Vintage Door Pantry

Our pantry was a concept that we had envisioned to have vintage double glass doors. We didn’t own vintage doors, but went ahead and drafted the pantry to later include and install the doors that we would hopefully find. And as luck had it, we were able to find these beautiful vintage double doors at a shop in Texas that specializes in procuring doors from places overseas. The shop is called Antiques & Vintage Texas, which you can find them online here. They have doors and lots of vintage furniture, lights, books, etc. I could have spent all afternoon shopping here, if we had the time, but as it was a 5 hour drive back home, we wrapped those babies up in blankets, and stuffed them in our mid size SUV and called it a day!

Our vintage doors are from Alexandria, Egypt and are truly one of a kind. They were a bit rough and had been stripped and partially sanded but the dimensions were perfect and we felt lucky to find them. The other thing I liked about them was that they had frosted glass and I was partial to them so that I could close off the pantry if needed. I cleaned them up, filled holes with wood putty and sanded them smooth, leaving a few imperfections, before staining the custom stain to match the custom built cabinets. Here is a close up look at the cabinets and doors before stained and painted.

When we designed the custom cabinets in the pantry, we chose to leave it open at the top so that I could build a hutch that would be stained to match the stained drawers.

Due to time constraints, instead of building the hutch, I found a two tall unfinished cabinets that were close to the dimensions I needed and cut them down to fit into the space. Then I stained the hutch using the same color as the lower drawers and it turned out pretty close to what I had envisioned.

I’m still working on some wood cubby bins to go on the lower hutch shelves as well as the side shelves of the open lower cabinets. In the meantime, here is a look at the final result of the doors and the pantry finished up to this point.

I attached these brass door handles to the pantry which match some of the kitchen hardware. I love the vintage distressed doors with the brass hardware.

The look reminds me of an old time grocery store that had wooden cabinets to the ceiling. My favorite part of the pantry, besides the doors, of course, are the drawers in the lower cabinets. The pantry is not a huge space, only 6′ x 6′, but it is perfect for what we need. The hutch gives me lots of display space for some of my cake plates, glass jars and wooden stands with glass cloches. All of them that you see have some sentimental value or were gifted to me over the years. I will be adding some more storage bins soon and I will post all about it when I do.