One of my favorite features about this house is my fabulous walk-in pantry. It is not the biggest in the world, but at 61/2ft. deep and 51/2ft wide, it works really hard and I love it. Mine is not a huge kitchen, but it is adequate and really does function well for me. I have plenty of counter space and enough cupboards for all the things I use every day. The pantry works overtime for all of my food and day to day needs.
The second storage treasure I have in this house is the space under the stairs. The door to that area is right next to the kitchen. (You can see it in the picture above right between the kitchen and family room.) We entertain a lot and usually for quite large crowds up to 20 or more. So I need a lot of serving pieces and extra dishes and glassware. Serving trays, table runners, napkins and candles are all easily at hand. I added the hanging storage shelves to hold decorative pillow covers, and that purple plastic drawer unit use to hold my crafts paints, now it holds all my napkins and napkin rings. This really is a special place – – – –
but the pantry works hard every single day. I keep seeing all those wonderful pantry makeovers with pretty baskets and storage containers, but mine is more like a grocery store. Just food lined up on the shelves.
No fancy containers, just my canned and dry goods lined up so I can see what I have. I shop here every single day. I cook a lot – really a lot. We eat home most every night and we entertain at least once or twice a week. Last week I had two groups – 9 one night and 8 the second night. Between the pantry, my two refrigerators and freezers, I like to keep enough on hand to put any kind of meal together on a moments notice. I also bake a lot too. Breads, pies, cakes and cookies are happening a couple times a week.
Canned veggies here in the pantry and frozen veggies and meats in the freezer.
Chips, cereals, cookies, potatoes, onions and a wire basket to hold all of my paper wraps and storage bags.
Since my cabinet space is limited, having all these small appliances handy is a real treat. No bending or digging something out of the back of a cupboard, they’re right here at easy reach so I use them all the time. Same thing for all those casserole dishes and baking dishes too. There’s also a small first aid box of supplies stored here along with vitamins we take daily.
These two shallow racks hold all those small things that get lost in a basket somewhere.
Mixex, spices and extra condiments all fit nicely on these two racks and I can’t imagine not having them. I can see everything so nothing is ever hidden.
So instead of a pretty pantry, I have a “grocery store” at home and I do shop it every single day.
How about you, is yours a really pretty pantry, or more like a grocery store like mine?
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