Where is the existing pantry?

Can you provide plan with dimensions for areas to be changed. Moving laundry door sounds an excellent idea

@dreamer It’s the last cupboard to the right of the fridge (apologies can’t log back in with the same account on the app)

@Kate which dimensions do you need?

Your house doesn’t seem to have a lot of storage. Why don’t you leave the existing pantry as is? You may end up using it for storage etc.

you need to show length and width of all rooms so that you make sure to allow enough space for all the changes....the 15cm that you want to take off the laundry may affect the door to outside and you may find that any extra space might be better used in the new bathroom ...a very affective pantry doesn't need to be more than 15cm deep but all depends all room sizes and location of doors and windows....it's always better to plan for whole house changes even if you only want to alter one or two rooms...one future option could be to change dining room window to a sliding door and then you could make the kitchen cabinets much longer without the outside kitchen door

@bigreader I did think of that but not sure we’d need much more if we had a big pantry in the new location. Of course I’d just leave it if that’s the best and easiest option

@oklouise Sure, I’ll update with measurements later today. 15cm extra depth is the max - might just do 5-10cm and this would only be right behind the pantry itself, not the entire length of the laundry.

We are actually hoping to having a sliding door from where the dining area window is upto (and including) the kitchen door however this might be phase two of work. If we do this I’d want to extend our back patio to go the full length to the dining room, remove the attached carport and also fix up all of our garden landscaping. We don’t need to extend the kitchen cupboards beyond this.

I tend to agree with dreamer. I'd use the existing pantry as a broom cupboard/ general storage cupboard.

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Hmm ok thanks. We'll be having lots of new storage in the laundry so was hoping for something a bit more exciting/interesting but I guess it'll just be an extra cupboard

An appliance cupboard is another idea.

Really confused by what your changes are. When you say full size pantry, what size is that. We don’t know anything about the current pantry or anything a[else about kitchen besides the c=basic layout. Not sure why w[u]you would take 15cm off laundry, cheaper, easier to make pantry shallower. Don’t need a deep pantry

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You can never have to much storage, shoe storage, bbq equipment storage, outdoor cushions storage, appliance cabinet……..

Such a great idea @dreamer - I'm sold! Coffee station it is :)

It would be an easy change with existing pantry shelving too

To have full use of space, have your electrician install a power outlet.

Hi Jimb Omm,

I agree that you don't need a really deep pantry for it to be efficient. 400-500mm is pretty much all you need for the largest items and drawers below eye height can be made shallower than standard to give you access to all small items so you aren't reaching behind things to what you need. I would not bother moving a wall for the pantry. Seems an expensive option for little benefit. Door from hall to laundry is a great solution as most laundry comes from the bedrooms and bathroom.

Are you not renovating the whole kitchen?? If not, you could also store crockery and other items used in the dining room in the old pantry nearest the dining room such as place mats, table cloths, if you use them and cutlery etc. Irregularly used items store up high such as table decorations for christmas, platters etc. This can easily be combined with a coffee/drinks area.

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Thanks @CHRISTINE HALL ARCHITECTS LTD. We're not renovating the kitchen - we refaced the cabinets a couple of years ago as an interim measure so hopefully this will last for the medium term. I agree with not moving the wall for the pantry. I had just thought it may not be that big of a job as we were already closing the current doorway up but equally happy to leave the depth as it