Storage

[Ula Oh]

I'm planning a large pantry, at least 120 square feet. Maybe larger. In addition to food, I will also be storing out of season pots and pans, china and silverware, glass ware, seldom used appliances, toiletries, office supplies, the list goes on and on. In a square structure the conventional storage wisdom is to go up. With a curved ceiling this will only help so much. My question is; how can I utilize the curved ceiling to the best of my advantage? My first thought was to hang pots, pans and baskets with hooks designed for masonry, but I need some suggestions. What else can I do?

Thank you for all your help.


Ula

[Eastexdome]

My pantry is on an outside wall of my dome so one wall is curved. on this wall I used the "leaning shelves" that a popular now. The shelf depth is staggered so it works great with the curve of the wall. I used pantry shelving on the three other walls. Because I have upstairs above the pantry my ceiling is flat, so I can't help with ideas there, but I think hanging racks and shelves would do great.

[angelofdodd]

My cure is to have a garage sale,and donate to charity our seldom used stuff.

[Ula Oh]

That's wonderful! More power to you.

But most of my "seldom used stuff" is used at least once per year, if not more. I would rather dedicate a storage space for it out of the way, rather than have it in my premium shelf space in the kitchen. I can't buy a $50 fondue pot the five times a year I want fondue, but I can't have fondue every day either!

The main reason for the space will be food, cleaning (lots of baking soda and vinegar) and bathroom supplies. The appliances, dishes, pots, pans, silverware and linins will take up comparatively little space. I only keep what I need. When I need it determines it's place.

No one else has solutions?

Ula

[Mountain View]

Domes provide excellent storage area!
Stand next to the dome wall with your shoulder just at the wall and you will notice that there is some space between your foot and the wall. In our case (40’ dome) we have about 18” to 20”. We have custom built shelves that set against the dome wall. The first shelf is high enough off the floor to allow 5 gal buckets to fit under the shelf. We can fit two 5 gal buckets one after the other and then there is shelves above for additional storage. The higher you make the unit the narrower the shelves get but that makes it convenient to finding smaller items!
We will (eventually) build custom shelves in our storage area and we plan on using pull out boxes on wheels for the lowest area since the depth (distance to the wall) will be huge!

In the back corner or our closet was an area where you could not put a pole so we just added "shoe shelves" the heigth of a shoe box. They just get shorter in length as you go up along the dome.

[Ula Oh]

Thank you for that marvelous advice, I will be sure to use it in the rooms with such a shape. However, since my pantry will be a dome unto it's self, with an Orion style stem wall, to make the most of the (vertical) space I'll just use vertical shelving. Most likely mounted directly to the wall.

My topic question is how to best utilize the space above our heads - the ceiling of the dome. The best idea I've heard yet is to hang hang-able items from hooks in the ceiling, but I know more can be done, I just haven't thought of it yet. The reason I've posted this topic is I figured people who have already done this have already figured it out, they just didn't think to tell anyone because it doesn't seem important.

Any one else having trouble finding brown and serve rolls this holiday season?

Ula