Spice Rack logic

[Tim Campbell]

Lol. My wife chastises me regularly

 

[DuaneMac]

We don’t have a lot of kitchen storage space, no fancy pantry etc. Just two cabinets for spices, oils & vinegars etc. We try to alphabetize the spices that aren’t used everyday.

 

[Joan]

I've tried so many ridiculous shelving methods over the years, andd no matter what I do, it always ends up being a chaotic mess within months. Case in point?

I'm about to make you all feel much better about yourselves...Brace for it...


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Tim, you don't know how much I am dying to get at your pantry and organize that for you. Oh how I wish we were neighbors.

 

[GrantT]

My spice rack is also kitchen art...just hanging on the wall as a picture....very convenient. I made a magnetic back in the picture frame and just refill as needed...all the containers just purchased in bulk from ULine. Still keep some "bulk" spices elsewhere too though...

 

[Joan]

We don’t have a lot of kitchen storage space, no fancy pantry etc. Just two cabinets for spices, oils & vinegars etc. We try to alphabetize the spices that aren’t used everyday.

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Looks like you need to alphabetize them.

 

[timothy]

We repurposed two bookshelves from a entertainment center bought off of Craigslist.
Painted to match our cabinets.
We keep the baking supplies in the built in pantry.

 

[Joan]

Unless I missed them, I did not see any purchase dates on ANYTHING!!!!! How do you all keep track?

 

[JohnTak]

Mine all have dates on the bottles. The Kirkland cinnamon was expired in 2010 oops and only 1/3 used. I don't buy the big jars anymore. Time flies by when you don't pay attention.

 

[Joe Anshien]

Current setup.

 

[Rick P]

I got nuthin' We have a small house and a small kitchen and keep the "frequent use" spices in a kitchen cabinet and small kitchen pantry. The bigger bulk spices we keep in hall closet that doubles as a pantry.

 

[Joan]

Current setup.
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Very nice turntable, but how do you know what's what? Can't read the labels. lol
I do see the A-L and M-Z stickers, good idea.

 

[Joan]

Mine all have dates on the bottles. The Kirkland cinnamon was expired in 2010 oops and only 1/3 used. I don't buy the big jars anymore. Time flies by when you don't pay attention.

Know what you mean. Last time we cleaned out our spice cabinet , we wound up with 39 empty jars.

 

[DanHoo]

Cabinet by the cook top. Spices on lazy Susan's sort of organized alphabetically.



Larger containers and grilling spices and rubs.

 

[Joe Anshien]

Got ambitious today and used some excess hardwood flooring to make a new spice rack. Now they are all alphabetized;-) The turntable is the old one and it was falling apart.

 

[JohnTak]

I think the best part of this thread is seeing the diversity of everyone’s choice of spice selection. I am super basic.

 

[DuaneMac]

I installed a nice pull out system a couple weeks ago, I love it! Very well made right here in the USA.

 

[Ed P]

Those look surprisingly similar (but far more elegant!) to ones I 3D printed recently. They hold 30x 2oz. Winco plastic bottles. I still need to label the bottles.



SOURCE: https://www.printables.com/model/305153-spice-rack-pullout-print-your-own-size

 

[DuaneMac]

There nice! Yes same idea, mine hold 10 per section as well. They make a larger size for bigger bottles as well.

 

[JohnTak]

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Some of these won't be replaced after being used up. The lazy Susan helps, same amount of space used is the same as before when everything was in a big container without the lazy Susan.

My revised setup i

 

[Brett-EDH]

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you should go vertical. https://a.co/d/0bg37Lbc