Hey Jeanne...I can see where ...'my cupboard overflow-th' ! You got quite a nice haul.. Those herons are unusual and I can see them looking great either on your bookshelf or in a TS. You can always use candlesticks and the ones you found are great. Cute little tea cup - it does have lovely delicate pattern and 'Baby' will love her new watermelon tray...to cute! I really like those leaf glass votive candlesticks.I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the neat little metal hummingbird...a new birdhouse - nice! I see 'we' share a common collection - 'Oil Lamps'..If we were close enough, we'd compare collections...lol I've got one similar to yours..I love them and they DO come in handy when the power goes out. Great stuff Jeanne...Enjoy them all... jane

It seems to be a dirty film of some kind. All the other glass pieces I've cleaned; sconces, vases, candy dishes, etc. cleaned up with just a soft scrub in ivory dish soap. But the candle sticks didn't. I don't want to etch the glass in any way by using a stiff scrubber, or use to harsh a chemical. So - Help!!!

One of the reasons to *not* rinse/prewash dishes is if you use an enzyme detergent it needs the food particles to work better. It'll etch glass and stuff if it doesn't have the food particles. I can't explain it well, but it's easy research for a more thorough explanation. Most just recommend scraping the dishes (and really, who wouldn't?!) then into the DW. I haven't had a dishwasher for more than 30 years but I'm starting to miss it. I would get grossed out though when it left stuff on it. When washing by hand and using a good soap it gets clean. Sure, you just put it back in and rewash but it still bugs me. It also bugs me to see people leave dirty dishes in the DW for a week before washing them. Argh! If it takes a week to fill it, you should have a smaller DW or use a top rack only feature. This is what impresses me about the F&P Dish Drawers. And geez, I can wash a few dishes FAR faster than an hour or two for a dishwasher! LOL And when you compare the time to load the dishwasher vs washing, it's pretty close. Time's not a factor. It's the hassle of washing them. I soak my dishes and a quick swish, rinse in HOT water and into the drainer to dry. Putting them away is comparable to time in a DW. Oh, and one thing I found out quickly, the way you load it makes a big difference. You have to learn how the water sprays and make sure it's not blocked for effective washing.

You could stand them on their sides. You could use tray dividers, to hold them in place. I'd vote for spacing the dividers so that a single dish *just* fits in the space. That way they can stand more upright, and you won't be tempted to put other stuff in there to lean on. These are sort of big for uppers, but you could create something similar w/ wood. Or look into the shelf dividers usually shown in clothes closets; just space them much more closely. You'd have to investigate whether they'd slip if they had a lasagna pan leaning on them. Or, you could find free-standing dividers, like this set of wooden pegs on a stand, often used for holding plates on edge. There are several styles of white wire dividers as well, usually shown holding bakeware (cookie sheets, muffin pans). If one of those wire ones was too big (it had 4 slots, and you only have 3 pans), or the wrong shape (you wish one of the slots was wider), you could scrounge up a bolt cutter, and simply cut one off. (A dremel tool will let you eliminate any sharp edge that's left, if you think you need to). W/ the wooden one, you might be able to either simply remove a peg, or cut it off w/ a saw. If you wanted to store them horizontally w/o stacking them, you could use something like those three-level wire shelves that often are shown holding plates & bowls This one looks a bit spaced out for lasagna pans, since those aren't that thick. So to find one of these w/ smaller spaces, look for cheaper ones, LOL! You could put a wire undershelf basket under a shelf in an upper cabinet, and then it would create a not-too-high cubbyhole ABOVE the plates, or glasses, or whatever. There are one for place mats and for platters, if one of these turns out to be too high, or too short (the place-mat ones are often open on the ends) Or, you could add a shelf to a cabinet, creating a cubbyhole. Just get some plywood cut to fit, and some iron-on edgebanding to cover the front edge. You can also buy shelving covered w/ melamine and have it cut to size. And cabinet-refinishing places will sell shelves in almost any finish (real wood, birch-look melamine, etc.) Space it closely. Depending on how wide the cabinet is, and how much you plan to put on it, you might be able to use 1/2" thick wood instead of the traditional 3/4" And there are frying-pan racks that are something to consider. And of course, the classic organizing idea: Seriously think about whether you truly need all of the pans that you have. (you might--even just one of them is hard to store))