Cheap ways to restore pantry

samminich

We have just moved in to a 1930's semi and it needs some work doing to it. Nothing major except for the kitchen which we plan to do in the summer. However in the kitchen we have a good sized pantry area, but it has to be said its quite horrible. As we are trying to keep costs low to allow us more on the kitchen any ideas of how we can improve it cheaply.

The area is approx 4feet square and the full height of the roof. The bottom section houses the gas and electricity meters and does have a lot of wires and pipes down the bottom. Still investigating these.

Any ideas would be appreciated as we have lots to store and its a good size.

hollydays

I am looking for inspiration here too.There is a book called The Pantry-By Catherine Sieberling Pond which i plan to get out of the library. I think a pantry is a really efficient kitchen storage area,and I have a limited amount to spend to replace my kitchen.At the moment I am debating getting some kind of shelving from maybe Ikea (though that might be too modern) so that We can change the height of the shelves if necessary,

Peartree

I've got a pantry the same size as yours and have just cleaned it up with some paint, put narrow shelves all the way round with a rail at the top with hooks for some of my big pans. I don't have the meters in there but, in any case, started the shelves halfway up so that I can get the vacuum cleaner, etc, underneath. I also have a little plastic storage unit on wheels in there as well as a line of hooks on one of the walls. The shelves were just standard size ready made from Wickes on one of those adjustable shelving tracks with the slot in shelf supports. Some of the shelves are like 'batons' rather than solid and they are very useful for pan lids and so on.

I do have slightly recessed area in mine so I got an electrical socket put in there and keep my food processor and juicer on one wider shelf in there too. My pantry did have door on it which was a bit awkward so I've taken it off and put a curtain (matching up with the kitchen blinds) over the doorway instead - it makes life much easier.

PasturesNew

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Debt_Free_Chick

Is the floor level entirely above the damp proof course?

I had a pantry in an Edwardian house, but there was a step down to it so the floor level was below the DPC (intentionally). But it meant that lowest foot or so of the wall was constantly leaching salts from the bricks so couldn't be painted/decorated.