How tall is a cereals box? What is the height of pantry shelves?

My carpenter built shelves in my pantry after I came home.I can't stand a cereal box upright on this and know that they need to be re- worked, so I would appreciate any feedback.

The thread has fallen off since SharB posted her measurements.I saved them and here they are.

There is a top shelf to the ceiling.15" to the next shelf.10 to the next.10 to the next.From the bottom shelf to the floor were heavy items.

There is a back shelf and a right side shelf.My husband's hot sauces and other small items can be found on the left side.

Measure the items you typically store in your pantry and plan accordingly.If your shelves are shallow or you have pull-outs for easy access to the back, you won't need much clearance for height.If your shelves are deeper, you'll need more clearance to access items at the back without having to remove them from the front.It sounds like your carpenter is doing custom work, so you should be able to place your shelves where you please.

The installation was great and patient.He worked with me to find the best heights for our pullouts, even moving a couple up or down a short time down the road.

We took boxes, cans, bottles, etc., representing both typical sizes and some of the extreme heights as our guides.We're likely to have a tall box of cereals or canned goods.Some items I knew I'd want to keep together, while other groupings developed along the way as I started to put things in/on the pullouts.

Our breadbox ended up on a pullout in our pantry when we discovered it was too large to keep out on the counter, and the larger than my typical size box of rice that was on sale for less than the smaller one is stored on.

It took me a bit of time to get the shelves where I wanted them.When you're happy with the storage capacity and reachability of the shelf spacing(s), you just have to move the shelves up or down.I can change my shelf heights if I need to, but I don't think I'd ever do it.That's right.

I don't have much in the way of typical at the moment.I have small versions of our usual cereals, no plastic or Tupperware for bulk items, and few cans since we have been in our temporary basement kitchen.We are not eating it right now if I can't prepare it in the micro.I am excited to cook a new meal from scratch.

I measure the diameter of my widest cans to get the side shelves that I want.

I could still use some of the actual measurements that other people have used, such as stacking two soup can heights, or using tupperware or other storage containers for bulk items.All of these will be fixed shelves.The shelf depth is about 12.

Once the kitchen is done and measure, you can pick up a few items at the grocery store.I did that.Some of the shelves are closer together.I wanted to make sure that I could reach the bottom of my stuff on the top shelf.Paper towels, paper napkins, and other things are like cereal boxes, with lots of headroom up there.

I wanted to store some stuff on the floor of the pantry, so I made sure the bottom shelf was off the ground.

The light in my pantry is connected to the door so when I open it, the light comes on and goes off.I plan to put that system in all the closets in the house eventually.

Do heights differ.In a perfect world, there would be shelves.You can do the different heights if you don't want them.You can store tall things in this way.

I started with Sharb's measurements and adjusted them according to my needs.

My spaces are between the shelves and the ceiling.My roll-out bins allow for grains and pet food.I needed 10 for cans stacked 2 high.My grain mill is one of the ones that fit the others.

I stumbled across this while searching for pantry shelf height recommendations.I'm not sure if you guys are still around 5 years later, but just in case, thank you!This was very helpful.I decided to go with 18 for my 10'x7'.I hope to help someone else after living in it.That's right.

My thanks as well to you for resurrecting it.It will be a great help to have these dimensions.Thank you for the pic of your pantry with container ideas.

I have a plan for a pantry storage system.I'm looking for feedback from pantry planners and homeowners.One issue is the shelf height.It's also called shelf depth.Storage issues with utensils and cookware.Is it cookware?There is interest in a discussion of storage successes and failures.

I think you should do it whenever it is possible.You can put in side standards if you have fixed side walls.You can have an infinite range of shelf spacing with clips.It's easy to install and adjust this system.

If the side standards don't work, you can put them on the back wall and use the supports for the shelves.

There is a lot of space wasted at the top of the shelves.I don't like wasted space above items.There is an extra shelf that can be used to store short or narrow items.

The look of the shelves are a turn off to me.Maybe it's silly to want the "sturdy" look of solid wood shelves.I'm going to meet with some carpenters this week to discuss my ideas.I'll be curious to hear what they have to say.

The centre shelves should be closer together than the upper and lower ones.We have done it in our kitchen pantry, but we went even closer than the recommended 10, and made the centre one 4 feet high and the ones immediately above and below 6 feet.We now have enough space for the spice jars, and all the little things that waste a lot of space.

I plan my own new build pantry and this is helpful.I don't like wire shelves so am making all the decisions now.

In my search for other resources on the pantry topic, I found this post from som pantry builders, the summary tips at the bottom are excellent.