Small and Large Pantry Cabinet Organizing Solutions for Your Kitchen
In a perfect world, every home would have a large walk-in kitchen pantry with tons of storage space. If you're fortunate to have this kind of storage, the best way to make the most of your storage is by creating separate dedicated areas for dry goods, grab-and-go snacks, cookbooks, small appliances, and serving pieces.
Clear, air-tight storage containers extend the shelf life of dried goods while helping to keep items uniform, organized, and easy to find at a glance.
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Open Shelving Solution
Even if you don't have a large pantry cabinet or walk-in pantry, you can get the same look by using any open shelving in your kitchen. Whether you have existing built-in shelving or add a large bookshelf along an available wall, dress up the space with large, pretty wicker baskets to store pantry items.
Wire bins on shelves are a great way to store canned goods, and wood chalkboard tags make a fun and efficient way to label baskets for quick identification.
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Dual-Purpose Pantry
If you don't have an area in the kitchen to create pantry storage, you can create a dual-purpose pantry with another storage area that's close by. For instance, do you have a closet, mudroom, or laundry room near your kitchen? Why not add more shelving to convert it into a dual-purpose pantry?
Creative Cabinets
Another small-space solution is to transform existing cabinet storage into a well-organized pantry by adding pullout drawers. Most big-box home improvement stores like Lowe's and The Home Depot now offer pullout shelving for cabinets and custom pantry storage accessories. Use these to convert a cabinet into a built-in pantry.
Free-standing Large Pantry Cabinet
To compensate for the lack of pantry space, consider adding a free-standing cabinet such as an armoire or a media cabinet to your kitchen for more storage. Such cabinets can easily be painted to match your existing kitchen colors. If you move, your free-standing pantry can move with you!
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Specialized Pantry Storage
Making space to store specialized pantry items in your cabinets is a great way to free up space in your existing pantry. For instance, why not create a dedicated baking cabinet if you do a lot of baking? If you pull the baking supplies out of your pantry storage, you make more room in your pantry for other items and create a convenient, one-stop spot for all your baking supplies.