We put in outlet near floor on shelf side of the space with hopes of plugging in two dehydrators simultaneously. We now can blow out the circuit and slow down the drying very easily if we run the dehydrators simultaneously at too high a setting. :-(

I had hoped to plug in the Rhomba also, but since it's stopped working I don't need an outlet for it until it gets replaced or fixed.

Pantry is 3.5 by 4 feet, walk-in with louvered door. One of our best ideas was to put table leaf storage in there. I wish I'd prevailed and got an air vent on the upper wall (into stairwell) to prevent accumulation of heat in closet. A heat duct travels underneath the closet so it has extra heat in floor, letalone extra heat if a dehydrator is running. There is a cold air return in floor but the room does get stuffy and I think it affects potato/onion longterm storage.

We put in 2 outlets over a 36" counter space in the pantry:

Our pantry is 9' by almost 6'. There is an outlet on one of the long walls about 4' above the floor. There is another outlet near on the other long wall about a foot or two off the ground. I don't recall if there are any other outlets in there covered by storage, but I don't think so.

When we bought the house, there was a spot for an upright chest freezer near the door where the low outlet is and shallow storage on the rest of that side. On the other side, there was a regular depth cabinet ending before freezer with counter with the other outlet above the counter. We have a chest freezer so we moved the regular depth counter to the garage and put the freezer in its place plugged into the 4' high outlet. We put a bookcase the same depth as the shallow storage in the upright freezer spot.

I'll second florantha on the need for venting if you have anything heat generating in your pantry. We use to keep the pocket door of the pantry open or ajar because heat from the freezer would build up if we didn't. When we were having another pocket door repaired and learned how to get one out, he modified the door to put screened vents in the top and bottom of the door.

OUr pantry is 7' by 5'. There is one plug on the left wall (5 ft wall). Same on the opposite Right wall. The back wall is 7 ft across and we did two sets of plugs in the standard position (about 1 ft from the floor) and a set up high like 4 ft off the floor for our message machine and phone. We positioned the plugs on the left wall for the dust buster and the water cooler because we are on a well). On the last wall which is the same wall as the door you walk in, we have a plug and the central vac outlet.

There is one vent on the floor for circulation and we usually leave the door open unless company is coming over.

My shelves are 14" deep on the food storage wall (the 7' wall) and 16" deep on the shelves that we use for platter storage, cookware, etc. on the 5 ft wall. On this same wall, I built out a cubby for my stepstool, the broom, the vacuum, and swiffer.

Hope that helps!

50" wide x 20" deep ... one outlet for the microwave.

The pantry will be about 72" x 24".

The pantry will be a part of the utility room so if we ever decide to purchase a freezer down the line, I would place it outside of the pantry (utility is 14' x 8').

Our initial thought was about 4' from the ground. For those that are lower what have you used it for -- besides dehydraters :)

I don't anticipate having anything heat generating but I'll have to really think about it. There is furnace ducting that will run underneath it but vent into the basement. I don't know how much of an effect that might have on items.

Natal I wish we could put doors like you have. We are going to have to use sliders since there are other 2 other doors in the room that would interfere with each other all the time.

The lower plugs are great for the water cooler, the dust buster, and other household items that need constant charging even though you don't want them on a shelf next to the food! The 4' high plugs are great for cell phones, cameras, house phones (even though I know they're a dying breed), and small households appliances.

Ours is a small walk-in, about 3.5 x 7, just big enough to have shelves on one wall and the back wall. We had an outlet put in there for our rechargeable phone bases, which we like to keep out of sight. We may put a toaster oven in there now too (outfitting its surroundings with tile to avoid any fire hazard.)

Briananddarnell, I like your idea of a cubby for brooms, swiffer, etc., especially since I love my rechargeable swiffer-vac.

We have two outlets. Our pantry is 6.5'w x 4'd and the shelves are U-shaped. Both outlets are on the left side as you walk in (which is where I have some small appliances and no food.) One outlet is about 4'h; up on the shelf where our microwave goes. We don't plug anything else there, although we could.

The other outlet is near the floor (whatever normal outlet height is.) It essentially is at the height of our lowest shelf. We have our toaster on that shelf and a hand-held vacuum. If I ever get a roomba, I would charge it at this outlet.

I am very thankful we asked for outlets in the pantry; the contractor wasn't planning on it. Two outlets has been plenty for us...

My pantry is the kind like a traditional hall closet, about 2'x4' except there's a corner eaten out by heat duct runs, so all the shelves are L-shaped, and all the space is shelving, it's not a step-in type.
We put in one outlet, about 1 foot up from the floor. One plug is the charger for the Roomba (in the past I'd used such a thing for a dustbuster, for example) the other plug of the outlet is for a strip of LED light with a motion sensor that turns on when you wave your hand toward the shelves. Since it's basically just a closet it seemed silly to wire in a switch and ceiling fixture for lighting; I'm glad we did it like this because it turned out that when we added recessed cans around the room, the pantry is nowhere near as dark as it used to be, so the inside light is just a bonus for the dark corners, not a true necessity.

If you're ever going to put in appliances like a MW or coffee maker or whatever, make this a 20-amp circuit with GFCI protection.

Thanks for all your responses.

As I was rereading the responses again, I noticed I gave the wrong dimension of our pantry. It will only be 60". I noticed that the larger pantry owners had 2 outlets, while ones that were smaller like mine had one. We're ready to start installing the outlets today. With everyone's responses, I'm comfortable with one at 4' above the floor.

It's nice that when you remodel you can do all the things that make like more convenient, but it sure does require a lot of brain power to decipher all the possibilities.

Thanks again for all your help!

I could start another thread with yet another electrical question but I was hoping I'd get info that would help.

Our pantry will be 63" wide and the depth of a typical bedroom closet. We will have sliding doors so only 32" will be open at any given time.

The utility room that the pantry is in is well lit. We don't think it is necessary to install a light in the pantry. It's so easy to put in now, I'd hate to regret it though. On the otherhand it seems like a bit much.

For a bedroom type closet pantry would you want a light inside?

Aloha, one of the best items that we added to our home was a door light switch that turns on the light when we open the pantry door and turns off when we close it.

Pantry is 5' x 8' in the main section, with a low-ceilinged area of 4' x 5' off to the side. Pics posted below.

I have just one outlet, which has been fine, b/c I don't have appliances in there. It's near the floor to the right when you walk into the pantry. I use it for my water cooler (have to use an extension cord).

I have built-in shelving on the majority of the space of all 3 walls of the 5' x 8' pantry area. I have storage bins on 2 walls, and the third wall has shallower shelving for food.

I love the shallow and deep pantry shelves, for "stuff" versus food storage. I label all my bins, so it's organized.

I left a couple sections of shelf space open for my "to-do" pile, etc. it's easier to access this stuff from an open shelf than from a bin.

I would like one more shelf, so they go almost up to the ceiling.

I like the less visible nook type area off to the side. It's less visible, and I use this for one of my dog feeders, and to stash dog food, etc.

I also like the a little space behind the pantry door where I place step ladders against the wall, hang and huge cutting board.

Finally, I hang my aprons on the back of the pantry door. They're out of the way, yet accessible.

If I had designed my pantry, it would have dark walnut countertops and serve as a butler's pantry type area, but what i have is really functional and I feel fortunate to have the space. It's a hard-working one!

We used the dining room linen closet for a pantry for several years. It had one light in it that was not enough for me. I added a second light during our remodel even though it is reverting back to linen storage.