Right now I am planning on getting wire shelving for my new pantry at the house. I have decided on four Wire shelving units... Each will be four feet wide eighteen inches deep and 64 inches tall. They will have casters as well. so I can use them as is for now before building the room.
Oh and I am designing for Handicapped access. I may be perminantly in this rolling walker. If I dont get my legs under me soon. So The source for the shelves is called WebstaurantStore.com .
They have Wire shelves that act like drawers. I am ordering two for each of the Wire Racks... This way I can pull the shelves out and rotate stock...
my original design had individual drawers per product... But I am flexible. a 48 inch drawer is outstanding. Later on i can get dividers... But one thing at a time.
Myidea will have a single fixed shelf on the bottom with large or bulky or heavy items on it. Then the next two will be for canning which will be on the drawer. The space on those will be for half pint jars.. So say six or eight inches I havent measured the jars right now. but I want to keep them in the boxes they came in.
The Shelves removed will be used to make additional racks if I need them in the kitchen. At this place I can easily buy posts to make a bakers rack or a couple of them to add counter space. Right Now that kitchen only has counter space on either side of the stove.
ONe side is about eighteen inches wide the other side is about 24 inches wide. Then at ninety degrees from that counter is the sink One side is right up against the stove counter and the other side is about 24 inches long as well.
Here is a photo of it just after my Room mate moved out.
Not a good picture for counter space but it pretty much shows the original kitchen out lines... I am puttin an island on the carpet before the linoleum Its about six feet long. There used to be a refrigerator where the floor is white. Previous owner painted the floor to look like Mexican tiles... What ever he used was good stuff because its not wearing off. the drawers next to the stove are the ONLY drawers in the kitchen. and they are falling apart.
The door shown is to the only bathroom. as well. and you go through the bathroom to the utility room where the water heater is. and to the outside door.
The wall above the cat carpet is twelve inches thick and divides the dining room and the kitchen. thats were I want to build the pantry. Which wont happen till I get the house wired for the 21st century. as far as Safety and Appliance necessity.
This house used to be a Mobile home. With Tin sides.
deb
