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wish we had one...got junks all over the place.
we do have a 3 car garage but it gets too hot in the summer for storing canned foods.Date: 9/8/2009 7:15:48 PM
Author: packrat
We do not. Our house sucks. Well, we''ve been making it less sucky-we (and by we, I mean JD and my dad) added a counter along a bare wall in the dining area of the kitchen and more cupboards. JD''s building a pantry in the basement this winter, and we''re planning on adding a couple ready made pantries to the kitchen too. I love having tons of storage and everything OFF my counters!
DF, I bet you''ve got places in your house you could add storage!
They are definitely common around there, but neither my parents or grandparents ever had one! My aunts and uncles in the Chicago-land area sometimes do, though!Date: 9/9/2009 12:50:54 PM
Author: Haven
I''ve never heard of a house without a pantry! I think they''re standard here in Illinois, we looked at over 70 homes when we were house hunting and they all had one.
How on earth do you manage?Date: 9/11/2009 4:55:38 PM
Author: musey
I don''t even have drawers in my kitchen.
We had things on racks in the cupboards, the normal drawer items anyway, for a long time.Date: 9/11/2009 7:27:35 PM
Author: pennquaker09
How on earth do you manage?Date: 9/11/2009 4:55:38 PM
Author: musey
I don't even have drawers in my kitchen.
+1.Date: 9/9/2009 12:50:54 PM
Author: Haven
I''ve never heard of a house without a pantry! I think they''re standard here in Illinois, we looked at over 70 homes when we were house hunting and they all had one.
Ours is a bit too deep for my liking, I''m constantly digging into the back to take inventory so I don''t overbuy things.
Penn--I''m with you on the butler''s pantry! Were planning on adding on to the back of our house in the next several years, and a butler''s pantry is already in the design. They are so nice for entertaining.
I grew up in Illinois, and we didn't have a pantry in our house. It's a 100+ year old house, though... but I don't remember any of my friends' houses having them either. Again, mostly older houses, but most of them not more than 50 years old. Maybe era has something to do with it?Date: 9/11/2009 8:44:48 PM
Author: Italiahaircolor
+1.Date: 9/9/2009 12:50:54 PM
Author: Haven
I've never heard of a house without a pantry! I think they're standard here in Illinois, we looked at over 70 homes when we were house hunting and they all had one.
Ours is a bit too deep for my liking, I'm constantly digging into the back to take inventory so I don't overbuy things.
Penn--I'm with you on the butler's pantry! Were planning on adding on to the back of our house in the next several years, and a butler's pantry is already in the design. They are so nice for entertaining.