Pax pantry hack

How to build a custom pantry using inexpensive Ikea Pax wardrobes. Follow these steps to make them look built-in!

Now my kitchen has way more storage.

See our budget friendly DIY tutorial on how we went about customizing our Ikea Pax dining room cabinet to better fit in with the rest of the house!

A few months ago I was scouring Pinterest for kitchen storage and pantry ideas, and I saw a GREAT post about an IKEA Pax Wardrobe used for that purpose . It was so brilliant, and I told my husband I wanted to do it too. He wasn't really getting the vision as I was trying to explain it, so I showed him that blog post from Jenna Sue Design. He really liked the look of it and we decided that was the way we wanted to go. We measured the back wall (which is almost like a little cove, so it was a…

Here's a step by step breakdown of how we got this large 'hidden pantry' from IKEA PAX wardrobes. It's the best IKEA Pantry Hack I have ever seen

More than just a clothes closet, the IKEA Pax wardrobe offers a flexible combination of shelves and drawers that can serve as a pantry to house food items and small appliances. It's also easy to customize with decorative molding, hardware and paint for a built-in look or a bespoke kitchen showpiece.

These brilliant IKEA hacks are great for adding storage to the kitchen. From bar carts to pantries to toe-kick drawers, you can hack just about anything!

Grab your Allen wrench and a can of paint.

The idea of creating a custom built-in pantry was the first thing that came to mind when I first laid eyes on this back wall in the kitchen: It was an ideal setup—hidden storage that’s shallow so you don’t have to dig through to get to the back, and a small footprint to keep the […]