CONVERTING A MUDROOM INTO A PANTRY ~ BEFORE AND AFTER

Mudroom Makeover

Before

The addition of shelving, doors and drawers were added for food storage

The garage hallway sees a lot of traffic, family and friends come and go from outside where another refrigerator holds water and beverages and stores my large food platters 

It was an easy conversion using the existing built-in already in place

 When our search for a new home began, one feature consistently topped my wishlist, a dedicated room for storing and displaying my dishes and dish collectibles, a "dish pantry nook." This house has the beds and baths I need, but the "nook" space was absent. I knew I would need to design a space where all my dishes could be stored and displayed. Click here if you missed or would like to read my "Food pantry to Dish Nook" post.

Previous pantry renovation for Dish Pantry Nook

After the dish nook drawing was finished, a good food storage plan was needed. I knew I would be using the existing open cabinet that was already in place in the garage entry mudroom. This could be turned into a built-in pantry with doors and shelves, providing a designated space for storing groceries. Additionally, I drew up a built-in pantry plan with shelves and doors to be installed in the adjacent laundry room. This would expand the overall food storage capacity and would solve my food storage problem. Although this would not be the walk-in pantry I enjoyed and began with, it does provide plenty of miscellaneous and food storage space with ease. Problem solved.

Shelves added in the upper section along with drawers below

After

For a clean, uncluttered aesthetic, two sets of double doors and the addition of drawers below conceal the pantry's contents

My wonderful craftsman cabinet builder Dwayne, he can build anything! Just need to get on the wait list

New Food Storage Built-in cabinet in Laundry Room

Our new laundry room built-in pantry

Completed Food Storage cabinet in garage entry hallway

And, the finished pantry is in good company in the back hallway!

The French Hutch

Despite some messy moments, (well actually a lot), and contractor delays that pushed the timeline, the completed pantry conversion was well worth it. The transformation from cluttered garage entry mudroom to organized, built-in storage space, made the entire renovation worthwhile. 

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I hope everyone is enjoying these last glorious days of summer. Thank you dear friends for your visit if you are still here.