My house is OLD. Very old. Jeremy spent a day at the courthouse and traced it back to a sale in 1907. It was built prior to that. My kitchen, is probably just as old! I have 2 - yes, I said 2 upper cabinets in my kitchen with 3 shelves each. I have only 13 feet of counter space with a double sink in the middle. I have a HUGE pantry in my basement but, if I organize and plan ahead a little, my lack of cupboard space isn't so bad. We keep dishes/glassed in one and open food stuffs in the other. I do have one more very small cupboard over my stove. I appreciate the thought but, before you make suggestions to remodel my kitchen so I add cupboards, I have 2 very large windows, 4 doorways and 2 of the 4 walls are plaster over solid brick. Anything we do from here will require professional (both mental and physical) help! It's a great house. Big but, not always functional!
These last few weeks I have been working to find a better way to organize/store spices. I found an idea on Pinterest, if you write on a glass jar with a Sharpie marker and bake the glass for 30 minutes at 350° it will set the ink. It does work - somewhat. Just writing on the glass with a Sharpie, will wipe off with your finger and certainly in the dishwater. This makes it a little tougher to rub off. I also used some Martha Stewart adhesive stencils to fancy them up a bit.
This is my before. Isn't that ugly? It doesn't scream "Cook", more like "Shut the damn door!"
My first set up to see how many of the new jars would fit on the new "Three tiered organizer".
I think I need to order some more jars!
Ah, there we go! I also bought a few smaller jars to fit right in the front for the spices I don't buy as much of - also, I plan to install a magnetic knife bar on the top of the shelf. All the lids are stainless and to suspend them from the top gives me more shelf space. :D
Now that cupboard says "don't you need to cook something?"
Awesome, Gail! I love this.
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