You probably won’t find what you’re looking for except from either a high-end furniture store or from a custom cabinet maker.
Almost anything you find from a chain store or online will be either RTA (Ready To Assemble) or built from particle board and held together by staples. Both are inherently weak and will eventually fall apart.
If you have to go either RTA or particle board construction, screw it to the wall studs to give it rigidity. Any flex or movement is what causes them to fail.
More details would be helpful - like how big do you want it? Wood or other materials?
IKEA stuff does not fall apart if you put it together correctly. We have items we use daily for more than ten years, no issues.
i do craigslist. might take months to find it but you can get high end furniture for 60 70 % less retail .
Obama has a cabinet. It is usually found in the kitchen gorging itself on as much pork as they can choke down.
You should just get a good contractor to make it for you if you want it to be good quality. It is a buyers market these days (or wait until winter when you can REALLY name your price).
You ca also get some super high quality metal shelving assemblies these days at Home Depot and the like.
Look at some of the bookshelves, solid wood not particle board.
I thought this was going to be a political post. All Presidents have a Cabinet. Truman had a smaller, informal group called the “Kitchen Cabinet”. I thought you were going to tell me that obama’s advisory board was so small (valerie arret?) that it would fit in a Pantry in the Kitchen! LOL.
If you have skills, make it yourself.
Hint: It’s a ‘garden tool/patio cabinet’ until it’s a ‘pantry cabinet’...
Depending on where you live, look for Amish furniture makers or places that sell “unfinished” pieces. Generally, they build it and you sand it/varnish it/finish it. This doesn’t take much skill, just a lot of elbow grease when sanding.
I bought a bookcase this way. It took me about 3 weekends of work on it, 2 sanding, 1 finishing. It looks great and I have had it for almost 20 years.
The old CRT tube type TV entertainment centers are ending up in consignment shops, Habitat for Humanity, thrift stores etc on the cheap since flat-screens have come on the scene. Add a couple of shelves if needed in the space where the TV would go. That wouldn’t require the space of a woodworking shop or garage to do.
I’ve seen all sizes, heights, and finishes. I’ve seen some high end quality pieces that are really nice.
I’m using one as such that has three drawers below the TV section, perfect for storing table cloths, spices, infrequently used kitchen utensils, baking pans, and just happens to match the kitchen table and the decorative moulding matches the crown moulding around the ceiling .
I have one of these - and If I had my druthers, I'd have nothing but this and an old fashioned pantry.
Note the work top is enamel - and it's pulls out for roomy work area when needed...
They were the precursor to the banks of kitchen cabinets we now spend tens of thousand for - You can even still get the flour hods/sifters - some still have them - and the swivel sugar jars, spice jars, etc. They also have a tin lined bread box that keeps bread great. They have pot lid racks inside the bottom doors - etc etc. You can pick them up cheaper than new stuff - but they are so much better made AND they come assembled.
You can also get them cheaper - range is great to ridiculous - and they will become a pass-down family heirloom. Can't think of much made today that would stand that test of time.
The Hoosiers are from the early half ot the 20th century and there are hundreds of designs - the solid oak being the most expensive. But I like my white painted pine - anyway, which made mine affordable, also.
- You can use this ebay link to see many, many Hoosiers - and you can GOOGLE to learn the history, etc. Had mine for about 15 years - it's at least 80+ years old - and will hand it down to my kids -
( I do have a free standing, tall cabinet that I got at Sam's club about 15 years ago - had to assemble. four door, (two top, two bottom, with pull our drawer between top and bottom shelves. Very happy with it - especially at $99 - and expect it to last for as long as I will need it (being a great grandmother ;o) - but it won't hold up like a Hoosier. Hoosiers were made in that bygone age when things were made with pride and with an eye towards lasting.
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I see a lot of really nice armoires on craigslist.org all the time that could easily be turned into a kitchen pantry by adding a few shelves.
Last year I picked up a solid maple one from the 1940’s for 50.00 and refinished it as a sewing cabinet. It now looks like came straight out of Pottery Barn catalog.
As millions of people have bought flat-panel TVs, the old armoires that used to hold big TV sets now are being discarded. When visiting Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or the Habitat for Humanity Restore, I see a lot of very large and handsome armoires made of well-finished solid wood with double doors on top and another set of doors on the bottom. The ones on the bottom usually conceal shelves. The upper portion is large enough for additional shelves to be added, and strong and deep enough even to hold your microwave. Putting a few extra shelves in is quite easy. You can also find kits at Lowe’s or Home Depot that maximize kitchen space and could be added easily with just a screwdriver and a drill—towel racks, pot racks, inner drawers, etc.
What a great husband you are! Your wife is lucky.
http://www.sturbridgeyankee.com/furniture/storage/lancaster-cabinet-2.html
Not tall enough for you. You can poke around the site more for yourself, to see if you can find something closer to what you want.
I have multiple benches, bookcases, etc. from this website, and it is all beautiful wood. You have to assemble it, but it always goes together easily. (I am NOT affiliated, only a happy customer )