What will be the style of your kitchen/butler's pantry - traditional, modern?

What is the width of the butler's pantry? And the height of your ceilings? With this information we will be able to come up with more solutions.

Would you be able to move the doors to the kitchen and the dining room more to one side to increase the amount of space on one side and create a walk-in pantry?

I wouldn't want to open doors and drawers to get to my stored food. I wouldn't be organized enough to know where everything is - especially if I am not the one who puts away the groceries.

The style is traditional. The kitchen will be a white Peacock-esque kitchen with a stained island. Width of the whole area is 7.5'. 2 feet on one side (which is the outside wall of the house and therefore can't be moved) is for the butler's pantry, 3.5 feet for hallway, and another 2 feet for the pantry on the opposite side of the hall. I can't make the pantry any deeper as it backs up to my powder room, which is already quite small. So, nope, I'm pretty stuck with the size area I have allotted to the pantry, unfortunately. Ceilings are 10 feet. They will be white painted beadboard. Butler pantry cabs will be white with dark stained beadboard backs, and I was thinking of staining the pantry side dark to match my island.

I think 2 ft deep is too deep for a pantry that isn't walk in. could you set it back in to a depth of 1.5'? that'd give you a cushion on body space thru there also.

I'd do that and then probably 2 rows of lower drawers (for bulk storage - maybe roasting pan, serving pieces, linens etc and then doors (4 if you have 5' in length to work with),

I might even consider pushing it back to 1' deep and all doors (tho split with uppers and lowers; lowers being less used). I don't like the deep space for things to get 'lost'. I'm short and have short arms (I guess) so it may not be that way for everyone.

OR could you put shallow (maybe 8" deep) shelves along the side walls inside of a door with the main shelf across being only a foot or so deep? (not a walk in - but a 'look' in). those shallow depth shelves on the sides would be good for canned goods, bottle stuff (salad dressings, ketchup, pickle jars etc) or even some boxes - a box of saltines should fit on them. the higher ones on the sides would be the right depth to store spare paper towel rolls, paper napkins etc

or you could even put a false back in some of the shelves to hide valuables.

Thank you desertsteph. You have articulated exactly some of the ideas I was "half-baking" in my brain. The look-in idea could be the one. I'll have to see what my cabinet-maker can do with these!