How to make a Butler’s pantry

DIY Kitchens

9 months ago

We don’t sell a Butler’s Pantry as such on our website but you can create the look very easily with a double dresser unit and 2 door racks. Our double dresser units that allow you to create the Butler’s pantry, are now only available in our inframe kitchen styles.

The example below, shows a Harewood double dresser/Butler’s pantry kitchen unit on display in our showroom.

Double Dresser Sizes

We supply the double dresser units in the following sizes:

800mm, 900mm and 1000mm wide and 1210mm high
We also offer shallow depth 300mm or 560mm deep double dresser units

300mm deep double dresser units would line up with your wall units. The 560mm deep units would line up with the front of your base units, just like in the 1st image on this page, above.

Here is a link to the dresser unit page, if you need anymore information on these double dresser units, to allow you to create a Butler’s pantry.

Wooden door spice racks

If you require the wooden door racks that are positioned on the inside of the doors, to create the Butler’s pantry then these are available and are £220 each, plus vat.

The door racks need to be added as a special request for the dresser unit. This can be done through our sales team, once you have the double dresser unit in your shopping cart.

The racks are not pre fitted. When fitting the door racks, the shelves need to have 100mm cut off the back of them to allow the doors to close.

The dimensions of the door spice racks used in the Butler’s pantry (double dresser) that is 1000mm wide are (H)1050 x (W)360 x (D)100.Wooden door spice racks are now available in 3 sizes:

For 800mm double dresser – (H)1050 x (W)260 x (D)100
For 900mm – double dresser – (H)1050 x (W)310 x (D)100
For 1000mm – double dresser – (H)1050 x (W)360 x (D)100

Please note: These door spice racks will not fit in other units, that have a fixed shelf. If you were looking to get creative and use them in a different unit then the intended unit would need to be requested as ‘dry assembled’, so that you could modify the fixed shelf.

Can I create this look in other non-inframe kitchen ranges?

To create a similar look, some people do use our mid-height base units and remove the legs on site, to allow the unit to be positioned onto the worktop. But, this unit will sit slightly higher than the rest of the tall units, as mid-height units are 1250mm high, not 1210mm or 1390mm high, as a dresser unit would be. Door racks are also available for mid-sized units.

Remember, if you want to use door spice racks, then you need to cut off 100mm from the backs of the shelves, to allow the doors to close. If you are not using spice racks then you can leave the shelves as is.

800mm Mid Height Unit – 560mm Deep (**HB8** has been used in this example. Ref:3138)

1000mm Mid Height Unit – Depth cut to match alcove (**HB10** has been used in this example. Ref:3144)

Butler’s pantry examples

Here are some examples of how our customers have used Butler’s pantries in their own kitchens.

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