In order to keep the kitchen neat and serene, designer Emily Henderson carved out a spacious walk-in pantry to conceal the everyday clutter of family life: food staples, small appliances, cookbooks, water bottles, a coffee/tea station, and everything else that needs to be out of the way but easily accessible (we’re looking at you, school forms). It’s essentially her catch-all space with plenty of both storage and style.
“I like…dedicated closets/rooms to throw the mess and pretend it’s not mine. It’s part cognitive dissonance, part denial, maybe some ADHD tendencies, and definitely a byproduct of my job. Containing the mess just makes it manageable,” Emily wrote on her blog about her pantry.
Below, we take a tour of Emily’s beautifully planned pantry.
Above: The pantry is just off the kitchen, via a doorway flanked by vintage windows. The windows help brighten the otherwise dark pantry. Above: Emily chose to paint everything in Slate Tile by Sherwin-Williams. She loves the moody color but says, in hindsight, she wished she had chosen a lighter shade for the ceiling, door, and walls in order to tone down the contrast between the white walls in the kitchen and the somber blue of the pantry. Above: The cabinetry is by Unique Kitchen and Bath. The hardware, outlets, and light switches from Rejuvenation are in Oil Rubbed Bronze to coordinate with the dark honed granite countertops. The Crawford Flush Mount light is also from Rejuvenation. The door leads to the basement. Above: Emily decants beans, nuts, and other bulk items in Kilner Clip Top Jars. “I bought three sets of eight in different sizes and really really love how they look,” she wrote. Above: Emily keeps snacks, packaged staples, and a basket of onions in the large half drawers, and bread and bagels in the Amish Bread Box. Above: A favorite feature: a slim vertical drawer that’s stocked with canned goods. Above: A home behind closed doors for unattractive kitchen essentials, like the blender, water bottles, and disposable dinnerware. The Round Wire Storage Baskets are by Hearth & Hand with Magnolia, from Target. Above: And the pièce de résistance—the tea and coffee station. Above: The microwave is kept on its own little built-in shelf with retractable doors. (See 11 Strategies for Hiding the Microwave.)
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