Adding Drawers to Shelves

[Eddie_T]

I use corner braces to mount drawer slides on pantry shelves and in bottom of base cabinets. I have a floor-to-ceiling full depth pantry and added drawers to three mid-shelves and use shallow cardboard boxes (such as for canned mushrooms, etc.) for the front stuff on higher shelves.

 

[bud16415]

Do you have photos of the finished product?

 

[Eddie_T]

Kitchen Pantry



Bathroom sink base cabinet

 

[bud16415]

I really like this idea, as I hate lowers that you need to get on your knees to dig something out of the back. I have always said all base units should be pull out drawers and this is a great way to get around that as I'm stuck with my bases.

 

[Eddie_T]

I tried to get a close-up of the corner brace. I use a machine screw to attach the brace to the slide.

 

[bud16415]

I think I would even make the backs of the box higher and maybe the sides taper down. I hate stuff tipping off the backs. We have one we keep all this tupperware like stuff in, for leftovers and you never dig to the back.

We have a tall pantry with slides and i was just telling her about converting ours over and before i told her she said i had a bottle fall over the back yesterday and had to take everything out to get it. LOL.

 

[Eddie_T]

I couldn't do full width drawers in the pantry because I have storage in the doors. You can see some of the shallow boxes on upper shelves. I can set them out to get to the less often used stuff in the rear.



I made the drawers shallow with the thought that I could add height if necessary by gluing in thin plywood (or hardboard) panels.

 

[Guzzle]

For high kitchen cab. shelves I cut one foot Masonite squares that I use to slide out the stuff, a 0.5" x 0.5" x 12" strip serves as a handle.

& throwing out expired stuff is a full time job.

 

[Eddie_T]

My pic is blurred but you can get the idea. This is my pot drawer under the cook-top. I used taller brackets for the slides.

 

[billshack]

I had a company redo my kitchen with sliding draws every where . so much better .

 

[Eddie_T]

I'm building a mobile kitchen island. My master carpenter friend said put drawers in it. My friend was one of the founding Ranneklev Brothers.

Ranneklev Bros. Inc.

 

[Guzzle]

If the items are bulky you can use wire grid shelves. More visibility that way.