Does anyone have a shallow pantry?

9 years ago

Wondering if u regret it. Thinking of making a small section of my pantry shallow with 7" deep shelves. It'll be L shaped with deeper cabinet 12" shelves on long side of L and shallow on the short side of L. Total long side is 40" wide and total short side is about 20" wide. Floor to ceiling

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mrspete

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

I had shallow pantry shelves in my pantry/laundry before I ripped them out. Deeper shelves are better, but shallow is better than nothing. Thoughts:

- Most all of your canned goods and boxed goods will fit on 7" deep shelves. Your cans may "hang off the edge", but they won't fall.

- Depending upon you other storage, you might consider going with shelves on the bottom half ... and a pegboard on the top half. I LOVE my pegboard for BBQ tools and things that aren't used on a daily basis. You can even get storage items that'll allow you to store gravy mixes and spices and the like on a pegboard:

- I have a plain old wooden pegboard in my current house ... but I'm going to use RED metal pegboard in my new pantry. No functional help, of course, but anything red is better than the same item in another color.

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sena01
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
My pantry cab shelves are 22 cm (8,66") deep. I'm very happy with them, but I'm not familiar with US can/box sizes.

Maybe the Ikea Rimforsa baskets can give you an idea, they are 6" deep.
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Megan
9 years ago
I personally like shallow shelves if you don't have pull out shelves. It makes things easier to find. I currently have two pantries, one is a closet that is 30" deep and I lose EVERYTHING. the other is a closet that is 16" deep and I like that one a lot better. In my new kitchen I'm thinking about doing 12" deep. 7" is pretty shallow but since you seem to have a lot of pantry space available for other things, I would think you will find plenty of things that will fit there. I'm thinking oils and vinegars, cans, things like that.
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brdrl
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
We have a shallow pantry and a 12 inch one on the other side of kitchen. This was the setup with our old kitchen and had it remade with our new one as it is such a good use of space for this area. It holds standard cans but I now use it for spices, oils and vinegars. The stove is just out of frame to the left so it is easy access.
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smm5525
Original Author
9 years ago
That looks adorable!
wilson853
9 years ago
I like your idea. These shallow shelves have an acrylic rail to keep the contents secure. Something like this might also be able to work on the back of a pantry door.
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smm5525
Original Author
9 years ago
Ooooh those are clever!!!