Small Kitchen Pantry, A Food Storage Nook
I recently ran across a design requiring a small kitchen pantry that drove me nuts. Don’t get me wrong, the customer was fine. Her demands were nothing outrageous at all, but the small space was one that I just couldn’t fill effectively. So I reached across the pond again to Majjie at www.advancedkd.co.uk and asked her to help. The requirements were few, but for some reason were beyond me. 1. Pantry cabinet 2. Some counterspace 3. Not galley style 4. Symmetrical in appearance Here is the plan I gave to Majjie. Up top is part of a wall that includes the house’s entry door. The nook below that was where my customer wanted the small kitchen pantry area.
And Majjie (I think it might have even been the next morning) quickly gave me some renderings of a small kitchen pantry that I was sure would work.
Going around clockwise, the design includes a pantry cabinet (requirement #1). Next is a base cabinet under the window which offers some storage, and that is up against a blind corner cabinet. It also gives some counter space (requirement #2). The space was too tight for one of the usual lazy susan corner cabinet or diagonal corner cabinets.
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