Pantry Ideas
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:45 am
Wasn't sure where to put this, so I guess here'll do.
Once I was helping fix up a house that had a FIFO can rack built INTO the basement. It wasn't nailed down in the basement, but it was built there, and there was no way to remove it without tearing it apart. It was the coolest rack I've ever seen, and I wish I had a picture, but it was before I had a camera on my cell phone. It was about 12' long, 4' deep, and 6' tall. You could slide it around, but they had it positioned to where there was a "hallway" behind it, so you could walk behind it and fill the cans from there. I really like that design a lot. I keep seeing the racks where you load them from the front, then they roll to the back, drop onto a lower shelf, then roll toward you again. It is such a waste of space to me. You only get 5 shelves of product, rather than 15, because of the vertical space wasted. I'd rather have the area behind the rack open to walk behind so that I could put a greater variety of products on the rack. When you compare the space you're wasting on the 5-shelf model to the space you're wasting for a walkway behind the shelving unit, I think you lose out more with the 5-shelf design.
ANYWAY, so this stock-from-behind rack was completely homemade, and seriously the best design I've ever seen. The top several shelves were designed for the smaller cans, then there were a couple shelves for larger cans, then a single shelf at the bottom for the 1-gallon cans. The bottom 2-3' were cupboards to store the 5-gallon buckets in. All of the shelves had little boards for dividers to keep the cans rolling straight, and it was all stained a nice color. You could tell someone had REALLY put time and thought into it, and I can only imagine how they felt when they moved and couldn't take it with them. It was the best rack system I've ever seen! (Did I already say that?)
I've seen some really nice pantries since then, but haven't put much thought into how I'd like my own pantry to be designed. So what do you guys think? Do you have dreams of how you want your pantry to look, or have you found cool pix or plans online that you have kept for reference? I'd love to see them!
Glancing around online tonight, I found this video. It's a pretty simple little project that looks great at the end, and is a sweet space saver, because you can line your walls with them, and they only take up like 4" of space from the wall.
Once I was helping fix up a house that had a FIFO can rack built INTO the basement. It wasn't nailed down in the basement, but it was built there, and there was no way to remove it without tearing it apart. It was the coolest rack I've ever seen, and I wish I had a picture, but it was before I had a camera on my cell phone. It was about 12' long, 4' deep, and 6' tall. You could slide it around, but they had it positioned to where there was a "hallway" behind it, so you could walk behind it and fill the cans from there. I really like that design a lot. I keep seeing the racks where you load them from the front, then they roll to the back, drop onto a lower shelf, then roll toward you again. It is such a waste of space to me. You only get 5 shelves of product, rather than 15, because of the vertical space wasted. I'd rather have the area behind the rack open to walk behind so that I could put a greater variety of products on the rack. When you compare the space you're wasting on the 5-shelf model to the space you're wasting for a walkway behind the shelving unit, I think you lose out more with the 5-shelf design.
ANYWAY, so this stock-from-behind rack was completely homemade, and seriously the best design I've ever seen. The top several shelves were designed for the smaller cans, then there were a couple shelves for larger cans, then a single shelf at the bottom for the 1-gallon cans. The bottom 2-3' were cupboards to store the 5-gallon buckets in. All of the shelves had little boards for dividers to keep the cans rolling straight, and it was all stained a nice color. You could tell someone had REALLY put time and thought into it, and I can only imagine how they felt when they moved and couldn't take it with them. It was the best rack system I've ever seen! (Did I already say that?)
I've seen some really nice pantries since then, but haven't put much thought into how I'd like my own pantry to be designed. So what do you guys think? Do you have dreams of how you want your pantry to look, or have you found cool pix or plans online that you have kept for reference? I'd love to see them!
Glancing around online tonight, I found this video. It's a pretty simple little project that looks great at the end, and is a sweet space saver, because you can line your walls with them, and they only take up like 4" of space from the wall.