Best of the Week: 32 Brilliant Built-in Pantries
Create a custom corner in your kitchen for the perfect pantry to store all your cooking needs
The current obsession with creating culinary delights at home means you now need a pantry. Building one into your kitchen cabinets is one of the easiest ways to create a custom corner to store your foodstuff. We’ve discovered some of the best built-in pantry ideas from Singapore and around the world to help you on your epicurean endeavours.
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Don’t forget that you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on the photo and profile image. Browse our pro directory to find cabinet makers and kitchen professionals near you.
2. Location: Singapore
Designer: Architology
Features: Layers of storage, a microwave and an appliance ‘garage’.
Designer: Architology
Features: Layers of storage, a microwave and an appliance ‘garage’.
3. Location: Singapore
Designer: Fifth Avenue Interior
Features: A narrow but tall pull-out pantry you can access from both sides.
Designer: Fifth Avenue Interior
Features: A narrow but tall pull-out pantry you can access from both sides.
5. Location: San Francisco, USA
Features: A fan of shelves creates more places to pack provisions in a corner.
Features: A fan of shelves creates more places to pack provisions in a corner.
6. Location: Singapore
Designer: Groundwork
Features: A double-door cabinet that blends into the wall.
Designer: Groundwork
Features: A double-door cabinet that blends into the wall.
7. Location: London, UK
Features: Shallow spice shelves plus deep drawers and a spot for the microwave and toaster.
Features: Shallow spice shelves plus deep drawers and a spot for the microwave and toaster.
8. Location: Singapore
Designer: The Association
Features: Shallow pull-out drawers behind a wall of doors.
Designer: The Association
Features: Shallow pull-out drawers behind a wall of doors.
10. Location: Singapore
Designer: Renaissance Planners
Features: Not an inch is wasted; even the insides of the doors have been mounted with shelves.
Designer: Renaissance Planners
Features: Not an inch is wasted; even the insides of the doors have been mounted with shelves.
11. Location: London, UK
Features: Open shelving that goes across the wide doorway. Matching mason jars are a must!
Features: Open shelving that goes across the wide doorway. Matching mason jars are a must!
12. Location: Singapore
Designer: Third Avenue Studio
Features: Overhead wire shelving and sliding doors create a cool display.
Designer: Third Avenue Studio
Features: Overhead wire shelving and sliding doors create a cool display.
13. Location: Essex, UK
Features: Honeyed timber with shelves and drawers and spice racks.
Features: Honeyed timber with shelves and drawers and spice racks.
14. Location: Moscow, Russia
Features: A hideaway kitchen with a ventilated drawer for fruit and vegetables.
Features: A hideaway kitchen with a ventilated drawer for fruit and vegetables.
15. Location: Chicago, USA
Features: Doors that swing out fully so that shelves are all in line.
Features: Doors that swing out fully so that shelves are all in line.
16. Location: Sussex, UK
Features: A re-purposed vintage cupboard for a pantry and general storage.
Features: A re-purposed vintage cupboard for a pantry and general storage.
17. Location: Boston, USA
Features: A pantry with deep drawers, a special pull-out section and a ladder to access the top cabinets.
Features: A pantry with deep drawers, a special pull-out section and a ladder to access the top cabinets.
18. Location: Kildare, Ireland
Features: Food labels that have been etched into the drawer fronts.
Features: Food labels that have been etched into the drawer fronts.
19. Location: Sherman Oaks, USA
Features: Easy access to bottles tall or small.
Features: Easy access to bottles tall or small.
20. Location: Kent, UK
Features: Fun, fabulous storage in a stand-alone cabinet.
Features: Fun, fabulous storage in a stand-alone cabinet.
21. Location: Lake View, USA
Features: Open shelving for pretty storage jars, and a mesh front cabinet below.
Features: Open shelving for pretty storage jars, and a mesh front cabinet below.
22. Location: Dublin, UK
Features: A clever pull-out prep top.
Features: A clever pull-out prep top.
23. Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Features: Door leaves that stack into one another; the one on the left has storage on two sides and folds inward, then the door on the right tucks over the top.
Features: Door leaves that stack into one another; the one on the left has storage on two sides and folds inward, then the door on the right tucks over the top.
24. Location: San Francisco, USA
Features: A sliver of a space at the end of a galley kitchen that has been turned into a mini pantry.
Features: A sliver of a space at the end of a galley kitchen that has been turned into a mini pantry.
25. Location: Isle Of Man, UK
Features: A series of old cabinets in this 1909 home has been turned into a pantry.
Features: A series of old cabinets in this 1909 home has been turned into a pantry.
26. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Features: An Ikea hack using cubed shelving as a pantry.
Features: An Ikea hack using cubed shelving as a pantry.
27. Location: Cornwall, UK
Features: Pale timber inside and out plus stacks of storage.
Features: Pale timber inside and out plus stacks of storage.
28. Location: Minneapolis, USA
Features: Mid-century modern styling with rippled glass fronts.
Features: Mid-century modern styling with rippled glass fronts.
29. Location: Berkshire, UK
Features: Deep drawers tucked into a kitchen corner.
Features: Deep drawers tucked into a kitchen corner.
30. Location: Ottawa, Canada
Features: A marble countertop so the space can also function as a pastry-making surface.
Features: A marble countertop so the space can also function as a pastry-making surface.
31. Location: Holkham, UK
Features: This free-standing pantry cabinet fits into the corner of a room perfectly.
Features: This free-standing pantry cabinet fits into the corner of a room perfectly.
32. Location: London, UK
Features: Country-style baskets that are perfect for storing root vegetables.
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Features: Country-style baskets that are perfect for storing root vegetables.
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Designer: Country Concept
Features: Dedicated storage for everything from cookbooks to wine bottles to baking sheets.