| Design your own pantry kitchen lazy susan. |
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| Written by Bruce Contryman |
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Our pantry cabinet design began after my wife got fed up with trying to reach and find items in the back of our storage closet. It had 5 shelves from floor to ceiling that were so deep you could store a lot of stuff, but couldn't find any thing with out emptying half of the shelf. We searched for solutions and were dismayed at the wasted spaces they left in the pantry. So I designed a lazy susan pantry cabinet with 6 shelf and they fit into the back shelves. This design used all the space in the closet. Our pantry is a trapezoid shape that is 23" deep, 27" wide at the back and 41" wide at the front and 76 inches high. It is quite large and can hold a lot of dry good items. We needed to make the Lazy Susan large so that we could reach into the back of the pantry. We decided to make the lazy susan shelf a half semi circle with the pivot point at the front of the pantry door. The trick was to find the center of pantry entrance and still clear the pantry door as the Lazy Susan swung around. Once I found this point I mounted a 5/8 inch pillow block bearing to the top inside of the pantry door to make all other measurements. I hung a plum bob from the pillow block bearing to the point I marked on the floor as the center of the pantry door. You need to make a poster board template of the closet floor of all the measurements and drawings. Each shelf has a different size so make sure you know the largest and smallest size. You should be able to come up with one size that will work for all shelves. The shelves can then be cut to the smallest size and they should fit any location. We reviewed the design and determined to proceed. We decided that the best color to paint the inside of the closet is a solid white color so that it would make it easier to find items on the back shelves. We decided to stain all the oak plywood panels a natural oak color. About Author: Do you have a large kitchen pantry closet that you keep food items in but can never find what you want? Then check out our pantry cabinet., or our lazy susan pantry, on how to design your own pantry. This and other unique content 'pantry kitchen' articles are available with free reprint rights. Kindly provided by 4Girls.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include this link. |