Custom Roll-Out Shelves: See What They Actually Do

The easiest way to understand a roll-out shelf is to watch one come out of a cabinet. A shelf that used to make you kneel down and dig around now slides all the way out on smooth metal glides, so the back of the cabinet ends up right in front of you. The photos on this page are all real installs from Colorado kitchens, pantries, bathrooms, and the odd spots most people write off as wasted space. Here’s what you’re looking at, and the storage headache each one solves.

Everything you see was measured, built, and installed by Joyce and her son Brent out of our Brighton shop. Family-owned, Colorado-made, roughly two weeks from consultation to install. If one of these setups looks like your kitchen, that’s the whole idea.

Before & After: The Same Cabinet, Made Usable

Nothing sells a roll-out like the side-by-side. Same cabinet, same stuff — the difference is whether you can reach it. Slide the divider on the images above and you’ll see it: a deep base cabinet where the back third used to be a mystery, now pulling all the way out into the open. That’s the entire product in one motion.

“Every time I open my cabinets I’m so happy. So easy to get everything.” — Jeri S.

An empty white kitchen cabinet with two open doors and a single shelf inside, set against a wooden floor. The cabinet is under a countertop and next to a stainless steel oven.A kitchen drawer is open, revealing neatly organized cookware. The bottom shelf has baking sheets, pans, and lids separated by vertical dividers, while the top shelf holds pots and saucepans with handles facing outward.
An empty wooden cabinet with two open doors is shown beneath a speckled countertop. The cabinet has a central divider and no shelves or items inside. The floor beneath is wood.A kitchen cabinet with open doors shows two pull-out shelves; the top shelf is flat and empty, while the lower shelf has vertical dividers for organizing baking sheets or trays.

Where Roll-Outs Earn Their Keep

Roll-outs aren’t a kitchen-only product, and they’re not one-size-fits-all. The gallery here covers a lot of ground because different spaces call for different builds. Here’s the range of what we do, most of which you’ll spot in the photos.

Kitchen Lower Cabinets

The classic case. Deep base cabinets swallow everything past the front row, so you store what you use daily up front and forget whatever’s behind it. Put those shelves on full-extension slides and the whole cabinet comes to you — pots, small appliances, the stockpot you drag out twice a year, all reachable without the floor-level digging.

Pantries

Pantries might be where roll-outs pay off fastest. A fixed-shelf pantry forces you to stack and shove, and the back rows turn into a graveyard of duplicate cans and half-used bags of flour. Roll-out pantry shelves bring each row out so you actually see what you own. Most people stop re-buying things they already have within the first week. You’ll see a few narrow pantry pull-outs in the gallery — including the tall ones that fit right beside a fridge.

Bathroom Vanities & Under the Sink

Under-sink storage is its own kind of chaos — everything’s crammed around the plumbing and you’re reaching past cleaning bottles to find one thing. We build roll-outs that work around the P-trap and the pipes, so the space beside and behind them finally holds something you can get to. Same approach under kitchen sinks.

“It removes the frustration. I highly recommend this solution AND this company!” — Carolyn H.

The Tricky Spots

This is where the gallery gets fun. Pull-out spice racks. Baking sheet and tray dividers that stand pans upright instead of stacking them into an avalanche. A dedicated liquor and bottle organizer. Deep drawers for pots and lids. A pull-out trash and recycling bin tucked into a cabinet. Cutlery and utensil layouts. If you’ve got a space that seems too awkward or too specific to organize, there’s a decent chance you’re looking at the solution for it a few photos up.

The Blind Corner

Every L-shaped kitchen has one: the deep corner cabinet where two runs meet and things vanish into a void you can’t reach. A straight shelf can’t really solve it. For those we usually recommend a half-moon lazy Susan sized to your cabinet, built specifically to pull storage out of a corner that’s otherwise dead space. There’s one in the gallery.

“Best thing I ever did for my kitchen!! Recommend 10000%.” — Heather M.

What Every Shelf Has in Common

However different the spaces are, the build is the same standard. Each shelf is handcrafted from 9-ply Baltic birch plywood — furniture-grade, not the laminated particleboard that sags over time — and mounted on full-extension metal slides rated to 100 pounds. They pull all the way out, quiet and smooth, and they’re built to take being yanked open thousands of times without loosening up.

We don’t replace your cabinets. We build a shelf to the exact inside dimensions of what you already have and install it into the existing box, which keeps the project a fraction of a remodel’s cost and mess.

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A kitchen cabinet above a built-in microwave oven stores various baking pans and trays organized vertically on a pull-out shelf. The cabinet doors are open, showing neatly arranged bakeware.
A wooden cabinet with double doors is open, revealing six pull-out shelves or drawers inside. The shelves are empty, and the cabinet is set on a hardwood floor.
A kitchen cabinet with sliding drawers open, showing neatly organized pots, pans, and lids below a countertop with a gas stove and coffee maker.
A modern kitchen with a gas stove, white cabinets, and two lower cabinet doors open to reveal pull-out wooden shelves on both sides. The floor is light-colored wood, and the walls have a light gray backsplash.
A wooden cabinet with open doors reveals two drawers; the lower drawer contains various bottles of alcohol, including wine and spirits, while the upper drawer is empty.
Bathroom vanity with open drawers and cabinets showing organized cleaning supplies, toiletries, hand soap, and toilet paper rolls stored neatly on pull-out shelves below a sink.
Open kitchen cabinet showing two wooden pull-out drawers; the top drawer has divider sections, while the lower drawer is open and empty. The cabinet interior is light wood, and the floor is light-colored.
A corner kitchen cabinet with two white pull-out shelves, each holding various pots, pans, and bakeware, efficiently organized for easy access. The cabinet is made of dark wood and sits on a wooden floor.
A kitchen drawer with vertical dividers neatly organizing various pot and pan lids, with some metal pots and pans on the right. The drawer is open, revealing a wood floor and black cabinet doors.
A white pantry door is open, revealing four pull-out shelves filled with various food items and groceries in a kitchen with wooden cabinets and a hardwood floor.
A kitchen drawer partly open, containing various items such as tape, scissors, plastic wrap, ziplock bags, pens, and other miscellaneous supplies, with dark cabinets and a light countertop above.
Kitchen with wooden cabinets and sliding drawers open, showing organized storage of pots, pans, baking sheets, and plastic food containers. Black appliances, utensils, and small kitchen gadgets are on the counter.
Open white cabinet showing two wooden sliding shelves; the top shelf is empty, and the bottom shelf has vertical dividers creating five storage compartments. The interior is light wood, and the floor is visible.
Kitchen cabinets with three lower drawers open, showing organized pull-out shelves holding various cookware items, including baking sheets, pots, pans, an instant pot, mixing bowls, and kitchen appliances.
Two pull-out kitchen drawers organized with glass containers, plastic lids, baking dishes, blender cups, and metal pot lids. The drawers are open, showing efficient storage in a wooden cabinet.
A wooden cabinet with pull-out shelves holding laundry supplies, including Tide detergent, Bounce dryer sheets, bleach, and other cleaning products, neatly organized.
A kitchen cabinet with open doors reveals two pull-out shelves: the top is flat for storage, and the bottom has vertical dividers for organizing baking sheets or trays.
A kitchen cabinet drawer is pulled out to reveal organized bottles of various alcohol, including vodka, whiskey, and wine, neatly stored upright in divided compartments below a granite countertop.
A wooden kitchen cabinet with two pull-out shelves; the bottom shelf has vertical dividers creating separate compartments. The cabinet doors are open, revealing the organized storage inside.
A kitchen drawer slides open to reveal two tiers filled with neatly organized glass spice jars, each labeled with the spice name. The drawer is next to an oven and has wooden shelves and a white front panel.
A fluffy cat sits inside a kitchen cabinet above a drawer organized with vertical slots holding baking trays and pans. The cabinet door is open, revealing the cat and the neatly arranged bakeware.
Open kitchen cabinet with two pull-out shelves neatly organized with pots, pans, lids, and baking trays. The shelves are wooden, and the cabinet is brown with metal handles. The kitchen floor is hardwood.
Open wooden kitchen cabinets with several pull-out drawers, neatly organized with containers, lids, pots, and pans under a granite countertop on a wooden floor.
An open kitchen drawer reveals pots, pans, and cookware neatly organized. Above it, another drawer with utensil trays is partially open. The countertop holds various kitchen items and appliances.
Two gray plastic trash bins are placed side by side in a wooden pull-out drawer inside a kitchen cabinet, with part of a white rug visible on the wooden floor in front.
Open kitchen cabinet with two pull-out wooden drawers; the bottom drawer has vertical dividers for organizing items. A stainless steel oven is visible to the left, and the floor is light wood.
Brown kitchen cabinets with open doors reveal three pull-out shelves on each side. The bottom left shelf holds a black countertop appliance, while the others are empty. The cabinet is on a wood floor.
A kitchen cabinet with pull-out shelves neatly holding red pots, pans, lids, and handles, organized for easy access and storage. The cabinet doors are open, showing the cookware arrangement.
empty sliding-drawers picture
A tall wooden pull-out pantry with six shelves is fully extended next to a stainless steel refrigerator, showing various organized food items, condiments, bottled water, and snacks on each shelf.
An organized bathroom cabinet with open doors and three pull-out drawers neatly storing toiletries, skincare products, nail polish, and other personal care items under a sink.
Four wooden drawers are pulled out from a bathroom vanity beneath a sink, with the cabinet doors open and plumbing visible. The drawers and cabinet are empty, and the floor is tiled.
A kitchen cabinet with open wooden doors reveals several pull-out shelves stocked with pantry items, snacks, containers, and a microwave oven installed above the shelves.
An open white kitchen cabinet reveals two wooden pull-out shelves, one positioned above the other, with a stainless steel appliance visible on the right and a wood floor below.
Overhead view of kitchen drawers below a stovetop; top drawer holds various spatulas and utensils, while the bottom drawer neatly organizes pots and pans with their handles sticking out.

It Starts With a Free In-Home Consultation

The photos here show how it actually begins: Joyce and Brent at your kitchen counter, looking at your real cabinets and listening to what’s driving you nuts. No deposit, no obligation, no salesperson — the owners themselves. You get a clear quote broken out cabinet by cabinet, so you can do the whole kitchen at once or start with the two or three worst offenders and add the rest on your own timeline.

“We had a GREAT experience with Rollem Out shelves! They came right away, priced great, install & service was terrific! ” — Karen M.

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Two women stand in a kitchen, one with white hair and a red shirt using a tablet, while the other with brown hair in a black top looks on. Wooden cabinets, a microwave, and kitchen items are in the background.
Three people are gathered in a kitchen, talking around a granite island countertop. A man and woman stand on one side, while an older woman in red stands on the other. Kitchen cabinets and appliances are visible in the background.
An older woman wearing glasses and a red shirt smiles and raises her fist while holding a tablet, standing with two other adults in a bright, sunlit kitchen.
Four people are in a kitchen. An older woman in red talks to a man in blue leaning on the counter. Two others prepare food in the background. Kitchen counters have various items and wood boards. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed.
An older woman with short white hair, wearing a red shirt and black pants, stands smiling with arms crossed in a warmly lit kitchen with wooden cabinets and granite countertops.

Professional, Clean and Quick Installation

After measuring, we build your shelves back at the Brighton shop and most installs land about two weeks later — a little longer in the busy spring and summer stretch. The install photos here are the norm: Brent handling most of it himself, in and out without leaving a mess in your kitchen. Every shelf carries a lifetime warranty, and if the spacing isn’t quite right once you’ve lived with it, we come back and adjust at no charge.

“From the simple quote to quick response and install we loved working with Roll’em Out.” — Dana T.

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A man is kneeling on the floor, installing or repairing a pull-out shelf inside a wooden kitchen cabinet. Tools and hardware are scattered nearby, and chairs and a dog are visible in the background.
A man in a navy shirt works under a kitchen stove, using a tool to repair or install something inside a cabinet. Cooking grates and a clamp are on the countertop above him.
An open kitchen cabinet with two pull-out wooden shelves. The cabinet doors are open, and tools are on the floor nearby, indicating installation or repair work. The kitchen has wood cabinets and a stainless steel appliance above.
A man kneels on a foam mat, measuring the inside of a large wooden kitchen cabinet with a tape measure. Tools and cabinet parts are scattered nearby on the hardwood floor.
A person wearing a cap, jeans, and work boots kneels on a foam mat while working on the inside of a kitchen cabinet with the doors open. Tools and supplies are visible nearby on the counter.
A man kneels on a wooden floor, installing a sliding shelf inside a large wooden kitchen cabinet. Tools, including a power drill, lie nearby on the floor. The kitchen has brown cabinets and a granite countertop.
A man in casual clothes stands in a kitchen next to a tall wooden cabinet with open doors and newly installed pull-out shelves. Tools and a gray mat are on the floor nearby.
A person in a blue shirt and cap installs or repairs a large pull-out drawer beneath a stainless steel oven in a wooden kitchen. Tools are visible on the nearby counter.
An open wooden cabinet under a kitchen counter reveals a custom-built wooden organizer with vertical dividers and a white base. A yellow gas line, valve, and an outlet are visible at the back.

See Your Own Cabinets Transformed

If any of these installs looks like a problem you’ve got, let’s fix it. Call Roll ’em Out Shelves at 303-475-9601 or book your free in-home consultation. Joyce and Brent come out, measure, and show you exactly what your cabinets could do — most projects installed within about two weeks. Handcrafted in Colorado, backed for life.