I recently did a huge book purge and eliminated all but my cookbooks from the three driver’s side overhead compartments in the front room. I was tired of having my kitchen stuff squeezed into a few cabinets, making it a hassle to grab a mixing bowl or the rice cooker.<\/p>\n
I left the cabinet fairly bare but slowly started to migrate things over there. One of the compartment doors was open the other day and looking at it from a fresh perspective, I was hit with a realisation: a shelf could double my storage space in that cabinet!<\/p>\n
The cabinet is about 75″ long and 13″ deep. My mother has had some boards in her garage for over 10 years; they were part of a shelving unit she had made me for my second apartment. The wardrobe project will require six boards and there were eight. The two remain boards offered a total length of 72″ and a depth of 12″. Close enough!!!<\/p>\n
I grabbed a bunch of brackets and screws from my hardware bin, a paint can to use as a shelf holder, and a screw driver. Less than an hour later, the new shelving was in.<\/p>\n
It turns out well that the shelves are a bit short length-wise; I have just enough space at the end to stand up all my cookbooks.<\/p>\n Now, it was time to start filling the shelves and, of course, containerize the contents:<\/p>\n The huge corner cabinet in the kitchen now feels a lot more open<\/a>:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMGP4006.jpg\" "\\"IMGP4006\\"")
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