Comfortable
life in a small home requires organization and creative storage space.
My
home, a small, 1896 bungalow (for now), was initially built as rental housing
for miners (Cumberland being initially established as a coal mining town) but
the then local undertakers team.
In
around 1945 the kitchen was added on and, at some point between then and when I
bought the house in 2011, it was mounted on proper foundations and the
electrical wiring was updated from the original knob and tube wiring to current
standards.
As
I peel back the layers and make changes to the house, I find interesting things
that constantly force me to think outside the box for the changes I would like
to make.
The
kitchen is one such place in the house. The cupboards are spacious and deep –
but as they were when I moved in, not entirely practical for storage of dishes,
utensils and so on. The first
modification I made happened after my Sister in Law made an Ikea trip and
picked up some shelving inserts that made my cupboards MUCH more user-friendly.
Christmas
this year saw me as the happy recipient of a couple of gift cards from Lee Valley Tools – which I promptly went on line and spent on some cupboard
organizing magic. The parcel arrived
yesterday and this afternoon I installed the inserts and voila – organization under
the kitchen sink is MINE!
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| The parts - sliders, basket and screws... |
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| The project space - under the sink. A pretty common under-the-sink view. |
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| One installed |
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| Both sides installed. SO easy... I should have bought a third one for under the bathroom sink! |
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| SO much more organized - and all the same stuff!!! |
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| Left over parts - they hang on the sides and are for holding cookie sheets |
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| Good thing I have a space for cookie sheets! |
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| The racks aren't fixed to the wall or to the cedar, but they seem to balance OK and the cookie sheets fir perfectly. |
I
think I will have to go on-line next time they (Lee Valley) have another free shipping event
and order more magical organizing stuff!
With
love across the waters…
