(sigh) Spice Rack ?
Hi, Everyone! I read the "How do you store a LARGE collection of spices?" thread that was started in 2008, with the most recent post in Aug of 2012, and I need some input please! The thread is here: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg02124116986.html
I'd like to have something along the lines of the photo Jo Ann posted on that thread, and the cupboard in wall that Kristi posted on the same thread.
Location is my enemy! My kitchen doesn't have an island, a pantry, extra space between anything, or an option for emptying out a drawer etc, and from what I can tell, the "cross braces" (?) between the studs on the inside of the stucco walls would get in the way of a true cupboard-in-the-wall placement.
My option is, I think, to have DH build me one, much like Jo Ann's hubby built for her, but instead of putting it on the back of a door, it would be affixed to a wall and stick out a bit and it would have a door on it.
One photo is of our little old fashioned laundry "room" in our circa 1940s-50s home, and the kitchen doorway is to the left. It looks yellowish, but it's really painted white. I'd have to put the spice rack above the light switches. Good thing I'm tall !
The link is below from amazon and it's what I'm thinking it would look like, sorta, but with a door on it.
I'm open to suggestions and ideas about how to do this--hubby is sorta handy, and does best with directions. :O)
Thanks!!!!
Smiles,
Sooz
Here is a link that might be useful: Example, but put a door on it
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oldbat2be
11 years agoYou could also take advantage of the insides of your cabinets and build something like these. Supplies readily available from Home Depot/ Lowes :)
I love Penzeys spices and have in the past few years started biting the bullet and purchasing the glass jars (again) instead of just refills. Why? Because I add the current date on to the jars, so always know how fresh the spices are.
Good luck, I know you will figure something out!
sooz
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Comments (21)Jkayd Spice stack makes several versions. BBB carries the smaller one. Mine is the larger version although they were talking about an even larger version. I ordered mine on-line - one of the few things that were not local but at the time it was a new company. One thing to remember - always return the tray to the closed position. I forgot a few times and closed the door on the open tray. I knocked the tray off the stack and lost one spice jar lid on the landing. The rack popped back into the stack easily. - pretty impressive. I just went to their website. They now have for sizes. Mine has 4 columns and they added a 2 column and 5 column version in addition to the original 3 column and the classic 4 column. It also looks like BBB and SLT both carry the 5 banger I put mine on the second shelf so the UCL weren't cooking the herbs and spices. It fit perfectly on my bottom shelf but put on second shelf - so I have a bit of space above for a couple tins Some day, I will add the labels but for now they are just alpha so it is easy to make changes. Good luck This post was edited by a2gemini on Sat, Dec 6, 14 at 15:58...See MoreSpice rack/pull out in lower cabinets?
Comments (20)I'm going to link the long thread about spice storage that Sayde was talking about. We have a small kitchen. But we were determined not to commit the mistakes of our past kitchens regarding spice storage. A previous home had the little plastic stair-step shelf (from BB&B) in an upper cabinet. It was OK, but while it made the spices slightly more visible than without the stair-step, it still was jumbled and hard to fumble through. It didn't really allow you to reach quickly in and grab a spice jar while cooking. Worse though, was our pre-reno kitchen with the vertical pull-out spice rack. DH swore that no matter what, that kind of spice pull-out would not be a part of our renovated kitchen. He hated bending to see the spices, the bottles moved around and shifted too much in the pull-out, you had to move from one side around to the other to find your spice, and when the rack was pulled out it impeded traffic in the kitchen. So we looked at Loves2cook4six's solution (see linked thread, 3rd post from the top), that Sayde also mentioned, of bottles in a drawer with labels on the top of the bottles. We also thought of something similar to what Northsong mentioned above. DH nixed that, cause he felt we'd never get around to transferring the spices we buy to the other bottles. So another requirement was that spices stay in their "OEM" bottles. Then we saw Cat_mom's. Eureka! An insert from Rev-a-shelf in a shallow drawer next to the range. The insert holds the bottles at a slant, and everything is instantly visible and accessible. No bending, no squinting, no walking around, no reaching, no moving a bottle to get to another. The insert is a nice wood. And we can keep the spices in their OEM bottles. Although our kitchen is small, we were able to spare a shallow wide drawer dedicated to spices. Eliminating the vertical spice pull-out we had before meant our drawers gained a few more inches. DH comments on how much he loves the spice drawer about once a week. Cat_mom's is pictured on the linked thread about 1/4 the way down. Then Mysterymachine discussed it with Cat_mom in that thread, and installed something similar too. Hers is pictured about a little more than 1/2 way down the thread. There are plenty of other ideas. It's a really great thread. Here is a link that might be useful: Really Great Kitchens Forum Thread about Spice Storage...See MoreSpice Rack/Cabinet: Where's it from?
Comments (3)Might it be Olde Thompson? They made a lot of different spice rack styles over the years. And I remember this one, too, so more likely 70s than 60s. It is niggling at the back of my mind that it was an offer in Woman's Day or Family Circle, possibly as a kit you would assemble. I may be wrong....See MoreDoes anyone have a spice rack pullout on their bathroom vanity?
Comments (8)I guess it depends on what you plan to store there. As stated by @houssaon theoretically it would be used to store what otherwise goes in medicine cabinets. When I remodeled I had the option to get rid of the medicine cabinet that was on the side wall but opted to have the cabinet maker I was using make me a miniature version of my vanity doors. I realized that there were certain items like medicine bottles that were better stored on shallow shelves where one could actually see them from the side as opposed to drawers where you are looking down at the tops of things and would have to either label the tops or pull up the vials or containers to see what is in them. FWIW I have pullouts in all of my vanity "doors" and one side is specifically configured to hold dryers, brushers and other hair grooming stuff as it has "holes" for them to fit into and the shelf is positioned so that it is the appropriate height. The other "doors" have standard rollouts as well as a rollout for the sink cabinet so that all of my interior space is full usable....See Morewi-sailorgirl
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11 years agoMaybe a stretch, but what if you had about 5'' depth available on that wall? And what if the ''door'' also had shelves on the inside? Like this?
Basically two 2 1/2'' deep boxes piano hinged together with a nice panelled ''door'' backing on the swing out one?
Or maybe even better. Like this?
This post was edited by Bellsmom on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 14:58
Debbi Branka
11 years agoMy DH built this one for me at our old house. It also fit perfect in our new house. You could hang this on the back of a door. He built the shelves according to my specs - to fit my jars and bottles.
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