Do you keep alcohol in a cabinet or someplace else?
Besides a bottle of vodka in the freezer, I have kept alcohol in one of my kitchen cabinets for years. The cabinet shelf is starting to sag from the weight. DH and I dont drink at all so the liquor is only used for cooking. We will never use the amount of liquor that we have in our home. Do you have a dedicated cabinet? On the countertop? Locked closet? I am considering putting some bottles on open shelves in the kitchen but I cant seem to find very many photos of this (other than with wine) on the www. Is there a reason why people dont put liquor on open shelves in the kitchen? I see photos of this with dedicated home bars but not in the kitchen. Can you post photos of your liquor storage?
I was thinking of doing something like this:
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Sueb20
5 years agoWe turned a wonky little closet in our dining room into a liquor/glass cabinet.
Liquor is at the bottom for easy access by our dogs. ;-)
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Comments (47)I drink mostly wine and DH drinks mostly beer, but we both drink mixed drinks once in a while, so we have an assortment of "beverages" available. DH brews beer and probably has over 20 gallons on hand at the moment. That's kept in the "kegs" in the basement fridge and/or the kegerator. He's recently started making wine, and he just bottled 30 bottles of Riesling. We also still have at least 20 bottles of viognier from his first batch of wine. Those bottles of wine are being stored in the darkroom, which hasn't been used for years and has available cabinet space. He just started a batch of pinot noir; that is still fermenting in the carboy. A few miscellaneous bottles of champagne and dessert wine are in the basement fridge, too. As far as liquor, we keep that in a cabinet in the kitchen island....See MoreIsland prep sinks- where do you keep your paper towels?
Comments (6)For the most part, I've rid my family of paper towel use. There was a thread not so long ago about how to cut down on paper towel use. I do keep a roll on a free standing holder that occasionally gets put out when I've got something nasty to clean up on the floor or the like. For an island prep sink you've only got a few options: -freestanding, holder or no -genius niche in cabs -holder mounted to inside of sink base door -someplace else in the kitchen, like Rhome...See Moredo you have Pietra Cardosa or Soapstone that you keep grey?
Comments (25)Thanks for all the replies to my post! Sorry that I was rude and didn't post any follow-up as the thread continued to grow! We went to Teixeira in San Francisco and chose some gorgeous slabs of Barocca soapstone. This is a softer soapstone than I have in my current house, but even when wet or oiled, it will go to a medium grey, not a black. On top of that, the representative said they sell a dry wax product that can maintain it in any state of grey between the raw unoiled look toward the oiled look. He didn't show me the product, and I don't know how it's applied, but he showed us some stone in a countertop display that supposedly had been treated with it (still grey color after years). We will be finished with the new home remodel soon, and I can't wait. I'm sure the barocca will be softer and more easily dinged, but my dark soapstone really has nearly no marks on it after 6 years of use. I'm not afraid of a patina in the new kitchen- it will work fine. Regarding Pietra- great to hear that it is not necessarily as tricky as I have heard. I think it is gorgeous stone- and yes, it's "cleaner" looking- than soapstone. It's sort of a step toward granite that way. I prefer the veins I've seen in soapstones. I like the patterning I've seen in pietra, but it seems to me that it mostly is swirls of inclusions, almost as if it represents settling patterns in rock formation. It gives a more uniform and homogeneous look than the veins I've seen in soapstone. Not sure if all Pietra has this type of patterning and lack of veins. A final note on marks in soapstone: I have almost no marks in mine as I said above. The new house has mirror-finish Caesar stone counters in dark brown (that will be replaced). When unpacking groceries, my husband dropped a bottle of beer on the counter. Caught it just as it fell right side up. The bottle did not break, but there is a mark on the counter that matches the little stripes from the bottom edge of the bottle. It is really noticeable and will always be there (until we rip it out!!). On soapstone, it would fade in right away and would not be noticed at all. Just saying....See MoreHow do you keep the peace when you and SO have different opinions
Comments (51)This is an entertaining thread. I've read all the way through, and realize that dh and I are extremely fortunate in that our tastes coincide on so many levels, and he's very agreeable after I spend hours researching agonizing over selections. What I have learned though, after we built a home 10 years ago, is that it all needs to be done at the outset. Because after the initial construction is finished he is extremely resistant to more construction mess. I had FREE labor offering to help me finish my sewing studio - no go. And the backsplash that we were going to finish after we moved in and lived with a kitchen for awhile - never happened. We sold the house 7 years later, and it was still ABB. So this house, my studio has been an integral part of the plan, AND I just found my perfect backsplash. I can't join the ABB club, or I will forever be without a backsplash. It's all just knowing your own particular dynamic. I'm agonizing right now over which sink to put into the kitchen. I've asked his opinion - he said "get whatever you want" We've gone over our plans with a fine tooth comb in the last week, and I found a few places where we could change selections or leave off, and he pretty much added everything back in....See Moreilikefriday
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoLOL Christinero. I am still chugging along. Dont you see the blue painters tape in the photo? I am SLOW. Really I cant believe how slow I am. I have been working on these cabinets for almost 6 weeks I think. I still have a number of things to do, including 6 doors and 2 drawers and a gazillion odds and ends. Then I can kiss my honey oak goodbye forever! Here is a tiny snapshot of a spot that is almost done and another of a spot that is in the works.
What will take the longest to complete is the wall with the stove because I have the 4" backsplash to remove. Then I will have to fix the wall underneath. But the big thing about that wall is my mural goes into that backsplash so I will have to do some edits to it. That will take a bit of time.ilikefriday
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5 years agoGlad you got your rhino. He looks great with your black cabinets! Mascot for my former job in sales was the rhino. When times get tough, put your head down and "rhino through". I have one on my desk to remind me of that even though I'm retired.
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5 years agoWe have a few bottles of vodka, rum, amaretto, etc. above the refrigerator in the kitchen. One of my passions is the "brown water" (bourbon & rye). Those have their own special place downstairs.
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I think she’s a she. She has a little lid and is empty inside I think she could hold a short bouquet of some kind
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