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gw wrote:

I'm in the process of designing a pantry for a kitchen remodel. The
pantry
cabinet will be 30" wide, 84" high, and 24" deep. I was planning to use
the
lower 60" of the cabinet as pantry space, with a double-door cabinet
above.

Due to the cabinet's right edge being against a wall, I would like to
use a
single door on the cabinet, hinged on the left. The door would have a 4"
deep set of wood shelving on the inside for storage of canned goods and
small items. If I use a double door, the shelving on the inside of the
right
door would block access to the cabinet shelves, as the door will not
open
past 90 degrees.

This would give me a door approx. 29" wide and 59" high. I'm using a
frame-and-panel overlay door, in birch. I was figuring on using a center
stile and making it a 2 or even a 4 panel door to avoid having a huge
panel.

Any other suggestions - is this a bad idea? How many hinges should I use
to
support the weight?

IMNSHO it's a bad idea. Not because the door would be too heavy, but
because you need also 30 inches in front of it. And having a door on the
right of a room that opens towards you (hinges left) is also not very
practical because it means you need to evade the door and so you need
even more room to open it. Since pantries need to be accessed often this
takes just too much time, effort and walking.

Suggestions:

- use double doors and don't attach anything to the right door.
- use a caroussel type shelving unit with only one door (right hinged
but on the left side of pantry) if you open that door the shelves open
up.

- use a slide out larder unit; this gives you easy access to the pantry
shelves and gives you way more practical storage.

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...&category=3,43
648,43653


I was planning something more along the lines of this:
http://www.kraftmaid.com/storage/ind...solutionid=219

As it is preferred by SWMBO over the pull-outs or the carousels. Maybe I'll
dump the door shelves and go with a double or a bi-fold door.

Thanks for the ideas.


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