Here’s a nifty kitchen space-saving idea from This Old House: a pull-out cube shelf that stores cookbooks in the front and has a spice rack int he back to take advantage of deep shelf space.
Photo from from This Old House
If you’ve got deep shelves, rather than trying to organize them in such a way that all items are accessible from the front, perhaps with a lazy Susan (that’s what I used to use in this big corner cupboard we had in an apartment. Without it, I couldn’t reach cans at the back of the shelf!) you can build the shelf itself to be more space efficient.
Here they have even gone a step further and put doors to cover the shelf and the microwave.
I like the concept, but I think they’ve got it backwards. I use spices a lot more than I use recipe books, so I’d personally put the spice jars in the front and the books in the back. Plus that way, it wouldn’t be so front-heavy when you slide it out.
What do you think? Do you have any hidden efficient storage space in your home?
via Apartment Therapy.
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That is so cool! You can have long term storage for things you don’t use frequently behind the things you use every day. And all are still easy to get to!
looks classy !
i would love to have something like this in my bedroom !
my books , my clothes etc ,… my room would look so much clean then ! :P
That is a neat little spice rack. Interesting use of space.
This is a very interesting space-saving idea!
Nice!