With tall ceilings, an impressive stone fireplace, and original wooden beams, this home in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, had plenty of character and a style that felt coastal. Six months into the purchase of their home, this family of six contacted Alessia Loffredo and Sarah Coscarelli of ReDesign Home to complete their home’s renovation by tackling the kitchen. “Surprisingly, the kitchen was the one room in the home that lacked interest due to a challenging layout between kitchen, butler pantry, and pantry,” the designer shared, “the cabinetry was not proportionate to the space’s large footprint and height. None of the house’s architectural features were introduced into kitchen aside from the wooden beams crossing the room throughout the main floor including the family room.” She moved the pantry door closer to the prepping and cooking area while converting the former butler pantry a bar. Alessia designed an oversized hood around the stove to counterbalance the impressive stone fireplace located at the opposite side of the living space. She then wanted to include functionality, using Trim Tech‘s cabinets, featuring a pair with retractable doors, for easy access, flanking both sides of the range. The client had asked for an island that would be larger than the original in their space – Alessia made the smart decision that if it was to increase in size it shouldn’t increase in visual weight and designed it with legs, raised above the floor. Made out of steel, by Wayward Machine Co., along with a marble-replicating porcelain countertop, it was designed with durability in mind to withstand anything that her client’s four children would throw at it. Finally, she added finishing touches to the space in the form of brass hardware from Katonah Chicago, with similar toned wall lighting and faucet.

Traditional Kitchen

Inspiration for a timeless medium tone wood floor kitchen pantry remodel in Atlanta with shaker cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, gray backsplash and subway tile backsplash

Coastal Virginia Idea House Ashby's Bridge

Stephen Alexander Homes & Neighborhoods

Example of a transitional l-shaped dark wood floor and brown floor kitchen pantry design with open cabinets and white cabinets

Custom Traditional Home in Bellaire, Texas

Purser Architectural

Purser Architectural Custom Home Design
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Mulberry Lane Residence

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Bruce Damonte
Inspiration for a timeless dark wood floor kitchen pantry remodel in San Francisco with open cabinets and light wood cabinets

Walk-in Pantry

Closet Factory

This well designed pantry has baskets, trays, spice racks and many other pull-outs, which not only organizes the space, but transforms the pantry into an efficient, working area of the kitchen.

Small Pantry space organized

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built in door storage in pantry
Inspiration for a small timeless bamboo floor kitchen pantry remodel in San Francisco with medium tone wood cabinets

Kitchen Pantry Design

Inspired Closets Vermont

What's the key to crafting the most delicious meal? If you ask us, it starts in your organized pantry where you can clearly see and therefore use up what you have. If it drives you crazy walking into a pantry space that is disorganized and cluttered, give us a call today! We offer a free design consultation where we make recommendations tailored to your space.

Tiger Oak

Robison Home Builders

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Transitional Kitchen

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NEAT Kitchens

NEAT Method Santa Barbara

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Pantry

Closet 1 Interiors

Modern Farmhouse

Old Hillsboro Building Company

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Duplex near Harvard Square, Cambridge Massachusetts

Don Foote Contracting

Pantry pull-out storage units. Richelieu. design: Marta Kruszelnicka photo: Todd Gieg
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The 4th

CMM Custom Homes

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Parkview

Warmington & North

Custom cabinetry by Warmington & North Architect: Hoedemaker Pfeiffer Photography: Haris Kenjar
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Perry House

Cabinet Designers, Inc

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French Country Estate

O’Hara Interiors

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Danalda Residence

Von Fitz Design

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Swope Kitchen Renovation

The Aldrich Group, LLC

Rev-a-Shelf pantry storage with custom features Jeff Herr Photography
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Kitchen Pantry Ideas

If you regularly cook at home, having an organized and efficient kitchen pantry is essential. Clearly seeing what you’ve got will make it so much easier to plan dinners and do your grocery shopping. And who doesn’t love opening up the door to a fully stocked and perfectly organized kitchen pantry? While you browse thousands of photos below, consider the following kitchen pantry ideas and how you might incorporate them into your home.

1. Glass Canisters

One of the best kitchen pantry organization ideas is to put your dry goods into clear glass canisters. These could be glass mason jars or tall glass bins with plastic pop lids. That way, you’ll be able to see how much flour or oatmeal you have left, and the glass jars will give your pantry a streamlined look. If you really want to be organized, you can even label each canister.

2. Door Organizers

A great way to maximize storage space is to hang a kitchen pantry organizer on the door. Whether it’s a simple wire rack or wooden shelving, door organizers are a great spot to store spices, condiments, plastic bags and just about anything else you can fit.

3. Pull-Out Shelves

If you need kitchen pantry storage ideas for a small space, consider installing pull-out shelves. These sorts of shelves work just like tall, vertical drawers, and will save you from having to rummage through the backs of your cupboards.

4. Wine Storage

If you’re in the process of installing new kitchen pantry shelving, you might add in a dedicated wine bottle storage section. A cool pantry is a great place to store a small wine collection, and future buyers are sure to appreciate the feature!

5. Chalkboards

One of the most fun pantry ideas for the kitchen is to hang up a chalkboard on the door, which will instantly make the space feel homier. You can write grocery lists, menu ideas or notes to your family to keep everyone on top of things.

6. Drawers

It may seem odd, but one of the smartest pantry shelving ideas is to actually replace them with shallow drawers. Especially if you’ve got a small pantry, installing drawers in place of stationary shelves can make accessing items so much easier.

7. Bakers Racks

Maximize your pantry storage by installing a super functional metal bakers rack. Simple and utilitarian, a bakers rack with several levels of shelves will set you up to have a highly organized pantry.

8. Pantry Storage Cabinet

Not all kitchens come with built-in pantries, but you can make do with a stand-alone storage cabinet instead. Go with an old-fashioned armoire and enjoy the farmhouse charm!

9. Wicker Bins

To give your pantry a clean, streamlined look, invest in some pantry organization containers. That way, you can stash your various cans and bags of food into the bins and avoid seeing clutter. Wicker bins look particularly nice and can even be labeled for extra organization.

10. Wall Hooks

While it may seem simple, installing a series of hooks on the wall is a great walk-in pantry idea. With the extra space, it makes sense to use a walk-in pantry as an all-purpose closet, and you can hang anything from aprons to keys to cloth grocery bags on the hooks.

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