Open kitchen pantry shelving for a chef

10/29/2018

This was a small job with a big impact: open shelving for a chef who was updating her kitchen. Let's start with the glamour photo so you can see what we made for our customer.

We actually built these a few months ago, but we've been waiting to get a photo of the finished kitchen.

Check out the "before" photo. Wow, those cabinets sure are orange!

Our client was already remodeling when she called us. She had installed a new tile backsplash and was about to paint her kitchen cabinets.

She also wanted to expand the kitchen peninsula to include an end unit that would hold small appliances like her stand mixer. Since she couldn't find what she needed online, she had us build the custom piece which you can see above.

Soon after we installed the cabinet, she replaced the countertop with a larger slab that extended over the new shelves.

As you can see, the kitchen also lacked open storage for spices and ingredients, which is important when you need to quickly grab a pinch of something to spice up a recipe.

We worked together to design a wall unit that was just deep enough to hold a row of Mason jars, but not so deep that it would get in the way when people walked through the room.

It was still summer time when we built these, so we took advantage of the sunny weather and worked outside.

Faith recorded a video of me making the final touches to the cabinet finish. This is the difference between custom made furniture and the stuff you get from a factory: I personally go over every surface to make sure the finish is perfectly smooth and all of the joints are seamless.

Even in a closeup photo, you can't see any seams at the joints. It's one solid unit.