We always have a tiny flush of jealousy when we see those beautiful custom kitchens with perfectly fitted cupboards, and lots of pull-out cabinets that make great use of every narrow space. Well, you too can squeeze in a narrow pantry pull-out, with these rolling pantry shelves.
Pantry space for things like baking supplies, canned goods, and other staples has always been at a premium in our kitchens. Rental kitchens like ours also are not as thoughtfully planned out in terms of storage and functionality.
Slim carts like these are designed to help you get the most out of odd or narrow spaces, like the space between the fridge and the wall, or between a bank of cabinets and the door. Some are as narrow as 9 inches, so they can be slipped in many places.They pull out on wheels, and there's no installation necessary at all, which makes them perfect for a rental kitchen!
Here are three slim rolling pantry shelves we found in our browsing:
• Six-Shelf Pantry Rack, $99 at Improvements. 10 inches wide and 56 inches high. We like the handsome chrome!
• Slim Cart, $24.99 at The Container Store. 9 inches wide and 30 inches tall. Skinny!
• Slim Household Cart with Wheels, $19.99 at Space Savers. 10 inches and 32 inches tall. Small and accessible.
Do you use any rolling shelves like these? How have they worked out for you? I would love to squeeze one of these in between the fridge and countertop, but it would be a tight fit!
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(Images: Improvements; The Container Store)
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too bad, i need some that are 6" wide, for that ansoying space between my cupboards and refrigerator.
These look wonderful. Wish I had some space to put one. Alas, the only free space in my minuscule kitchen is on the ceiling. *sigh*
I've got one rolling pantry shelf and I absolutely love it. Althought the one I have is rather large. I keep it in the laundry/pantry room of my loft. It pretty much holds my blender, smoothie maker, juicer, and all of my white serveware. I wanted another but was lacking the space. It's good to know that they come in smaller sizes.
Whenever I see record shelves on wheels at the thrift store I wish they were turned upside down!
I have this one from the Container Store, and it's right next to my stove. I don't have any counter space around the stove, so this makes a big difference. You can buy shallow or deep drawers, depending on what you want to store.
http://www.containerstore.com/shop/elfa/bestSellingSolutions/kitchen?productId=10018497
In my unit, the top two drawers are shallow for holding utensils. The next three drawers are deeper -- one for clean kitchen towels, one for dirty kitchen towels, and one for onions. I added casters to the bottom so I can roll it out to clean underneath.
I have this cart from Target, but in black and with 2 pull out baskets under the middle shelf. It makes great use of some awkward space between my oven and refrigerator. I keep baking supplies on the bottom two shelves, and kitchen utensils and fresh produce in containers on the top. Its very helpful, and cheap!
I like the Thin Pantry at Improvements. http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/thin-pantry-caddy.do
The white end would blend in nicely between the fridge and wall.
If I just had 10 inches and $100.....
In searching for inexpensive adjustable shallow shelves for a wall pantry, I settled on these black wire cd/dvd storage shelves called Atlantic Mastersteel. Mine came from an eBay store, Amazon has them also. <http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-63135237-Maxsteel-BluRay-12-Tier/dp/B000A0FXCK/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_1>
The selves are only 6" deep, if you don't count the feet and about 3' wide--2 different heights in black. Since the shelves are wire, I ended up getting plexi-glass sheets from the hardware and cutting shelf liners to size. You could use the softer plastic shelf-liner but I wanted a rigid liner. The shelves are great--just deep enough for my 1/2 gal. anchor hocking glass storage jars--4 fit across <http://www.anchorhocking.com/prodd_4204_cat_260_cracker_jar.html> and with the added liners, small things, like spice jars stand up steady and don't fall through the spaces.
Caveats: construction/quality of the shelves is not the best-- little wonky--but I always use a rubber mallet to knock the shelves into place--and that makes them very sturdy. (They have the plastic sleeves that click into place that the shelves rest on) Also the feet stick out some inches--so I didn't use the feet but have leveled it with a shim. Lastly, you might want to anchor it to the wall if it has a lot of weight on top or you've got climbing children or pets--it comes with anchoring pieces. I tend to put the lighter stuff on top and also set it up so that the shelves tip to the back slightly. I've definitely gotten my money's worth and they barely take up any space.
For folks needing slide out units, I wouldn't put wheels on them though--at least the taller one, unless you figure out a way to give them a very low center of gravity and enough low weight to keep them from falling over if it's rolled around.