The pantry project is now complete! We had one lucky break when the existing shelves came out more easily than expected, so the wallboard was left intact. Brian concluded that instead of building a whole plywood box to insert into the existing cavity, he could simply screw wooden slats into the studs to support the new rolling shelves, which would make the whole project both faster and cheaper. We did have one setback when his extra-careful measurements of the space turned out to be a bit too precise—the drawer fit exactly, but it was so tightly wedged in that it couldn't move. So we had to rip out one of the 3/8-inch support slats, patch and repaint the wall, and then install 1/4-inch slats along that side instead. But we still managed to get everything done within a week: drawers finished, supports built, drawers installed, and all the food out of its temporary digs and back onto the shelves.
I'm without a doubt a little surprised that the completed pantry does not hold extra. Since we brought one new shelf and extended the duration of all the shelves, I could have predicted it to residence plenty greater stuff than the vintage pantry. But what you see on this image is absolutely the whole lot we pulled out of the antique pantry, plus cereal containers that used to sit down on pinnacle of the refrigerator and some greater boxes of pasta. The contents are higher organized now, however, and hundreds extra accessible. And we expect the business enterprise to beautify extra over the years, as we regulate to and make adjustments to the ultra-modern system.
Ironic that it took us 4 years to get round to tackling this project, however as soon as we in reality were given commenced it have become accomplished in per week, with much less than $three hundred spent. I surprise how the various different massive responsibilities we were removing might be finished as effects as quickly as we upward thrust up the gumption to do them.
