Building A Pantry Cabinet

Installing and securing the pantry cabinets in place.

Building a pantry cabinet.

Position the fence so that the face of the fence is 13 inches from the nearest edge of the saw blade and lock the fence into place. Raise the arbor on your table saw with a plywood blade installed so that the blade is about one inch above the saw table. Place the three cabinets onto the raised platform connect them together using 3 4 premium wood screws. We knew that wasn t going to happen so when we ordered the closet door for the girl room we also ordered one for a pantry.

Begin by cutting the pantry cabinet sides from the 3 4 inch thick sheet of plywood. Retrofit your cabinet with slide out drawers or work a pre built pantry cabinet box into the layout of a kitchen remodel. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions the sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Building a pantry in its own cabinet creates dedicated storage space right in the kitchen without sacrificing the look of your existing cabinets.

At first we planned on having a cabinet maker build a pantry cabinet to match our existing kitchen but when we had one come out he quoted us 3 000 for a pantry in this space. Face frames cover plywood edges. Framing the walls for my diy pantry i set to work framing the wall that would sit against the cabinets on the left side. These are great alternatives to consider for your pantry cabinet plans if a larger more complicated pantry isn t practical for you.

Built in pantry shelves with drawers accomplish your pantry organization mission with this modern built in pantry shelf hack. Next install the upper cabinet directly on the top of the the other three and secure in place using 3 4 premium wood screws. Keep the pocket holes hidden by positioning the back to face the wall and the top and bottom pieces facing the floor and ceiling. Consider building the built in pantry shelves with drawers will allow secrete storage of various food and crockery items.

Assemble the pantry cabinet start by attaching the top and bottom shelves to the back. Tips for selection or building your pantry shelves plywood is the go to material for shelves edges can be finished with iron on veneer banding or wood trim but other materials can work too if you re careful. They are cabinets that have been converted into pantries with stackable pullout drawers for deep set storage and shelving racks on the inside of the doors. When putting together these big plywood pieces it helps to have a second set of hands to hold them upright.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.