One of the biggest problems of small apartments is equally small kitchens. But it has long been known that a person spends a quarter of the time spent at home. The kitchen is the place in the house where you need to place a lot of useful little things, and also in such a way that they do not interfere, and at the same time are always at hand. We suggest equipping a mini-pantry behind the refrigerator.
Consider getting some space for that much-needed pantry without cluttering the space. Even an approximately 12-centimeter gap, empty between the wall and the refrigerator, will do. Having equipped a mini-pantry there, you can easily pull out the cabinet and take everything you need, and then just as easily push it back.
Step 1: Selection of materials
We will need:
wooden board 61cm x 122cm x 2cm – 1 piece,
wooden board 13cm x 1.22m x 1.5cm – 1 piece,
wooden board 61cm x 10cm x 1.5cm – 6 pieces,
wooden board for the base 61cm x 10cm x 2cm – 1 piece,
handle and screws or self-tapping screws for fastening
2 furniture wheels (7.5 cm),
6 wooden dowels 63.5 cm x 0.7 cm,
wood glue,
wood screws.
Step 2: Assembling the structure
Take a 13cm x 1.22m x 1.5cm board and cut it into 2 equal 61cm boards. These are 2 side walls of a mini pantry.
For the bottom shelf, take a board 61cm x 10cm x 2cm.
For the top shelf, take a board 61cm x 10cm x 1.5cm.
Step 3: Attaching the Shelves
Fix the remaining 5 boards 61cm x 10cm x 1.5cm at the following distance (from the top of the structure): 11.5cm, 16.5cm, 16.5cm, 19cm, 23.5cm, 28.5cm. Then drill holes to insert a wooden dowel into each shelf, prepare dowels 64.5cm long and insert them into the holes.
Step 4: Finishing Touches
Make a mark on the bottom of the structure and attach the wheels at equal distances on both sides.
Now all that remains is to secure the handle. Place the structure on wheels and try on where you want to place the handle to make it convenient. Make markings and secure the handle with screws or self-tapping screws.
The mini pantry is ready to use. Such a device will certainly find its secluded place in any kitchen. Enjoy the creation of your hands!
A small apartment is not a death sentence. If you use it, you will be able to place everything you need for a comfortable life.
Any housewife would not mind having extra space in the kitchen to store various equipment and accessories. Often the problem is that it is difficult to find free space to install a new cabinet. But if you take a close look at the various “nooks and crannies” of the kitchen, then in any space, even a small one, there is room for a small one or a shelf.
Here’s how, for example, Dan and Erin played out a similar situation in their kitchen. When moving it to a new location, there was a narrow free space between the wall and the refrigerator. The decision has come to make it narrow drawer cabinet with shelves for storing various tall boxes and containers of products. They talk in detail about how the project developed on their website http://www.diypassion.com. I will try to briefly outline, step by step, their story about making a retractable cabinet.
The cabinet is made of planed pine boards and rests on four casters. The back wall of the cabinet is covered with a sheet of hardboard. To prevent objects from falling from the shelves, stoppers made of long wooden dowels are installed.
The dimensions of the cabinet were determined based on the height of the refrigerator and its depth. It took about 8 hours to make the cabinet.
Materials and tools:
- Planed pine boards.
- Hardboard sheet (white on one side).
- Furniture fixed wheels 4 pcs.
- Self-tapping screws.
- Wood glue.
- Putty.
- Nageli.
- Primer and paint.
- Stencil, foam swab.
- Nails.
- Circular saw.
- Drill with a set of drills and bits.
- Sandpaper medium grit.
- Measuring tape.
- Square.
- Level.
Assembly sequence.
Step 1. The boards were cut to size in accordance with the previously developed project.
Step 2. The cabinet frame was being assembled.
Step 3. The middle shelf was secured with self-tapping screws and additional nails. The remaining shelves are removable and placed on support bars. The distance between shelves was determined depending on the height of standard containers containing food products. The bottom shelf is for the tallest items.
Step 4. Cut out from a sheet of hardboard back wall closet Then, through a stencil, a pattern was applied to the white surface of the hardboard using a swab with black paint. Later the tampon had to be replaced with a larger one effective tool — paint roller.
Step 5. A little higher front edge shelves through drilled through holes Dowels were inserted into the side walls of the cabinet.
Step 6. Furniture wheels were screwed to the base of the cabinet.
Step 7. All holes from nails and screws were sealed with putty.
Step 8. The surface was sanded, primed and covered with two layers of paint.
Step 9. Final assembly cabinet work was done in the kitchen. The back wall was attached here. Then the drawer took its rightful place in narrow niche between the kitchen wall and the refrigerator.
As for the stability of the cabinet, it is securely held in the niche. But still, you should not completely roll it out of the refrigerator. If you intend to make a sliding cabinet for your own kitchen, then you should consider installing a limiter that prevents the cabinet from completely rolling out.
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This master class will be especially useful for those who live in small one-room apartments. I'll show you how to make a retractable shelf in the gap between the wall and the refrigerator. It would seem that the width is only a few centimeters, but you will definitely be surprised when you see how many items can be stored in this gap.
Initially, the shelf-rack is not visible at all. In fact, after its manufacture, nothing will change in your kitchen, except that new and comfortable space for storing various jars, bottles, etc.
The rack can be pulled out with a simple movement. Now look how much is stored there.
The gap distance is only 11.5 cm (in the photo the tape measure is in inches), and what a huge amount various items can be stored.
Materials
Required materials I used for this project:- Back board for the back. Mine measures 61 cm in depth and 121 cm in height - essentially these are the dimensions of the entire rack without thickness. The width of the entire rack is slightly less than the width of the gap.
- Boards for shelves - 6 pieces.
- Two boards for the top and base.
- Two boards on the sides of the shelf.
- Two wheels for moving the entire structure.
- Round wooden slats.
- Wood screws
- Wood glue.
- Cabinet handle for pulling out the rack.
All this can be done in about 15 minutes by drawing a sketch on paper with a pencil.
Making a kitchen rack
The entire structure can be assembled using just self-tapping screws, but in addition I glued everything with wood glue.I laid out the shelves and estimated the number needed.
I started assembling the box. I installed the joints with glue.
I left it to dry, pressing it with whatever I had.
The result was a glued shelving box.
Additionally secured with self-tapping screws. If you use thin boards, drill a hole before screwing in the screw to prevent the board from cracking.
In the end I got to the shelves, placed them and screwed them on with self-tapping screws.
Since the rack is very narrow and bottles and cans can fly off when pulled out, you need to make a kind of side. At first I thought about stringing a fishing line or rope, but in the end I settled on round slats.
I drilled holes on the sides, cut the strip to length, inserted it and secured everything with glue.
At the end, we measure the thickness so that there are no excesses. In my case there shouldn’t be any, since I don’t have the opportunity to move the refrigerator a little further.
