UTRUSTA Shelves Hold Their Own in IKEA Pantry Design

Customized IKEA cupboards with solid-bottom UTRUSTA shelving are important for kitchen pantry group.

Whether or not you might have a walk-in pantry the dimensions of a small bed room, a closet-sized pantry, or solely a spare cabinet, there are just a few features each pantry ought to fulfill. It ought to be organized, sturdy, versatile, accessible, and – dare we are saying – even good to take a look at?

IKD’s kitchen designers are folks, too. Individuals with pantries. And we create IKEA pantry designs which can be greater than only a fairly face for ourselves and our prospects. To attain a wonderful (however reasonably priced) aesthetic that can rise to the problem of curious toddlers, ravenous teenagers, and probably the most exuberant residence cooks, we use IKEA SEKTION cupboards and UTRUSTA cabinets.

Why do I would like a {custom} pantry?

A part of our philosophy is that each house owner ought to have a house that works for the best way they actually dwell. Except you design and construct your property from the bottom up, it’s not possible you’ll love every little thing about it. When push involves shove, it was constructed for another person.

Our designers spend all day on daily basis discovering methods to maximise storage for our prospects based mostly on their particular person wants, and that’s particularly useful in a kitchen pantry. Get able to go on a Costco procuring spree and use each nook, nook, and cranny with a {custom} IKEA pantry design from IKD.

Why select a SEKTION pantry design with UTRUSTA cabinets?

We’ve talked about that laundry rooms are sometimes an afterthought concerning design. They’re utilitarian, not meant to be seen, so who cares how they give the impression of being? Pantries usually get lumped into the identical class. Slap some cabinets in there, and it’s good to go, in accordance with most contractors.

However the sensible components of your property are vital, and it is best to take pleasure in the best way they give the impression of being. We regularly discover that if the aesthetics got little thought, the performance of those rooms is missing, too.

For instance, you might have just a few varieties of supplies to select from when selecting cabinets in your pantry. The most typical selections are wire, wooden, and laminate. We usually go for UTRUSTA laminate cabinets (particleboard with melamine foil) when designing an IKEA pantry for a number of causes.

1. They don’t have gaps.

White wire shelving is without doubt one of the extra widespread pantry shelving choices we see, and whereas it’s simple to put in and doesn’t look dangerous, it’s additionally not perfect for storing sure gadgets. Small packages like fruit snacks slip proper by means of the gaps, and if a bottle of syrup will get knocked over and leaks, you recognize every little thing beneath it’s getting soaked, too.

“We now have prospects who insist on wire cabinets for his or her walk-in pantries, however I at all times attempt to steer them in the direction of UTRUSTA. I don’t make any further cash by suggesting it, however I went from wire to UTRUSTA in my very own kitchen pantry, and the distinction is astounding. It’s an enormous improve. The pantry feels extra stable, extra everlasting, and it’s simply nicer to take a look at. I wish to preserve it clear and arranged, and that by no means felt attainable with wire cabinets.

It helps that IKEA cupboards are designed to work with UTRUSTA cabinets. I take advantage of SEKTION tall cupboards as pantries recurrently in my kitchen designs, and I like to recommend prospects buy about six cabinets to retailer all of their meals gadgets, or pair UTRUSTA cabinets with the UTRUSTA pantry pullout organizer.”–Merari, IKD designer

Merari provides that prospects who nonetheless wish to use wire cabinets should be extra intentional in relation to containing gadgets. IKEA VARIERA packing containers or the VARIERA lazy Susan are must-haves for cabinets that wouldn’t have stable bottoms.

2. They will carry the burden.

A 36” W x 12” D white wire shelf by ClosetMaid has a weight capability of 30 lbs., whereas a 36” W x 14 3/4” D UTRUSTA shelf has a capability of 55 lbs. In case you solely plan to retailer marshmallows, rice, and cereal packing containers in your cabinets, weight capability most likely isn’t your prime precedence.

However if you wish to retailer small home equipment, like a crockpot, otherwise you simply don’t wish to have to fret about how a lot weight is in your pantry cabinets, then UTRUSTA is a wonderful alternative. The scale of the UTRUSTA shelf will decide how a lot weight it may possibly carry.

The smallest UTRUSTA shelf system is 12” W x 14 ¾” and holds 22 lbs. Nevertheless, our designers usually incorporate the UTRUSTA bolstered ventilated shelf, which holds 331 lbs. Even the IKEA pull-out pantry shelf (UTRUSTA pull-out work floor) can maintain virtually 40 lbs.

3. They’re simpler to take care of than wood cabinets.

“We put in wooden cabinets in my mom’s home,” says IKD designer Javier. “We minimize them to measurement, stained them, and added just a few coats of polyurethane earlier than placing them within the closet. That is earlier than I joined IKD and discovered about all of IKEA’s merchandise. Even in any case that work, my mom added shelf liners to cease staining and wipe off the mud simpler.

When it was my flip to do my pantry, I went straight for UTRUSTA. Regardless that I needed to trim among the cabinets to suit them within the utility house I used to be utilizing, it took a couple of minutes as a substitute of days of prep.”

UTRUSTA cabinets are available in quite a lot of sizes, from 12” W to 36” W with depths of both 14 ¾” or 24”. This makes them perfect to make use of in each SEKTION cupboard pantries and custom-built walk-in pantries. (And don’t neglect, our IKEA pantry designs embody directions for any needed IKEA hacks, like trimming cabinets to suit.)

Upkeep is straightforward with UTRUSTA. Simply wipe them down with a humid material and delicate detergent.

4. They’re adjustable.

Nothing in life stays the identical for lengthy – and neither do the stuff you retailer in your pantry. When paired with SEKTION cupboard frames, UTRUSTA shelving top is straightforward to regulate, due to the included helps and the number of placement choices in SEKTION cupboard frames. In case you’re a brand new house owner dwelling off pasta and cereal, you’ll want pantry cabinets that make room for tall gadgets. As you turn into an adultier grownup, you might want so as to add or rearrange shelving to make room for additional cutlery, placemats, and tablecloths. In the future, you may have to readjust to retailer bottles, child meals, and bibs.

As a substitute of tearing out previous cabinets, drilling new holes in your pantry, or attempting to make do with standalone racks, you possibly can simply modify the peak of your UTRUSTA cabinets in a SEKTION cupboards.

5. They’re simple to pair with IKEA pantry cupboard hacks.

We’re highlighting UTRUSTA on this article, however SEKTION is the star of the IKEA pantry present. SEKTION cabinetry offers your pantry a built-in really feel and framework that helps each open and closed storage. Our designers use UTRUSTA shelving but additionally make the most of IKEA cupboard hacks to make custom-sized cubbies and incorporate closed storage within the type of MAXIMERA drawers.

When utilizing the pantry to retailer glasses, dishes, and different engaging gadgets, our designers could suggest UTRUSTA’s glass cabinets. When paired with glass doorways and MITTLED lighting, this provides a little bit of luxurious and distinction to the remainder of the pantry storage.

“Even I’m amazed by how a lot we will obtain with IKEA pantry designs. We’ve put IKEA counter tops in massive pantries to create additional work surfaces and occasional bars. We take advantage of nook storage by hacking panels to create staggered nook cabinets or incorporating Rev-A-Shelf inner organizers.

Our designers at all times have nice concepts for the best way to use the cupboard space, too. For instance, IKEA has actually engaging 12.5” tall BRANAS baskets, so we’ll ask prospects in the event that they wish to use these and make the cubbies to measurement.” – Mike, IKD founder

Some prospects dislike the look of the holes in SEKTION cupboard frames that make UTRUSTA cabinets adjustable. To resolve that difficulty, our designers both create {custom} cubbies utilizing SEKTION panels, or we embody VARIERA cowl plates within the additional gadgets record included in all kitchen design packages.

An IKEA pantry design from IKD helps preserve your kitchen organized.

The important thing to group is making a maintainable system. UTRUSTA helps our designers do this for patrons and themselves. When every little thing is straightforward to entry, and your pantry seems to be simply as pretty as the remainder of your kitchen, you’ll take pleasure in spending time within the coronary heart of your property.