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1. Q: Who is the force
behind the "Everything Pantry" Website?
2. Q: I'm confused, your
links show "dream-kitchen-pantry.com" - are you also
"Everything Pantry.com"?
3. Q: I'm looking for
storage ideas for under-the-stairs pantry...
4. Q: We want to convert
an old coat closet to a china cabinet in a 1907 house.
Any ideas on where we could get information on what that
sort of cabinet would have looked like in 1907?
5. Q: Where is a good
place for a walk-in pantry?
6. Q: I'm nervous about
buying a large pantry cabinet online. Do you have
any advice?
Who is the force behind
the "Everything Pantry" Website?
1. A: Renee Matt is an
Iowa farmwife and a kitchen designer in a past life.
She's been through three remodels and lives for home
improvement.
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I'm confused, your
links show "dream-kitchen-pantry.com" - are you also
"Everything Pantry.com"?
2. A: Yes!
Dream-Kitchen-Pantry.com is to make the search
engines happy, EverythingPantry.com is easier for
visitors to remember. Both addresses will get you
to the same place.
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I'm looking for storage
ideas for under-the-stairs pantry...
3. A: Check out these
links for storage underneath stairs:
Everything Pantry photo gallery; stair storage
PLANS for storage ideas underneath stairs
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We want to
convert an old coat closet to a china cabinet in a 1907
house. Any ideas on where we could get information
on what that sort of cabinet would have looked like in
1907?
4. A: I am not an expert
on 1900's houses. The houses I have been in with
built-ins for early 1900 houses in Iowa have followed a
similar pattern: Lead glass
doors for display on top, a space between the top and
base units for a
work/serving area. I think the door-drawer
arrangement was defined by the
user. I most definitely believe they all had at
least one set of drawers
with either more below or a set of doors.
Try the search term: "built-it china cabinet" in Google
as an image
search. If you are not familiar with images
searches, go to
www.google.com and in the upper left of the page will be
the word "images"
- click on the search to do as you normally would, but
you you will
receive images back from your search.
Another option is to talk to your neighbors - houses of
the same period
may have built-in furniture that would give clues to how
you should
proceed. Many older people would have grown up in
houses with built-ins -
chat with them or people from a local historical
society. There may be a
chat room online for people renovating old homes.
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Where is a good place
for a walk-in pantry?
5. A: Ideally, the
pantry should always be
located close to the kitchen to save steps. You
are walking to the pantry
to retrieve food items for food preparation and perhaps
small appliances.
That said, a remodel is about compromise. Small
homeowners are creative
about pantry placement. It may be storage shelves
in a garage, basement
or canned goods under the sofa in the living room.
There are no
hard-and-fast rules. In the
photo
gallery of my website, there is even
open-shelving for pantry storage within the kitchen.
Walk-in pantries with
decorative/non-decorative doors seem to be very
popular. This gives the illusion of a less
cluttered kitchen. Consider
having a walk-in pantry with countertop (if space
allows). What a
strategy putting your groceries on the counter for a
gathering ready to
go, yet your guests walk-in to a spotless kitchen.
My website also
discusses walk-in pantries serving double-duty for
calendar centers and
other clutter-prone sites.
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I'm nervous about
buying a large pantry cabinet online. Do you have
any advice?
6. A: This
is understandable. Why would you buy online?
Choices, convenience, comparison shopping.
Specialty items such as pantry cabinets are not going to
have a plentiful selection like recliner chairs in a
local store. Browse the internet and find just the
right one to fit your needs. If you were to buy
locally, you would still need to have it delivered to
your door, the same as an online purchase.
Shipping costs are absorbed into the price of the
furniture you see in a bricks-and-mortar store (they are
still passing shipping on to you). Additionally,
protect yourself by checking out what other web
customers' experience has been with the company you want
to purchase from.
TESTIMONIAL from a
business associate:
"I don't own a truck or know anyone that does.
Getting furniture shipped is the best thing since
Billy discovered chocolate.
I was in a store (REMOVED) and saw this awesome coffee
table that pops up and is great for the laptop when I
want to use it in the living room. I tried to move it
in the store and said to myself the only way I would
buy this is if they shipped it.
Went home -found a coupon- ordered and in a day or so
it was in my living room. Didn't hurt my back at all
since I didn't carry the dang thing."
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