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Kitchen pantry storage is probably one of those innovative designs that are often overlooked when it comes to designing family homes. Pantry cabinets is what people normally go for but for the home that does not want to put everything on show, having a separate room with all the food and kitchen paraphernalia out of sight is perhaps the best idea.

In older houses, small rooms were built off the eating and cooking areas to facilitate the storing of all kinds of food and equipment. Some had small cupboards with ventilation grill for keeping root vegetables and such, while on top was a huge solid slab of some kind of stone to hold the cold to ensure a cold space to sit milk and dairy products on to have some semblance of keeping it fresh for longer.

These days, naturally, most homes have huge refrigerators which keep all kinds of food exactly in the right conditions. Some have freezers incorporated for keeping food for up to several months. How on earth did people survive without this wonderful innovation?

Nowadays, some people will opt for larder style cupboards so that they can buy store larger quantities of goods. This often works out cheaper in the long run, and it also saves on fuel and excess wear on the car and tires. Some have even got grocery shopping down to very short and sharp trips!

But for those who have larger families, and perhaps several pets, the necessity to have more space for all of this food is becoming an ever growing problem. This is where larders are absolutely essential. Instead of using that cupboard off the utility room for brooms, coats and other kinds of bits and pieces, try fitting it out with a few shelves so that some dry or canned food items can be put in there. Sacks of dog food, for example, are getting bigger and bulkier by the week so having somewhere dry to keep them is necessary.

Cereal boxes too take up a lot of space and several varieties per person is the norm. Gone are the days when everyone would eat the same old cereal every day. Seven people can often mean seven different boxes which makes keeping them in one cupboard a severe problem. Without making the eating area look like a great advert for the local supermarket, these boxes can be tidied away every morning to the larder room to keep them dry, neat and tidy.

The emphasis these days is to keep rooms so neat that they look like they just jumped off the pages of some design magazine. For this, cupboards are very necessary to take all the paper, bags and other paraphernalia that any family has. There is nothing worse than having to show your ‘mess’ to the unexpected caller because there is just nowhere to keep it all.

Planning for extra space, units and larder cupboards was never easier. They come in many different finishes to compliment and contrast with the furniture already in situ. Of course, once the family has grown and flown the nest, so to speak, this extra space is always handy for the parents to do there own things.

Connor Sullivan recently purchased a beautiful pantry cabinet for his remodeled kitchen. He installed a kitchen pantry storage unit for his daughter’s kitchen. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service

Everyone, at some time or another, will get thoroughly fed up with the same old furnishings that they have looked at for many years. Sometimes it does the home, and the owners, good to have a great redesign and breathe some new life into the place. Custom cabinetry can bring that touch of change wherever it is needed. Custom furniture will be able to be fitted anywhere, by a qualified cabinet maker, particularly into those odd little niches where it may be difficult to find suitable pieces. Sometimes the homeowner will want to refurbish the whole house, or maybe just one floor at a time. Whichever it is, the artisan can turn that small idea into a great piece of furnishings that will be perfect for the space intended. Indeed, pieces that are designed by the owner often become family heirlooms that are passed down through the family forever.

Victorian style houses, or period houses, have somewhat unusual design problems. For example, clean and straight angular lines will not suit the more ornate and fussy styled Victorian house. This era had heavy fancy furnishings which tended to be all dark colors. For the modern furnishings lover, this would not be acceptable at all. For those with relatively new houses, the same would apply. Heavy furnishings would look overblown and heavy.

Probably the best place to give some great new ideas would be the local shops and magazines. Local shops will give some idea of what will be in fashion in the coming years. It also gives some indication of prices, although having furnishings purpose built will be pricier that buying ready made furnishings. Magazines will show what is on the cutting edge of the fashion front showing colors and styles which takes time to reach the public in general.

If the project is to be a large one, start gathering up cuttings and articles describing the style and color of the overall look that is being thought out. Match soft furnishings with existing furnishings to add a little zing to the design. Finally, show this to the designers so that they have some idea of what the look is that is the goal of the owner. They may also be able to advise on what types of wood should be used etc which could add some extra style to the finished design.

One interesting fact is that if a piece of furnishing is made from two different colors and species of wood, it may be possible to ‘twin’ this with another similar design to add interest to the home. That is, if there is to be inlays in the wood, say perhaps a light wood inlayed into a darker grain, then the pieces left behind will make an exact mirror image that can be built to replicate the first piece. If someone else is interested in this kind of piece then the neither customer will be charged for the wasted wood.

Remember though that once the work is started, it is virtually impossible to change the design, so make sure that it is the perfect design before putting in the order.

Connor Sullivan and his wife recently asked an expert about a cabinet maker in the area for an addition they just built last spring. He inquired about custom cabinetry to be built in his family room. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service