Do It Yourself Pantry Shelving

Finishing touches in building pantry shelves.

Do it yourself pantry shelving.

We figured out a great solution for the third wall of the pantry that doesn t have shelving on it we built a shelf between studs. Pantry shelving is a great asset to keeping a kitchen well stocked and organized. Ahhh i love my pantry. This pantry shelving unit looks like a bookcase but it was built to hold inexpensive quart canning jars and gallon jars.

Custom shelving in a nook. To conserve space the eight shelves are just 1 2 inch taller than the jars they are meant to hold. However the most common type of pantry is a small closet in the kitchen. Pantry shelving ideas can have style and not be expensive.

A pantry can be as large as an entire room or as small as a sliding unit that rolls into a tight space like between a refrigerator and cabinet. We installed two 15 inch deep shelves at the bottom and left 16 18 inches of shelf space between each shelf for storing large items like cereal boxes tall bottles and small appliances. You can completely organize your pantry with this one shelving unit and it s easy to build and really cheap considering the storage space that you get. If you have a pantry that just doesn t have enough shelving to hold everything this is the perfect weekend project.

Finally caulk all the holes and edges or any gaps. Building custom pantry shelving is not difficult. Plan out how you want your shelves to be installed in the pantry. The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart.

The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. This pantry has high end looks with a diy concept. Pat yourself on the back because you are now the proud owner of a new pantry. There are still empty shelves in here and i cleaned out all the food from the kitchen cupboards and one shelf from the linen closet that s next to the pantry in the hallway isn t that amazing.

You can literally store everything you need on this one. Paint the caulk as well as any exposed edges to match the melamine board. In addition they can hold a lot of items and still be compact.