You could probably fit the cabinet doors on a heavier regular door with Soss (concealed) hinges. My room doors are mounted on Soss type hinges

Palimpsest, I had thought about bulking up the hinges, but then wondered if I would need to bulk up the doors as well.

For further reference the location for our pantry entrance would be between a wall oven cabinet and a full fridge surround.

Yes to use a concealed hinge it would have to be a 1-3/8" door. You could figure out a way to mount the cabinet doors on a slab door .

I may not be following, but is the concept that you would push open the pantry door(s) and walk in? That seems like a lot of lost wall space. Consider pocket doors and keep 'em open for ventilation.

I'm planning the same thing. I have built in fridge, freezer, full height pantry cabinets. And among them will be the door to the walk in pantry. It will look like all the other cabinets. I haven't gotten to the point of designing the hinge and door stop system. But I imagine it will involve adhering the door to a sheet of plywood or similar material to stiffen it. Actual hidden door hinges, and perhaps magnetic catch at top middle and bottom... or perhaps a cylinder for auto closure.

I'm interested to see what others say.

I had a hidden pantry in my old house. We had inset doors and paneled appliances. Our doors pulled out. I don't have a pic of how it was done, but I did ask my kids not to pull on the doors. I think they were normal hidden hinges, but I think the doors were reinforced. I am sorry I don't have more information, but I know it can be done. I would just make sure you have someone who knows what they are doing. Here is a photo of the doors they are next to the microwave.

pal - Those hinges are gorgeous. Would you be willing to provide a link to the details/source?

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Oldbat2be, this is what I'm looking at doing, not an inswing. Just trying to see if anyone has had this and regretted it/had problems with it.

Kelly69, thank you! That is exactly what I needed to know. As long as I treat the doors like cabinet doors and not house doors I don't see an issue, but hubby wanted to hear from someone with experience!

Here is another one I've found here on Houzz. If the hidden pantry doesn't work out we would just have a cabinet pantry in the kitchen and a walk in pantry on the opposite side of the wall, in the laundry room. I'd just rather have all my pantry supplies in one spot if possible.

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Black walls are (mostly) what I have planned, red lines show where the pantry could connect through.

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The hinges are RocYork. and the jamb system is EZYJamb

http://www.ezyjamb.com/

Fry Reglet also makes a concealed jamb door system

I hadn't thought about it being hinged on both sides. I was just envisioning one big door. Interesting.

How wide is the opening? If it's wide enough, with the proper hinges it could be paired inswing doors which could be kept open sometimes and still out of the way.

Here's mine:

Almost 2 years old and still holding up!

That's basically exactly what I was thinking for mine!!

pal - thank you, love those. Paired inswing is a nice compromise.

Sivalleysteph - that is gorgeous, I'd like very much to see more pictures of the interior, if you have any. Will you please weigh in on ventilation and aisle space when the door is open?

Jennifer - lots of discussion on ventilation on other pantry threads.

If the door swings in (or you have pocket doors which can stay open), then you can keep them open (as long as you don't have a light switch which goes on, when the door opens).

Those invisible Hinges shown by Palimpset where originally developed by Soss. They were the only source until the patent expired and some knock offs became available. Soss still has an extensive line including a model suitable for cabinet doors.

http://www.soss.com/model-205-invisible-hinge.html

Made in USA. Worth checking out their new door handle if you go there, exquisite engineering.

Jennifer what is the dimensions of that pantry? It may not actually work to do what you'd like if it is only 2-2.5 ft deep. Might be very tight. You might be better off putting a pantry cabinet there and have the other one for overflow if you don't have enough depth to actually walk into the space with shelves there too. Certainly would waste less space.

For some reason the proportions in this photo are all off unless you click on it, I promise it is drawn accurately to scale.

As you can see in this rough sketch the smallest portion is 3' deep and it is 6' wide. We will not be storing appliances, serving pieces, or dry goods here, just food.

Oldbat2be, the pantry will have its own air supply vent wherever it is located, so ventilation is not a big concern for me. I'd rather keep the doors shut on the pantry as otherwise my cat and dog tend to take advantage of easily accessible food.

That looks terrific, what fun. Glad to hear about the ventilation. I understand about the pet issue - just yesterday, my shepherd came dashing out with a large oatmeal canister (tube?) in his mouth. I shut the doors:)