in that 'kitchenalia korner' go most of my canned goods, recycled jam jars, spare loo rolls, fabric conditioners etc. We bought/cadged/created about an 8' run of narrow shelving, of the kind often seen in workshops - is it called Dexion? They are relatively narrow and so take up little floor space but it is amazing how much I can fit on them.

I keep a basic stock of cans of beans, peas, sliced fruit, casserole sauces etc in the house and re-stock from the outside store when needed. (This obviously wouldn't work if the garage is at the bottom of the garden!) In a previous house, I moved the lawnmower into the greenhouse and used the space on the back wall of the garden shed in a similar fashion.

I also shove into the k-korner anything that I use infrequently such as preserving pan, feather duster (oh, the shame of having admitted that!) stock of candles for power cuts etc. I wouldn't be without generous storage so that I can take full advantage of bogof's. One section of shelving is covered with a dark cloth (charity shop duvet cover) to keep the colour in jams, pickles and chutney.

Hapless_2

When we moved here the council ripped out the pantry and put in a cheap fitted kitchen! Can't wait to rip out this cheap fitted kitchen and put a pantry back in!

Hapless_2

LilMissEmmylou wrote: »

a pantry and an agga, thats what i dream of when i get around to building my own home.... *goes off into a dream*

I have a rayburn, told the council to remove it over my dead body!

furball

I love following the storecupboard thread and would love some pictures of where you store your storecupboard ingredients, other than kitchen cupboards. After nearly a year of having a kitchen fitted i have finally convinced DH to let me convert under stairs cubbyhole to a larder/pantry :T . Its tall enough to walk into but very narrow and there is obviously the slope to contend with. There will be a chest freezer at the bottom of the cubbyhole. Any ideas gratefully appreciated as i have no idea if putting shelves either side would work as it is so narrow, thankyou in advance.

kippers

Thought i'd 'bump' this thread as it seems like a good idea

(sorry i can't put a picture of my pantry as i haven't got a clue how to do it)