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Kitchen Pantry Design Ideas
Stuck for ideas for your kitchen pantry? Look no further than our image gallery for inspiration!
If you have a messy kitchen, a pantry is what you need to bring order back into your life. It’s a place that expands your kitchen storage, letting you organise all your items - from snacks to canned tomatoes to fancy dishes for special occasions. It can be a separate room or just one cabinet. Either way, it’s usually a life-changing addition to your kitchen and comes with a rich history.
Pantry ideas for small kitchens
If you have a smaller kitchen, you’re most likely looking for a simple cabinet as a pantry. If you’re concerned you won’t have the space, you may be surprised with the amount of options you’ll find on Houzz. For example, pull-out pantries can be ideal for small kitchens, or even adding some pull-out shelves can make a big difference in organising your staple foods and appliances. Corner pantries can save a lot of space, too!
What if you have more space?
If your kitchen is on the bigger side, you may consider a butler’s pantry, also known as scullery or walk-in pantry. These can even act like a second kitchen, where messy food preparation can be done and hidden away from guests. Back in the day the butler even used to sleep in there! Nowadays you may be looking at making your pantry more of a utility room, and possibly combine it with other hard-working rooms like a laundry, mudroom, bar or even an office.
I know what I want, but how do I best organise a pantry?
Once you have worked out which option is right for you, you want to think about which items you need to store and how you can best organise them. The Houzz magazine offers guidance here, and explains how to plan the perfect butler’s pantry or discusses pros and cons of different pantry systems.
If you’re unsure about any of these aspects, a professional organiser can help you find the perfect solution for your space. They will be experienced in planning layout, getting measurements right, and how to arrange and organise your items. They can even help declutter and re-organise your existing pantry! So while you’re saving photos, watch who you’re saving from. You may find that there’s someone who’s work you keep saving over and over again. In which case, you may want to reach out to them and get a quote for your project.
Whether you want inspiration for planning a kitchen pantry renovation or are building a designer kitchen pantry from scratch, Houzz has 32,798 images from the best designers, decorators, and architects in the country, including Mylands and MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.. Look through kitchen pantry photos in different colours and styles and when you find a kitchen pantry design that inspires you, save it to an Ideabook or contact the Pro who made it happen to see what kind of design ideas they have for your home. Explore the beautiful kitchen pantry ideas photo gallery and find out exactly why Houzz is the best experience for home renovation and design.
Photo: Blackstone Edge Studios
Inspiration for a large country l-shaped kitchen pantry in Portland with open cabinets, white cabinets, quartz benchtops, white splashback, dark hardwood floors, no island, brown floor and white benchtop.
organized pantry
space for pin boards - afjp
Joyelle West Photography
Mid-sized traditional kitchen pantry in Boston with open cabinets, white cabinets, light hardwood floors, a farmhouse sink, marble benchtops, stainless steel appliances and with island.
I love the barn door to the pantry - webuser_134414754
Design ideas for a small traditional kitchen pantry in Other with white cabinets and ceramic floors.
utility cabinet for dyson, mops, brooms, cleaning products, etc. - andrea_paten
Photo of a transitional kitchen pantry in Chicago with grey cabinets.
Love this pantry when it’s a cupboard not a walk in - deanne_glayde
Mid-sized traditional kitchen pantry in San Diego with open cabinets and white cabinets.
Love how organised it is, like the style for a walk in pantry too - deanne_glayde
Amanda Kirkpatrick Photography
This is an example of a small transitional single-wall kitchen pantry in New York with beaded inset cabinets, black cabinets, soapstone benchtops, cement tile splashback, dark hardwood floors and with island.
Black and white combo - lsfurby
This beautiful Birmingham, MI home had been renovated prior to our clients purchase, but the style and overall design was not a fit for their family. They really wanted to have a kitchen with a large “eat-in” island where their three growing children could gather, eat meals and enjoy time together. Additionally, they needed storage, lots of storage! We decided to create a completely new space.
The original kitchen was a small “L” shaped workspace with the nook visible from the front entry. It was completely closed off to the large vaulted family room. Our team at MSDB re-designed and gutted the entire space. We removed the wall between the kitchen and family room and eliminated existing closet spaces and then added a small cantilevered addition toward the backyard. With the expanded open space, we were able to flip the kitchen into the old nook area and add an extra-large island. The new kitchen includes oversized built in Subzero refrigeration, a 48” Wolf dual fuel double oven range along with a large apron front sink overlooking the patio and a 2nd prep sink in the island.
Additionally, we used hallway and closet storage to create a gorgeous walk-in pantry with beautiful frosted glass barn doors. As you slide the doors open the lights go on and you enter a completely new space with butcher block countertops for baking preparation and a coffee bar, subway tile backsplash and room for any kind of storage needed. The homeowners love the ability to display some of the wine they’ve purchased during their travels to Italy!
We did not stop with the kitchen; a small bar was added in the new nook area with additional refrigeration. A brand-new mud room was created between the nook and garage with 12” x 24”, easy to clean, porcelain gray tile floor. The finishing touches were the new custom living room fireplace with marble mosaic tile surround and marble hearth and stunning extra wide plank hand scraped oak flooring throughout the entire first floor.
Pantry -- Corner for appliances - webuser_239675141
Design by Aline Designs
This is an example of a country kitchen pantry in Oklahoma City with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, black floor and grey benchtop.
Storage & ladder to make use of all the storage - ujacobs1
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional l-shaped kitchen pantry in Charlotte with a farmhouse sink, blue cabinets, marble benchtops, white splashback, mosaic tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood floors, brown floor and white benchtop.
Colour of cabinets - yasmin_haley
Cory Holland
Transitional u-shaped kitchen pantry in Seattle with open cabinets, white cabinets, brick splashback, light hardwood floors, no island and beige floor.
I love the faux brick splash back - cameron_carmody
Treve Johnson
This is an example of a small contemporary galley kitchen pantry in San Francisco with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, brown splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood floors and no island.
narrow cupboard would fit anywhere! - julie_gray_watts
Large transitional galley kitchen pantry in Minneapolis with a farmhouse sink, beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, quartzite benchtops, multi-coloured splashback, mosaic tile splashback, panelled appliances, medium hardwood floors, with island, brown floor and grey benchtop.
draw for spirit bottles? - webuser_271278603
Marco Ricca
Small contemporary single-wall kitchen pantry in New York with shaker cabinets, black cabinets, quartz benchtops, mosaic tile splashback, stainless steel appliances and light hardwood floors.
Tiles for embellishment somewhere? - webuser_121185236
This is an example of a mid-sized country u-shaped kitchen pantry in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, solid surface benchtops, porcelain floors, no island and grey floor.
everything goes into pantry, including garlic, onions, like this idea. - temjinck
Inspiration for a traditional kitchen pantry in Boston with flat-panel cabinets and white cabinets.
Sliding door pantry half walk in - melvin_ho89
Sloane Square No.92 External Wall Cabinet.
Archway House No.106 External Base Cabinets.
Leadenhall No.118 Larder Exterior.
Kitchen by Smallbone of Devizes.
Smallbone’s Beaconsfield showroom.
Pantry storeage / colour ? Can have different colour in pantry end of kitchen - webuser_186878498
Mid-sized contemporary u-shaped kitchen pantry in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, marble benchtops, white splashback, subway tile splashback, slate floors, no island and grey floor.
Divisions inside the butlers pantry - che_rizz
Inspiration for a small transitional single-wall kitchen pantry in Chicago.
hides the clutter and lots of shelves/drawers - webuser_312989090