Tiny House Episode 28: Custom Pantry

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One of the projects I used the salvaged cedar boards for was the pantry. In todays video, I discuss the progress I was making on it. You may be able to tell, I was having a bit of a bad day.

The main issue I faced was how slow this project was taking to complete. The pantry was one of the completely custom projects that I tackled for the tiny house. By this point I was really getting tired of custom projects. To top off my day, we had already moved in so I had to be extra careful about not creating too much of a mess.

I chose to maximize space by using the walls as part of the pantry.

I considered building the pantry in the garage, then bringing it in as a whole to be installed. Doing this probably would have saved some time but I was trying to maximize the space in the corner so I decided to build it so that the wall itself would act as the side of the pantry. This meant that each piece needed to be measured inside, then cut out in the garage before being brought back inside again. If I needed to trim another 1/16" to get a proper fit then that meant another trip out to the garage. I'm still wondering if all the extra work was worth it.

I built bathroom shelving over the washer/dryer combo machine in the same manner but that project went smoother because it was a simpler design and I had already figured out a few tricks from working on the pantry.

In the end, I think they both turned out really well and were a great use of all the wood I salvaged. We actually have a decent amount of storage for such a small living space. We do a lot of cooking so having a decent sized pantry was one of our must-have items.

The deeper shelves started at counter level. This one is installed but I haven't applied the clear coat yet.

Stay tuned for the next episode where I take a look at the finished pantry and what we had stocked in it at the time. I also take a look at the bathroom shelving.

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