Kitchen Design
Kitchen Storage: Where to Keep Grandma's Stuffing Recipe?
For many years at Thanksgiving and Christmastime, I found myself spending precious time searching for all the old family recipes...time that would have been better spent in cooking and baking those yummy dishes. One year I gathered all those recipes together, entered them into my computer, printed them out on cute snowman paper, tucked them into clear protective sleeves and assembled them all together in a decorative 3-ring binder. What a stress reliever come holiday cooking time! No more wasted time searching for Grandma's melt-in-your-mouth, coconut cake recipe.
Do you have a special place where you keep all your frequently used cookbooks and recipes? There are lots of great ways to incorporate cookbook storage into the kitchen. Here's some ideas you can make your own:
Do you have a special place where you keep all your frequently used cookbooks and recipes? There are lots of great ways to incorporate cookbook storage into the kitchen. Here's some ideas you can make your own:
Your cookbooks will look great mixed with collectibles and the other items you use in your kitchen on a day to day basis.
When cookbooks are stored near an eat-in bar, it makes it super convenient to work up those weekly meal plans.
Let no space be wasted, no matter how small or hidden from view.
Kitchen island bookshelves are being included in a lot of kitchen renovations and new construction.
As you check out all the fab kitchens posted on Houzz, you'll see bookshelves incorporated into all types and styles of kitchens.
Do you have old cookbooks that are just too neat to put away on the shelf? Group them with other vintage collectibles. Not only will you be able to locate them easily when you need them, but they will create a delightful vignette.
A lot of kitchens have a built-in work/office space with shelving above. What a great place for conveniently storing recipes and cookbooks.
If you have an opportunity to design your kitchen, here's a great way to incorporate cookbook storage with shelving for your microwave and drawer space for other kitchen necessities.
You know all those flat, blank cabinet walls you have in your kitchen? Put them to work with some nifty book bins. These really don't look that complicated to build. I love the addition of the handles! It kind of gives the illusion of drawers that have been partially pulled out. That's a lot of storage for cookbooks using what would have been blank cabinet walls.
If your kitchen design left a skinny little area that seemed too small to use for anything...think cookbook storage. Floor to ceiling shelving, even if narrow, can hold a good many cookbooks and recipes.
If building or renovating, think about creating a mini-media center in one corner of the kitchen or breakfast area. Wouldn't this be a great spot for eating and catching the news, as well as a great spot to store all those treasured recipes.
Bookshelves can be worked into a kitchen just about anywhere...even between cabinets. Pull-down racks are available for under-cabinet mounting if you would like to get your cookbooks up off the counter safely away from spills and splatters.
Where do you store all your favorite cookbooks and recipes? Are you able to find them quickly for those holiday dinners? Are you an avid cookbook collector like a certain sister I know? :) Please share your cookbook storage tips!
Where do you store all your favorite cookbooks and recipes? Are you able to find them quickly for those holiday dinners? Are you an avid cookbook collector like a certain sister I know? :) Please share your cookbook storage tips!