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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 630031" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I use bookshelves in the kitchen for storage. A friend got a used entertainment center cheap and used it for storing small appliances and pots and pans etc... </p><p></p><p>The dollar store carries cookie sheets that work well for magnets. You could get those if you cannot find cheaper ones at a thrift store or don't want to spend the time haunting thrift stores to find cookie sheets.</p><p></p><p>Look up the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. They sell used household items esp building materials and appliances. Prices do vary from one location to another. Our ReStore is known for very reasonable pricing except for some 'decorator' stuff that one worker prices as though it was all the most priceless of treasures. The ReStore in one city that we shop in has truly crazy prices - often items donated by the local Lowe's type stores is priced higher than the retail price it actually sold for. The ReStore in the other major city in my state often has prices so low it is astonishing. Each store is basically independent but they all sell items to raise money for Habitat for Humanity and provide items used to help build and furnish the houses built by Habitat. You can find all sorts of stuff to help wtih your project.</p><p></p><p>You can also hang baking racks, the kind you put cookies or cake on to cool, and use hooks to hang light items on them. I have often done this. I also hang over the door shoe organizers with all the pockets on the door to help store kitchen stuff. When you are short on space, this is a real blessing. You can always take a length of fabric or a shower curtain and hang it on a rod mounted on the top of the door if you want to use this but don't always want to look at it Just pull the curtain to get to the items or to cover them up if you want the place to look nice.</p><p></p><p>If you have a small amount of space between the side of the fridge and the wall, consider putting wheels on the bottom of a slim bookshelf. You can store things on it and slide it in and out of the space next to the fridge as needed. Just put a handle on the outside to pull it out, and a few more to hang towels, etc.. on.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget the inside of the cabinet doors. You can put cuphooks inside the door and hang measuring spoons there. Always easy to reach but not taking up drawer space.</p><p></p><p>One piece of furniture that is often easy to find is a chest of drawers or dresser that is missing the drawers. This can be very useful if you put shelves where the drawers were. You can even take out the front piece between 2 drawers if you need taller shelves than the original drawers were. </p><p></p><p>If you find drawers that are not in dressers at a thrift store (our ReStore often has a lot of these homeless drawers), you can stand them on their sides or fronts and fasten them together to make shelves. I have seen some really great shelves made this way. One friend used l shaped brackets to fasten them together into shelves. Each time she moved she simply unscrewed the brackets and moved the shelves without unloading them. The drawers were sturdy enough to move books and even canned goods with-o having to unload them. I have also done this with wooden crates.</p><p></p><p>For more ideas, go to Pinterest and search for boards titled "kitchen organization", "kitchen storage", "small space living" or other keywords. Each pin that you like can be clicked on and it will take you to the website with info about the idea (if you need that).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 630031, member: 1233"] I use bookshelves in the kitchen for storage. A friend got a used entertainment center cheap and used it for storing small appliances and pots and pans etc... The dollar store carries cookie sheets that work well for magnets. You could get those if you cannot find cheaper ones at a thrift store or don't want to spend the time haunting thrift stores to find cookie sheets. Look up the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. They sell used household items esp building materials and appliances. Prices do vary from one location to another. Our ReStore is known for very reasonable pricing except for some 'decorator' stuff that one worker prices as though it was all the most priceless of treasures. The ReStore in one city that we shop in has truly crazy prices - often items donated by the local Lowe's type stores is priced higher than the retail price it actually sold for. The ReStore in the other major city in my state often has prices so low it is astonishing. Each store is basically independent but they all sell items to raise money for Habitat for Humanity and provide items used to help build and furnish the houses built by Habitat. You can find all sorts of stuff to help wtih your project. You can also hang baking racks, the kind you put cookies or cake on to cool, and use hooks to hang light items on them. I have often done this. I also hang over the door shoe organizers with all the pockets on the door to help store kitchen stuff. When you are short on space, this is a real blessing. You can always take a length of fabric or a shower curtain and hang it on a rod mounted on the top of the door if you want to use this but don't always want to look at it Just pull the curtain to get to the items or to cover them up if you want the place to look nice. If you have a small amount of space between the side of the fridge and the wall, consider putting wheels on the bottom of a slim bookshelf. You can store things on it and slide it in and out of the space next to the fridge as needed. Just put a handle on the outside to pull it out, and a few more to hang towels, etc.. on. Don't forget the inside of the cabinet doors. You can put cuphooks inside the door and hang measuring spoons there. Always easy to reach but not taking up drawer space. One piece of furniture that is often easy to find is a chest of drawers or dresser that is missing the drawers. This can be very useful if you put shelves where the drawers were. You can even take out the front piece between 2 drawers if you need taller shelves than the original drawers were. If you find drawers that are not in dressers at a thrift store (our ReStore often has a lot of these homeless drawers), you can stand them on their sides or fronts and fasten them together to make shelves. I have seen some really great shelves made this way. One friend used l shaped brackets to fasten them together into shelves. Each time she moved she simply unscrewed the brackets and moved the shelves without unloading them. The drawers were sturdy enough to move books and even canned goods with-o having to unload them. I have also done this with wooden crates. For more ideas, go to Pinterest and search for boards titled "kitchen organization", "kitchen storage", "small space living" or other keywords. Each pin that you like can be clicked on and it will take you to the website with info about the idea (if you need that). [/QUOTE]
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