Pantry issues

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I've never had a pantry before, but I might get one!
These are the plans at the moment, but they can still move doors and walls within reason as building hasn't started yet.
Would you prefer it as the plans are, with the possibility of deeper shelves (red) or would you see if they could move the door so you could line the entire pantry with shelving (blue)?

Door plus L-shaped shelves. It's a joy to open the door into a pantry. Also to shut so that you don't have to be see the contents.

What are you planning to keep in there? If you are going to have wooden crates for veg for instance, how many of them and what are their dimensions as that will dictate how deep your shelves need to be. Are you putting stuff in plastic bins? How big are they?

My ideal would be the blue U shaped shelving with a door that opens out of rather than into pantry? Bi fold/sliding door?

I'd have the door opening flat to the wall with the red shelves then you won't have to step inside and shut the door to get things that are on the shelves behind the door. You could put shelves on the same wall as the door, so on your left as you go in.

Could they put in a pocket door? Then you'd have more space.

You want really good lighting in there too otherwise you won't find things on the bottom shelves.

Do you plan on having appliances in there (like a food processor or whatever?) if so, put in at least twice as many plugs as you think you'll need.

The shelves don’t have to be the same depth all over. If you are stacking eg tins, narrower shelves work well whereas if you have applicances or baskets / bins then deeper shelves would be better. You could have one deep row and one shallower one, perhap with the wall opposite the door free for vacuum cleaner / mop etc. I suggest looking at shelving on IKEA (or wherever you want to buy it) and plan accordingly.

We have a pantry with a hidden door, so it just looks like a whole wall of built in floor to ceiling cupboards. Alas we moved in 9 months ago and I’ve still not ordered my IKEA shelving!

My top top tip would be to get the electrician to put a motion sensor in there so the light goes on itself when you walk in and switches off automatically. Amazing!

I'm not sure they could do a pocket door as it would be added expense. I would plan to store kitchen appliances in there, although I'd not thought about using them in there. I don't quite see how that is practical? I don't need to keep cleaning stuff in there as there is also a slightly larger room for the washing machine.

I've only ever kept veg in the fridge, wouldn't it go off really quickly kept at room temp?

My pantry is similar.

I have the red arrangement and it works really well.

I use ikea kallax under the wall on the left, as you walk in. Then loads of shelfs above and in front.
Also a wine fridge, wine rack.

I keep my clothes airers behind the door and against the wall next to it.

My pantry works well and i wouldnt change it