Which of the two pix is your kitchen? They don't look like the same place and I don't see a "nook" per se.

I am in the same boat, met with my GC to talk about a pantry area that might be a coffee run of cabs... Here are some ideas I was tossing around maybe these visuals can help you.

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Here is one that is both a pantry and coffee station

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Thanks so much for all you Great suggestions....I'm so happy to hear that the pantry should be next to the oven as I just wasn't 100% sure on where it should go, as it has so many uses....It's funny because I have several of these same pics that you have listed saved to my inspiration ideas! ....I've been finding it abit overwhelming, as the area is so large and therefore very expensive.....I've been exploring the open shelf idea to help save on the cost of so many upper cabs and have see them used on all of the remodel & flip shows and like them.....I love the last pic of the pantry and coffee station but think that I would still need another 5 ft or so cabinets.

I am in the same position as you are a little overwhelmed with a 48 inch wall which the company is quoting me over $4000 to put having aI am in the same position as you are finding that it's very expensive up over $4000 for a 48 not 40 inch wall of cabinetry to match the existing kitchen also need ideas whether to go with ,a totally different color or same finish we have cherry right now and feel that

I am in the same position as you are a little overwhelmed with a 48 inch wall which the company is quoting me over $4000 to put cabinets on that wall for a coffee bar in the kitchen was thinking about a different color but it is on another side of an opening that already has cabinetry so feel that it should match Please share pictures of your finished coffee bar when you figure out what will be there here are the pictures I have of that existing area

I too believe it is a good idea to have the pantry close to the range/ovens. Perhaps you could have counter space between the pantry and the ovens so that you could put down hot items taken from the ovens. The counter space also would give you a place to set down bags of groceries while putting away the canned, boxed, and bottled pantry items. Is there another wall in the kitchen/dining area that could hold the coffee bar? Perhaps you could post more pictures so that readers could see other areas where such a bar would allow you to serve guests OR where the guests could serve themselves.

Do consider plumbing. I'm also mulling over a coffee/beverage station. I placed a buffet cabinet in the space for "tryouts" and keep running into the problem of "but it really needs a little sink, and it really needs a little fridge" - because you need to rinse the stuff out, you need to fill the pot, you need to wipe down the counter, you need to fetch the milk, etc., etc. So do I really want to install a tiny kitchen right next to my kitchen?! On the other hand, having electric kettle, coffeemaker, french press, grinder, all on the counter in my little kitchen is driving me nuts, too. Anyway, just something to think about. These inspiration pictures are all so great...

We think you have the right idea on where to locate it, however we wanted to include a few kitchens we have done for clients to help you a little more with your dilemma. In the first two images, note the color of the cabinets for the pantry:

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Note the bar with wine fridge in the forth image below, which is from the same design as this:

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The next three images are from the same design and include a coffee station and bar:

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Thank you all for these wonderful ideas! Can you please post how your project turned out with pics?