Useful under-stairs pantry and storage

Brita lives by the sea in the south of Sweden in a house built in 1933. She had always dreamed of having a walk-in pantry. There was a space beneath the staircase that had previously housed a toilet. Brita decided that with the help of Elfa she would convert that space into a practical area for storing dry foods and cleaning stuff.

This is what she did:

After measuring all the angles and corners, Brita made a simple sketch of the space. She recommends carefully measuring every inch to get it right first time round. She wrote a few lines explaining that she wanted to store dry foods and various cleaning items there. She then sent this with her sketch, measurements and some photos of the space to Elfa. They came back with a suggestion that was tweaked a few times until everyone was satisfied that the solution was suitable for the space and the items that Brita wanted to store there.

On door storage

Brita decided that storage on the back of the door would give her easy access to the cleaning products she uses every day. The mesh baskets let her see where all these items are at a glance.

What Brita likes most about her back-of-the-door storage is that the watering jug now has its own spot and doesn’t keep tipping over. She used two types of hooks.

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Useful under-stairs pantry and storage

This is what she did:

On door storage

Brita used the following products:

Hang standard white

Small mesh basket white

Large mesh basket white

Storing board low center white

Pliers hook

Round small hook

Shelf storage

Brita used the following products:

Hang standard white

Melamine shelf white

Wire shelf basket white

Wire shelf basket divider

Gliding mesh drawer white

Wire shelf white

Cleaning equipment

Brita used the following products:

Storing board white

Tall box for Storage track and board

Storage track tool holder small

Round large hook

Straight handled tool hook

Short tool hook

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