If you’re in need of a unique kitchen upgrade, a butler's pantry may be the perfect solution. Large mixers, slow cookers, and fine china can take up a ton of room, but it's very inconvenient to store these items in the basement. Some use a butler's pantry for storing the goods that won't fit in your kitchen. In the 2018 season of The Block Jess and Norm made a bold statement in their kitchen with this stunning butler's pantry.

With or without the actual waitstaff, we're fawning over these 45 elegant butler's pantries from designers at Dering Hall. A sink for extra service Providing plumbing isn’t an issue, consider incorporating a sink in your butler’s pantry.

Image: The Block 2018

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The butler's pantry serves a purpose beyond entertaining. The butler's pantry is located just off the kitchen, serving as the perfect area for dining and entertaining prep. In any case, a laundry tub style of sink is ideal for a butler’s pantry. With an open-ended layout akin to a galley kitchen, the butler's pantry features ample bench space and storage, as well as chic hand-pressed concrete tiles for the splashback. Most sinks will require a benchtop depth of 600 millimetres. For goods that are used occasionally but often, a storage space off the kitchen is perfect.

H owever, if your space is limited, there are some stainless steel laundry tubs suitable for use in 500-millimetre-deep benchtops.

Typically it was a small hallway or room between the kitchen and formal dining room.

This space was also used to stage meals back in the day.

The butler’s pantry was a place for service staff to store the family’s silver and china under lock and key.