"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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> D.Currie wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>
>> Things I use most often just live on the counters. And some things would
>> never fit, anyway, like the kitchenaid. No way would I be trying to put
>> that
>> in a cabinet.
>>
>> But I'm pretty good at finding space to put things away. I'm not sure
>> how,
>> sometimes, but it all goes somewhere. Every time I go to the farmer's
>> market
>> or do a big grocery shopping run, I come home and wonder if it will all
>> fit,
>> but it always does....somewhere...
>>
>> Donna
>
> I had to laugh - I remodeled my kitchen with an eye to gathering up all
> the baking stuff that lived in closets all over the house and putting
> that stuff in the kitchen cupboards -- which I did. Then, at the Home
> Depot site, there are hints for kitchen organization, one of which was
> "use all the closets in your home." Aarrrrrrrgghhhhhh!

Yeah, that's what I need...go looking for shoes and trip over a crockpot.

Except for the closet at the front entry, all the closets are upstairs, so
that would be annoying, hauling stuff up and down. And the entry closet is
where we keep coats, leave extra space for guest coats, and the vacuum
cleaner lives in there.

But the house has a weird little storage space on the main level that
probably exits just because there was nothing else to do with it. It's not
big enough to be a room, and it's not really a closet, either. But it's come
in handy for storing kitchen stuff that I don't use very often. Like the
collection of cookie cutters that are pretty much used just at Christmas.
Some bulky stuff, too. Like my roasting pans. Bulk paper towels...stuff like
that.

But if it wasn't for that space, my kitchen would be a lot smaller.

Donna