ProudGrandma Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yes, another kitchen question...trying to see what a typical size of most pantry cabinets. Will you measure yours for me? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 21" wide by 23" deep by about 7.5' tall. If I can't have a walk in, I would rather have one that was wider and shallower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 My pantry is in the laundry area that is off the kitchen, the washer and dryer are on one side, there are shelves on the entire opposite wall. The house before this had a narrow door (2 ft. wide?) opening to a floor to ceiling closet with shelves that was about 3 ft. wide. Get as much as you can!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durriyyah Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Mine is about 21" wide and I would guess about 14" deep, 6' tall. It works well enough for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Mine is 24 inches wide. It's this one actually and I love it. It holds almost all our food. Maybe I could have put all of it in there if we didn't have so many supplements and medications in addition to food. It has pull out drawers so things in the back are just as accessible as things in the front. If that's not the case with your pantry situation I wouldn't go deep. Edited October 2, 2012 by sbgrace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 thank you this is all very helpful! I think I will have room for maybe 2-3 of these....I hope anyway!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 anybody else?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 24" x 24" x 84" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 do you have sliding shelves or just regular shelves in your pantry?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 38.5" x 24" x 84" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama_Rana Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Mine is about 5-6 feet wide [sorry, I'm on the couch for the eve watching "Enterprise"] and about a foot deep. The actual food area starts about waist-high and is 3 shelves maybe 18 inches apart. There is empty space underneath where I keep cleaning stuff. The tip-top shelf which is really too high for me has vases, napkins, stuff like that. It's got 2 bifold doors on it, but still there is some tucked away space on either end. Honestly? I hate it. Well, hate is strong, it has some good points [better than the linen closet I had upstairs until we remodeled!] but I'd rather have a walk-in and a proper broom closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 43.5" wide x 23" deep. But the shelves are only 12" deep and the opening to the pantry is only 23.5" wide. It's really an odd size with a lot of unusable and difficult-to-use space. I have 4 shelves that are 14" apart and there is 41" above the top shelf. I'm sure there's a better way to use the space but I haven't figured it out. My neighbor's pantry is even smaller! Same door width but with just a couple inches on the sides. In one house I had a double-door closet pantry. It had about 10" deep shelves but it was about 5" wide. I found that one much more usable as the entire closet opened up and there was little wasted space like I have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 10 feet wide but the left side has the washer/dryer. Front to back is only about 6 ft. I would love it to be twice as big, honestly. In my last house, the pantry was smaller but the laundry area was 16 by 6 with shelving we used as stockpile storage. Now I use my master closet for storage. BLAH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 mine is in my laundry room. One side of the room is the washer, dryer, large area for brooms, mops, vacuum, etc with 3 shelves over the washer and dryer for cleaning stuff. A fairly large window seperates the room and the other side is floor to ceiling shelves which are 8 ft. wide, 8 ft. tall and 15" deep. The only negative is that the room is not that close to the kitchen and stuff does seem to get lost in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) 8 feet wide x 8 feet tall x 24 inches deep, in the hallway off the kitchen. We built it the way we wanted it, and I can get to/find everything. Edited October 2, 2012 by Amy in NH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My pantry is built-in (not a cabinet). It has double doors, is about 6.5 feet across and 25 inches deep. The shelves are 12 inches deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 It's a walk-in nestled under the stairs that go up from the family room(they turn). BEST thing ever in my house! I would say 4ftx4ft but the door opens on the diagonal so that corner is cut off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroe1 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I've had big ones and I've had little ones. No matter what the size, it is always cluttered. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Mine is roughly 8x6 with two regular doors that swing open and fixed shelves that are about 3.5' deep. I really love that the top shelf has enough height & depth to allow me to store my wheat grinder, deli slicer, toaster, electric griddle, etc. and that my bottom shelf allows enough room underneath to store buckets of wheat, rice, popcorn, beans, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 The kitchen in my century old house has a huge pantry that was designed to be cooler than the rest of the house and is the size of a big walk in closet. And it's been turned into a bathroom. Oh well. I make do with a single cupboard and a corner bench with deep cabinets underneath for longer term storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Mine is a like a closet. 24" wide, 19" deep. Regular door height, but it does extend higher inside the pantry itself. I hate it. I call it the pit. We are going to renovate our kitchen and I'm going to have roll-out shelves installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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