Build a Pantry Behind a Door

Build a Pantry Behind a Door
Kitchen storage space is always at a premium, but there is potential storage behind every closed door-build this simple behind-the-door pantry to take advantage of it. Tools: measuring rule, pencil, carpenters’ square, handsaw or power saw, drill, countersink, screwdriver, hammer, sanding block, paintbrush. Materials: 1 x 4 and 1 x 2 pine stock, 1-inch flathead wood screws, carpenters’ glue, 7-penny finishing nails, medium- and fine-grit sandpaper, paint, 2-inch angle irons. Time: 4 to 6 hours, plus finishing time.

The dimensions used here are for a pantry unit 21½  inches wide and 60 inches high, with four inside shelves. You can adjust these figures for a unit to fit a wide or narrow door, for any height desired. Keep the outside width of the unit at least 7 inches narrower than the door, to allow for the doorknob and provide the necessary clearance when the door is opened and closed.

Build the frame for the pantry of 1 x 4 Pine stock. Measure and mark two pieces of 1 x 4 60 inches long and six pieces 20 inches long; use a carpenters‘ square to keep the ends even. Cut the pieces of 1 x 4 with a handsaw or a power saw.

Put together a rectangular box from the two 60-inch pieces and two of the 20-inch pieces, with the long sides butted over the ends of the short sides at the corners. At each corner, drill two holes for 1-inch flathead wood screws through the face of the long side piece; countersink the screw holes so that the screw heads will lie flush with the surface of the wood. Set the side piece into position over the edge of the cross piece, mark the screw holes, and drill holes into the edge of the cross piece. Apply a bead of carpenters’ glue to the cut edge of the cross piece and to the end of the side piece, join the pieces, and secure the corner with two 1-inch flathead wood screws driven through the drilled holes.

Cut retaining strips and shelf supports from 1 x 2 pine stock. Measure, mark, and cut six pieces of 1 x 2 21½  inches long to hold stored goods on the shelves; measure and cut eight pieces of 1 x 2 3½ inches long for shelf supports. Plan the spacing for the pantry shelves, with tall things on the bottom and four shelves spaced as desired inside the frame. Measure the things you plan to store in the unit to determine the desired shelf spacing-a good spacing might allow 10 inches between the top of the frame and the first shelf, 10 inches from first to second and second to third, 12 inches from third to fourth, and 18 inches from the fourth shelf to the bottom of the frame. Or, if you don’t need such widely spaced shelves, add a shelf to this basic unit.

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