PANTRY DESIGN

Most of us can benefit from more storage in every room, but the kitchen, being the heart of the home, deserves special consideration. Once, storage for food, cooking utensils, and large and small appliances, were all that a kitchen afforded the one cook in the house. Counter space was important, too, but not as much so as it is today. Now kitchens serve as entertainment areas as well as the food preparation and eating room. Now, too, there may be multiple cooks in the kitchen.

Once your lower cabinets are in order, concentrate on the upper cabinets; for many of us, they are too tall to utilize more than one or two shelves effectively, so make the most of what you do have. Using the hard-to-reach upper shelves for little-used items or large serving pieces makes the most sense. For the shelves you can reach, try clear, vacuum sealed canisters; they come in a great variety of sizes for all your dry storage needs. These are great for cereals, rice, crackers, and pasta; and you can easily see how much you have on hand, thus making quick work of your grocery shopping list when it's time to restock.
You may want to keep your baking materials in one place; vacuum sealed canisters are a must here too, either clear or stainless or ceramic work nicely. The smaller items like baking soda and powder are fine in their commercial containers and fit well into the space. Since you likely use salt frequently, you may want to keep it in an easy-to-scoop apothecary jar for convenience.
Adding stackable wire racks to cabinets or a pantry shelf helps with cans and jars like soups and tomato products. Once these items are faced-forward and in order, it will be simple to see and access them and record what is needed for the next stop at the grocery store.
If you are fortunate enough to have an actual pantry, keeping the above-mentioned ideas in mind will help keep your pantry well ordered. If you happen to have a closet near-by--and I mean right near the kitchen--you can easily outfit it with some of these ideas. Relegating a make-shift pantry to an entry hall closet is less than ideal; but remember that a retrofitted closet is going to be about 24 inches deep, so the same rules would apply regarding shelves that re too deep to access the items at the rear of the closet. Having pull-out shelves would be most beneficial. Having shelves custom cut to fit, measuring about 12 inches deep also works. Lower shelves in a make-shift closet-turned-pantry can be deeper for storage of little-used large appliances, like a crock-pot, 40-cup coffee maker, or small appliances.

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