Perfect Pantries

 Since I pretty much have "kitchen on the brain" right now

 I thought a post about the pantry

 might be in order

 This is a 

closet to pantry conversion 

that I did a while ago

It's pretty simple but got the job done really well

Our new kitchen in Ojai will have most of these elements 

with overflow ending up in the adjacent mudroom

 I loved the fact that all of the cookbooks fit in here too...I have way too many cookbooks

Sometimes pantry storage can be overlooked but a great pantry

 really makes for a great kitchen

 One of my favorite items from the container store are these little canvas storage bins

They cost about 6 dollars and can be used for everything!

 I was lucky to have a second pull out pantry

 for items that were used almost daily

These are really handy and

 take up very little space.

Many companies make these in all different configurations

 to fit your design needs

 I think every kitchen need a dedicated spice drawer if possible

 And some additional hidden storage for cooking essentials 

like salt and pepper, oil and marinades,

fresh bread and snacks etc

A favorite site to see other pantries is a cooking site/blog

called

The Perfect Pantry

She does a weekly series called 

"Other Peoples Pantries"

  it is such a kick to see what other people think they need,

 store, use and horde in their kitchens

You can enter your own pantry photos too!

Ironically one of the most downloaded photos on Houzz is a pantry

A mere 47,500 people have added that pantry 

to their idea books

how is that for the perfect pantry!

take a peek here

have a great weekend

and could ya please pass the jelley