🏡 Better Homes The "Custom House Build" Thread
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N20GT what is your in the pantry plan? Are you doing a countertop for all your small appliances or are you just doing shelving for storage?A change to consider. My brother has a similar sized pantry and he centered the door so the storage wraps around you. He has cabinets on the bottom with a countertop (and outlets) and then shelves above for open storage.
A change to consider. My brother has a similar sized pantry and he centered the door so the storage wraps around you. He has cabinets on the bottom with a countertop (and outlets) and then shelves above for open storage.
Centered a little or making it a pocket door could give you more room in there too so you dont have to worry about the door swing.
What’s your beef with pocket doors? I was thinking of putting one in for our master bath so the door isn’t in the wayI despise pocket doors as much as KJ despises Conrad's current kitchen setup.I think he should get a nice looking door, maybe some frosted glass to match his uppers and it says pantry right down the middle so no one forgets what's inside?
I despise pocket doors as much as KJ despises Conrad's current kitchen setup.
Nothing wrong with pocket doors if you do them correctly.
Here's one exactly like youre describing except missing a pantry decal on it.
I used one for a closet door because the closet and room are already tiny, might as well take advantage of a long wall next to it and make it a pocket door. Better than a bifold or a barn door that you then cant put anything against that wall.
Nothing wrong with pocket doors if you do them correctly.
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Here's one exactly like youre describing except missing a pantry decal on it.
That won't work, microwave is next to fridge. I need another example.
I think youre just used to seeing cheap pocket doors from chain stores or something. You can buy the kit and then buy your own slab and have a stupid nice door that looks great but slides into the wall.
But it's missing "love, laugh, live"
...and jars of lemons and limes... Kitchen of my dreams! I do like the cabinets
PS that execution of the door isn't too bad but I'd likely leave it open because I dislike sliding them in and out of the wall. It annoys me for some reason. I'm weird and I accept that...maybe its genetic because my brother feels the exact same way.
So leave them open and close them when you have company over and don't want anyone in there.
At least the door is out of sight and not taking up wall space when its left open.....
Maybe that's the difference though, my grandparents had them in their house and I dont mind them at all, they just make great sense in some locations, especially when you want to keep as much room as possible available to not worry about door swing.
Things i've taken away from this convo so far:
I'll figure out the island placement and size, pretty sure I already know what I want to do
In a development that's shocking to absolutely nobody: everyone has differing opinions on kitchen layouts and cabinet/counter styles and designs
The pocket door to the pantry is a good idea, generally speaking I don't like pocket doors but in this case it might work. Asked the wife what she thinks about that and sent a couple pics. They're framing that basically now so we'd need to decide soon
I'll figure out the island placement and size, pretty sure I already know what I want to do
In a development that's shocking to absolutely nobody: everyone has differing opinions on kitchen layouts and cabinet/counter styles and designs
The pocket door to the pantry is a good idea, generally speaking I don't like pocket doors but in this case it might work. Asked the wife what she thinks about that and sent a couple pics. They're framing that basically now so we'd need to decide soon
Again this is personal preference, but I like that with the "new" layout, you don't have 30" deep uppers "closing off" the kitchen where you walk in. It'll seem more open just having regular 12" deep uppers there, the symmetrical view from the living room is just an added bonus. I agree all the stainless will be in the one corner of the kitchen by doing this, but that's not a huge deal to me.
1500SC Series Soft-Close Pocket Door Frame Kits
Johnson Hardware Soft Close Pocket Door Frame.
Id do a 1500 series with soft close personally. Itll hold a 200 pound door as well.
Where are you walking into the kitchen from? Is it the mud room behind it or what leads to that opening?
Correct, it's the laundry/mud room on the other side of that wall.
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