If your home didn’t come with a pantry, you probably find yourself storing your dry food items in your kitchen cabinets. Yet, pots, pans, and kitchen gadgets are also competing for space, so having a pantry installed is the best solution for staying organized. Fortunately, you can get creative with a custom pantry design in an area you wouldn’t have expected initially.

Top Overlooked Spaces Where You Could Put a Pantry

1. A Floor-to-Ceiling Cabinet

Instead of spreading your food items across multiple kitchen cabinets, consider having one tall cabinet installed to house your entire dry and canned food supply. With custom pantry design, you could add in features like spice racks and pull-out drawers for optimal organization. 

2. An Underused Closet

At the most basic levels, pantries are simply closets with features such as shelves and drawers. Make better use of any underused closets in your home, such as a small coat closet, by having shelving installed and turning it into a pantry. 

3. A Corner or Niche

If there’s a corner or niche in your kitchen which could accommodate a small pantry, use it. These areas often become wasted space, but with some innovative custom pantry design, you can have shelves and doors installed to house spices, oils, and other cooking essentials. 

4. Beneath the Stairs

Spaces beneath the stairs tend to be some of the most underutilized areas of any home. Whether you have an existing closet there or it’s merely a wall, these areas make the perfect spaces for food storage. For easy access, invest in pull-out cabinets. These innovative features will prevent you from having to crouch down or dig around to find items. 

5. A Whole Separate Room 

If you have a room directly off or near your kitchen, which is being underused, such as a mudroom or small office, consider transforming it into your pantry. If plumbing hookups are available, you could even add a sink and create a small prep station. 

Would you like to enhance your kitchen routine and maximize your space by adding a pantry? If so, turn to Cincinnati Closets®. Having served the Tri-State area for more than 25 years, these creative custom closet and pantry designers have been developing innovative storage spaces for local homeowners. Find out more about their custom pantry design services online or call (513) 631-7939 to discuss your vision with one of their team members.