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It’s fun to look for pantry door ideas that will give your kitchen a unique design touch. There are so many beautiful and creative pantry door ideas to offer inspiration. Most pantry owners install a purchased pantry door. Determined DIY folks might decide to build or customize a door themselves, or try to improve the door they have. Here are ideas to explore for your next pantry door.
How to make a pantry door look good
Make a pantry door look good by using beautiful and distinctive materials. Pantry doors can use materials beside wood, such as metal wrought iron, pierced tin, and glass. Artists can enhance a pantry door through carving wood techniques and painting doors with charming colors and scenes.
Style options include a traditional glass pantry door or frosted glass pantry door (you might be interested inย “Whose Idea Was It To Label a Pantry?”), a barn-door or farmhouse style pantry door, and of course, antique pantry doors, among others.
When choosing custom or non-standard door size, be sure to measure the door before installation to determine doorframe size. In particular, antique doors may have unusual sizes before universal standard sizes were adopted.
Lastly, never underestimate the value of a good paint job. Fresh paint is enough to breathe new life into any pantry door.
Examples of Unique Pantry Doors
ARTIST/CRAFT PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Calling all makers, crafters, and artists! Satisfy your inner maker (or hire one) to paint a mural or other custom scene. Bring in other materials, such as fun magazines, newspapers, or art papers and decoupage the door for a custom look. The fun, rustic pantry door on the right brought in some horseshoes as a design accent. The possibilities are endless!
PHOTO CREDIT: Brett and Sue Coulstock, Rustic Pantry Door, Flickr.
GLASS ALTERNATIVE PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Several companies sell window film that can be applied to plain glass to give the appearance of etched, frosted, stained glass, and even mirrored glass. These faux pantry glass door alternatives are a budget way to add pizzaz to your kitchen.
GLASS, CLEAR PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Plain, glass panes are a design element unto themselves. A pantry door with glass is always an irresistible invitation to peek through. In this example, the door has full glass panes. A more typical example would be a half-glass door (glass in the upper portion of the door only). Some pantry owners may choose to block the view of the pantry with a curtain or decorative window film. The curtain fabric is an opportunity to coordinate with colors elsewhere in the kitchen.
GLASS, ETCHED PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Buy a new or vintage etched glass door OR consider buying an etched glass kit and you can etch the pantry door glass yourself. You can find an etched glass design that really matches your individual style to truly make your pantry glass door one-of-a-kind.
GLASS, TEXTURED PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Textured glass may be the perfect and elegant touch to finish your pantry door. It comes in many different styles that add character and interest to your kitchen. Patterns range from Art Deco, botanical, natural water texture, and traditional textures. Textured glass is a sophisticated and timeless way to enhance the beauty of your pantry door.
STAINED GLASS PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Reclaim an old stained glass door, buy a new pantry door with a modern pattern, or try a faux stained glass look. Stained glass is always a classic touch for any pantry door.
PAINTED PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
One unique color is all it takes to make your pantry door the focal point of the kitchen. The great thing is that a wood pantry door can always be repainted when you decide your kitchen needs an update.
MESSAGE CENTER DOOR PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Add a chalk board panel (or apply chalk board paint) and you have a pantry door and message center in one. Insert a metal panel on the pantry door and you can use magnets to easily display kids’ artwork or tack on some messages. This is a great pantry door idea for busy families.
METAL/WROUGHT IRON DOOR PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Metal and wrought iron pantry doors are works of art in their own right. Locate a metalsmith to create a custom pantry door or breath new life into an old rustic door and claim it as your own unique pantry door.
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ANTIQUE PANTRY DOORS
It’s not hard to find an antique door oozing with charm that’s can work as a perfect pantry door. Go to flea markets, online auctions, and local businesses that resell architectural salvage finds to find a one-of-a-kind pantry door treasure.
SCREEN DOOR PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Nothing adds farmhouse charm like a pantry screen door. The screen is just enough to blur the contents of the room and adds a nice design feature that ties into a rustic or country kitchen design theme.
TIN PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Mimic a pie safe and create a paneled pantry door with punched tin. You can buy a kits or purchase already punched designs to add some vintage charm to your kitchen. This decorative solution has a practical purpose: ventilating the place where food is stored while keeping pests out.
PHOTO CREDIT: Pie safe, Jereme Rauckman, Flickr.
WOOD PANTRY DOOR IDEAS
Wood, oak, cherry, walnut. ย Let’s not overlook the classic look of a fine-crafted wood pantry door. Take your wood door to the next level by framing it in unique door trim. There are artsts that specialize in transforming doors into works of art, maybe you are one of them!
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Pantry Door by Meal Makeover Moms, Flickr.
Muirifield Village by Bill Wison, Flickr.
