more kitchen organization

[tashabear]

I'm hoping we can pull this one off... but it's trivially easy, so I'm hopeful

Comments

[msmemory]

Oh, good idea! (Besides, storing Wolfie's cooking spices that close to a heat source can make them go stale sooner, so moving them into the little cabinet will be a very good thing.)

[tashabear]

My mom had an entire wall of shallow cabinets like this in her old house -- it was incredibly useful. It's also the only part of the kitchen that the new owners left alone.

[helwen]

You might also want to get some lazy susans for the shelves so you can put more spices in but still be able to get at all of them easily. Dollar stores sometimes carry cheap ones. I'd do it at least for the top shelf, where it'll be harder to see what's in back.

[tashabear]

Unless they make lazy susans that are 4" in diameter, the cabinet isn't deep enough. Remember, this used to hold the ironing board. :-)

[helwen]

Ah, very small! In which case, if you can stack them two deep, maybe a block of 2x4 in the back of each shelf, to raise the back row up for easy visibility. If not that deep, then your project is even easier :D

[tashabear]

Well, there are no shelves in there as yet, so I'm thinking taller stuff goes up top, like the cooking spray and vanilla extract. The top of the cabinet is no higher than the top of the door next to it, though, so I'm not that worried about losing stuff up there.