My pantry shelves are starting to sag, and pull away from the walls.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to make it function.

I have wanted to add 3 more rows above the top shelves since we moved (2.5 years ago) but never got around to it (pregnant and now she is 1).

Overall the size is good, and I know if I had more upper shelves I could spread things out a little more.

1. I cook all 3 meals at home, every day. (long before covid)

2. I typically do 1x a month shopping for shelf stable, and 1x a week for perishables( not much from weekly trip is stored in pantry. )

3. Personal and religious convictions means we keep a substantial amount of food on hand and have enough to supplement my parents and grandparents who live around the corner who have less space.

4. for efficiency, I hate move things to get to something else, I don't like to stack things.I have nesting bowls, and don't nest them, my tupperware is stored with lids on and stacked. I have plenty of room don't need to maximize space. Drawers are way more accessible, and as my daughter grows, I am sure we will have a few more grab and go type packaged snacks that I think the pull out drawers will be much better for her.

I found some great pull out can storage through elfa (hold 3 rows of 7 cans, total 21 per rack), and I also like their shallow drawers, so I reached out and had the container store design my space. Overall I think it's good, however, there is a lot of dead space.

Additionally, I found some FIFO can storage that I would like to buy (hold 3 rows of 14 cans

), which is 16" deep and 12" tall. I can use these for my canned staples that I keep on hand and rotate them. I'm think of the putting these on the bottom 2 racks on the wider wall.

Price for Elfa is 2300 professionally installed, 1700 DIY, as configured, however, I think I would add more of the pull out can racks (use for spices as well as one for hot sauces, and extracts. So, I think about $500 more realistically. They are currently having their 30% off sale, which is substantial.

I told the worker the amount of weight I needed to be able to support and she seemed to have no issue. before I rearranged, my heavy shelf was 84 lbs. On their drawings, she shows sotrage for about 150 lbs of cans.

For the record, the "pop out" is my water heater. I got a quote from a plumber to swap out with tankless, and because of the location, it would cost about 5k, not including moving the walls in the pantry, so that is out.

elfa can rack

fifo can rotator

Thanks for your input.