Pantry & Storage
Handis kitchen pantry and storage is the carpentry-led storage build inside the kitchen — everything that is not the cabinet boxes themselves. From $400 for a single open shelf above the coffee maker to $6,000 for a coffee-bar built-in with countertop, open shelving, and a new GFCI outlet on a dedicated circuit. The walk-in pantry with two wire racks and a stack of cereal on the floor that should have proper adjustable shelving. The base cabinet beside the dishwasher that is six inches of dead air for everything stacked in front of it because there is no Lazy Susan. The blank wall beside the coffee maker that has held a plastic spice rack since 2017 when it should have a stained oak floating shelf. The dead space at the end of the run that fits a 28-inch-wide coffee bar but instead has a paper-towel holder. We build pantry shelving systems, install pull-out organizers and Lazy Susans inside existing cabinets, mount open shelving, and build coffee-bar and beverage-nook built-ins — stud-anchored or rated-toggle mounted on every install, every shelf level to a snapped reference, finish carpentry and color-matched paint included on every build.
Service
What Pantry & Storage Covers
Pantry and storage is the residential kitchen trade for the carpentry-led storage build — every storage piece that is not the cabinet boxes themselves. Four service patterns covered, each sized to a different storage gap and a different budget. The scope is fixed so the price is fixed; the only adders are condition-driven (stud-spacing surprises in older plaster walls, knob-and-tube wiring exposed behind a coffee-bar wall, settled floor that the new shelving will reveal). Every install shares the same carpentry discipline — stud-anchored where the stud is behind the wall, rated heavy-duty toggle mounted where the stud does not line up, every shelf leveled to a snapped reference line, finish carpentry and color-matched paint touch-up included on every build.
Pantry Shelving Systems
The build inside a walk-in pantry or a tall pantry cabinet — adjustable wood shelving on standards-and-brackets or pin-supported on a side-mounted track, door-mounted wire racks for spices and small items, step-down or tiered shelves for visibility, and pull-out wire baskets on the bottom for produce and root vegetables. The system that turns a pantry with one wire rack and a stack of cereal on the floor into a system you can find things in. From $800 for a single-wall adjustable shelf system to $2,500 for a full walk-in pantry build.
Pantry Shelving Systems — adjustable shelves, door racks, pull-outs
Pull-Out Organizers & Lazy Susans
The retrofit inside existing base or corner cabinets — Rev-A-Shelf pull-outs (single-tier, double-tier, blind-corner), Hafele Lazy Susans (full circle, kidney, half-moon), pull-out spice racks beside the range, pull-out trash and recycling, and pull-out wire baskets on Blum soft-close slides. The fastest, lowest-cost storage upgrade in any kitchen — install runs a half-day to a day, no demo or wall work, and the cabinet finally holds what it should have held since the build. From $500 for a single pull-out to $1,800 for a multi-cabinet retrofit set.
Pull-Out Organizers & Lazy Susans — Rev-A-Shelf, Hafele, Blum, spice, trash
Open Shelving Install
Open shelving on a kitchen wall — a stack of two to four wood floating shelves above the coffee maker, beside the range, or on the wall opposite the cabinet run. Stud-anchored to wood brackets or floating on hidden cleats. Solid hardwood (oak, maple, walnut, cherry), pine, or paint-grade poplar sized to the wall and the homeowner's preferred reach height. The visual that opens up the kitchen wall and finally gives the coffee canisters and the favorite cookbook a home. From $400 for a single-shelf install with visible bracket to $1,200 for three hidden-cleat floating shelves in solid hardwood.
Open Shelving Install — floating, bracket, hardwood, paint-grade
Coffee Bar / Beverage Nook Built-In
The built-in at the end of the cabinet run or in the dead space beside the refrigerator — a 24 to 36-inch-wide countertop run (quartz, butcher block, or stone), two to four open shelves above for canisters and mugs, a new GFCI outlet on a dedicated circuit for the espresso machine and grinder, and (optional) a cavity for a 15-inch under-counter beverage fridge. The build that finally gives the coffee setup a real home, the wine glasses a real spot, and the morning routine a real flow. From $2,000 for a base coffee bar without the beverage fridge to $6,000 for a full beverage nook with built-in fridge cavity and quartz countertop.
Coffee Bar / Beverage Nook Built-In — countertop, shelves, GFCI, beverage fridge cavity
Pantry & Storage Pricing
Final pricing depends on the storage type, shelf and pull-out count, material (hardwood vs paint-grade vs wire), wall type for the install, whether a coffee-bar build needs a new circuit, and whether the build is stock components or fully custom. Each sub-category page lists detailed pricing for that family. Licensed-electrician sub fees pass through transparently for coffee-bar builds with new GFCI or dedicated circuits. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us the kitchen wall, the storage gap, and the look you have in mind — we will quote the build before booking.
Why Handis for Kitchen Pantry & Storage
A kitchen storage build pays back the moment every loose item finally has a home. The basket of granola bars stacked on the counter finally lives on a pull-out tray inside the pantry. The cans of soup that fall off the back of the corner cabinet every time you reach for one finally rotate on a Lazy Susan. The coffee setup that sprawls across two feet of counter finally lives on a built-in. After enough kitchen storage builds we know the stud spacing in a typical 1920s lath-and-plaster pantry wall vs a 1960s framed pantry vs a 1990s drywall pantry, which Rev-A-Shelf pull-outs actually fit a face-frame cabinet vs a frameless one, where to find a real GFCI receptacle on the wall behind the proposed coffee bar (almost never where you think), and how to scribe a coffee-bar end panel to the refrigerator without leaving a half-inch reveal. The build that fits the kitchen finishes clean and stays straight; the build that fights the kitchen reads as off in six months. We do the planning before the install.
Stud-anchored where the stud is, rated toggle where it is not
Every shelf bracket, every floating-shelf cleat, every coffee-bar side panel anchor point goes into the stud whenever the stud is behind the install zone. Where the stud does not line up with the bracket or cleat position, we use rated heavy-duty toggles (Toggler Snaptoggle 75-lb minimum on each anchor point) sized to the loaded weight of the shelf or built-in plus the door-swing or pull-out force. Never the wall plugs that come in the bracket kit — they pull out of drywall under loaded shelves within a year.
Every shelf leveled to a snapped reference line
A stack of shelves that are individually plumb but at different heights reads as off the moment a homeowner steps back. We snap a horizontal reference line across the wall with a laser level or chalk line for the shelf bottom positions, then level each shelf to that line. The stack reads as a unit, with consistent spacing between shelves, and the visual line across the kitchen wall is clean from any angle.
Pull-outs sized to face-frame vs frameless cabinets
Rev-A-Shelf and Hafele pull-out organizers come in sizes that fit either face-frame or frameless cabinets — getting the wrong size leaves a half-inch gap on each side that catches every can lid and crumb. We measure the cabinet opening, the face-frame depth, and the door clearance before ordering, so the pull-out runs flush on every slide and the wire basket fits the opening within an eighth of an inch.
Coffee-bar built-ins scribed to the refrigerator
A coffee bar built into the dead space at the end of the cabinet run reads as built-in only if the end panel is scribed to the refrigerator (which is rarely plumb on the appliance side) and the back panel is scribed to the wall (which is rarely plumb at the corner). We compass-scribe both end panels, shim the toe-kick to level, and plumb the countertop. The built-in sits flush against the refrigerator and the wall with no visible gap and no caulk fill.
Licensed electrician for coffee-bar GFCI circuits
A coffee-bar build with a new GFCI receptacle or a dedicated circuit for the espresso machine, grinder, and beverage fridge routes through a licensed Washington L&I electrician. They handle the home-run from the panel, the GFCI receptacle install, and the dedicated-circuit breaker — and they pull their own permit for the work as the responsible licensed party. Handis runs the carpentry, the countertop install, and the shelf install.
Insured, background-checked, one-year project warranty
Every Handis tech carries liability insurance and has cleared a background screening before the first job. The one-year project warranty covers our scope — shelf and bracket install, pull-out and Lazy Susan retrofit, coffee-bar carpentry and countertop set, finish carpentry. If a shelf sags, a bracket loosens, a pull-out slide goes out of square, a scribed end panel pulls away from the wall, or a re-caulked seam fails within the year, we come back and fix it at no extra charge. The licensed-electrician portion carries its own Washington L&I-trade warranty, also named on the quote.
Estimate
Tell us the kitchen, the wall location and material (drywall, tile, plaster), the storage type you want (pantry shelves, pull-outs, open shelves, coffee bar), the rough dimensions of the install zone, and any look preference (paint-grade or stain-grade, shaker or flat, finish color). A few phone photos of the kitchen and the install zone help us scope before quoting. We send a clear estimate.
Customer Reviews
Kitchen pantry and storage build reviews from real Handis customers.
Full walk-in pantry build in our 1962 Wedgwood kitchen. Adjustable wood shelving on side tracks, door-mounted wire racks for spices, pull-out wire baskets at the bottom for produce. Two days. Pantry finally holds what it should have held since the house was built. Cereal off the floor for the first time in nine years.
Six-cabinet pull-out retrofit across our 1992 Bellevue kitchen. Two double-tier Rev-A-Shelf pull-outs flanking the range, a Lazy Susan in the blind corner, a pull-out trash and recycling in the cabinet beside the dishwasher, and a pull-out spice rack on the cabinet beside the range. Day and a half. The kitchen finally works.
Three hidden-cleat floating shelves above the coffee maker in our 1929 Wallingford bungalow kitchen. Solid walnut, stained to match the existing baseboards. Hidden cleat stud-anchored, every shelf level to a snapped chalk line. The technician brought a longer toggle for the spans where the stud did not line up. Half a day for the install.
Coffee bar built-in at the end of the cabinet run in our 1996 Issaquah kitchen — 30-inch quartz countertop, three floating walnut shelves above for mugs and beans, a new GFCI outlet for the espresso machine on a dedicated 20-amp circuit, and a cavity for a 15-inch under-counter beverage fridge that arrived the next week. The electrician sub came in for the circuit and was named on the quote. Three days for the build.
Tall pantry cabinet retrofit in our 1985 Magnolia kitchen — adjustable wood shelves with pin support on side-mounted tracks, a tiered step shelf so I can finally see the cans behind the front row, and two pull-out wire baskets on the bottom. Half a day. The pantry feels twice as big without changing the footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about kitchen pantry and storage builds.