Help me build a corner pantry

[Irving]

A little more progress. I've been trying to do at least one thing a night, which is much better than most of my projects. I originally bought some Ultra white paint at Depot for $31ish. My wife reminded me that Habitat has gallons of paint for only $10. I went in there and they had latex like I wanted, but this was the lightest color they had.

Tomorrow I will cut the rest of the shelves, pull out the wall on the left, place the shelves, then put the wall back up, then run supports across the middle of each shelf from wall to wall. Saturday will probably see me framing up the door and dry walling everything in. Then probably put the spice racks on the back side of the door. Last will likely be installing strip lights on both sides of the door on every shelf (top, angled slightly down), and figuring out a way to have them turn on when the door is opened.

Pictures:

[jerrymrc]

Looks good. Not deep enough that things will get lost. I might have put one more shelf leaving 20" on top for large items.

[Irving]

There will be a final shelf on the top. Just waiting to put the door in first so I know where to locate it. It will serve as the "roof" of the pantry, and the base of the dead space on top so I can put seasonal junk up there. Was going to work on it more tonight, but took the night off and tried to teach my daughter how to play videos games.

[buffalobo]

Looks good. Any redneck carpenter would hire you. :thumbup:

Any consideration of stash spot/safe/secret compartments?

[Irving]

Looks good. Any redneck carpenter would hire you. :thumbup:

Any consideration of stash spot/safe/secret compartments?

My wife basically told me I was a loser if I DIDN'T put one in. I haven't really thought about it though. The only real option is drywalling both sides of the walls and making an easily removeable panel on the inside. Don't really own anything to put I there though.

[Irving]

Okay, getting pretty excited about being nearly done. Lots of work to be done yet with the door, but I feel like I've come to the half way point. I'm really dreading painting this though. I will put those small rounded half shelves on the other side when I get the wall back up.





I did some measurements of those corner shelves. Each level (left + center + right) will hold an additional 26-52 cans depending on the size. The circular shape is kind of awkward, but I was so proud of myself for the idea that I kept them in there.

[Irving]

Hanging the door has been the most difficult part and I didn't do a great job.




Here are some shots of how things fit in there. The perspective doesn't present well on camera, as you can fit 5 more pressure cookers on that same shelf, as well as at least 5 more 5-gallon buckets in the bottom.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Aren't you tempted to put a gun wall safe on the inside?

[Irving]

I have other plans for a wall safe for sure.

I screwed up by not locating and installing the top shelf before putting the side wall back on. I was waiting to see how high the door would end up, and now I can't fit a shelf in there unless I build it in smaller pieces. I think I may end up doing that, as it won't need to be nearly as finished as the rest of the pantry.

Does anyone know if they make corner metal for drywall, that is 45 degrees instead of 90 degrees? Or if not, what is the suggestion for how to protect the corners on the outside when I'm at the drywall stage?

[jslo]

With no built up corners you'll have nothing to nail one of the sides to. They have a paper with 2 piece reinforced metal for forming to angles. Installing is then easiest using corner bead spray adhesive.