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as you can see, the wall sans wallpaper and paint looks pretty terrible. some day, some day.
so, i suppose this isn't so much a "VeganMoFo post" as just a post in general. but i'm willing to bet your average vegan has many more spices than your average non-vegan. so, on with the post!
here's the view from the dining room. here you see just how little space i had to work with. eventually i'll hang my cooling racks and stuff up there too.
this wall used to be totally empty. and i had an entire cabinet to the left of the range overflowing with random bottles of spices. occasionally you'd see 2 or 3 of the same thing.
so back to the wall... i didn't think we could really use that wall for anything because there are archways on either side and steps to go downstairs on one of them. and only about 2 inches of space between the edge of the archway and the wall. we were going to build a few skinny shelves spanning the length of the wall to hold the random bottles of spices, but with my epiphany, we no longer need to do that. so. i purchased one of these beauties at kitchen kapers (for 40 bucks) brought it home, held it up to the archway/wall junction, and it was nearly perfect! of course it stuck out an inch, but it's better than nothing. i made a simple calculation, and 9 racks will fit along the length of the wall. found the kegworks website that has them for 30 bucks, ordered 8 of them.
here's an old photo from 2 months ago. the racks came with these relatively nice pre-printed labels, but not only was there not enough variety to sate my needs, the labels kept wanting to peel off, and i'm sure they would have just kept getting dirty, and then eventually shabby. so, i peeled them all off and wrote on all of them instead. it looks much nicer with the names looking all consistent and whatnot. i used a silver sharpie. works fantastically. highly recommended
here's my vast array of hot peppers.
it's already making a difference. it really was awful with everything being hard to find, and completely forgotten about.
November 5 2007, 16:08:34 UTC 4 years ago
We have already discussed my love of your spice rack!
November 5 2007, 16:56:39 UTC 4 years ago
you have to be there by 7:30, right?
November 5 2007, 16:45:08 UTC 4 years ago
November 5 2007, 16:55:15 UTC 4 years ago
are you free on thanksgiving weekend?
would you guys want to drop by and play rock band?
November 5 2007, 19:44:13 UTC 4 years ago
Anonymous
November 5 2007, 18:11:23 UTC 4 years ago
WOW.
This is something I can only aspire to! My favorite shot is the straight on, and the one just above it makes it look like the rack could go on forever!p.s. this is corrie/wywinkenya/ilubobbybrown on the ppk
November 6 2007, 00:38:00 UTC 4 years ago
Re: WOW.
hi!thanks for adding me to that google list. :-)
i think my favorite might be the straight on too. full frontal, baby!
Anonymous
November 5 2007, 18:43:21 UTC 4 years ago
dream spice rack
That has to be my dream spice rack. If only I had a bigger kitchen...rani @ http://defashionista.blogspot.com
November 6 2007, 00:14:19 UTC 4 years ago
Re: dream spice rack
my kitchen isn't teeny, but it's definitely not big. nowhere near.surely you have some sort of empty wall space?
Anonymous
November 7 2007, 02:54:00 UTC 4 years ago
Re: dream spice rack
hmm, maybe in the hallway? or above the sink? actually, i have a small space above my stove that might work well. ok i'll get back to you on that.November 7 2007, 03:13:20 UTC 4 years ago
Re: dream spice rack
spices shouldn't be above the stove. of course if it's the only option, then it's the only option. similarly, out of direct sunlight. they won't make you sick or anything, they'll just be less strong.good luck with your endeavor!
November 5 2007, 18:43:43 UTC 4 years ago
November 6 2007, 00:12:44 UTC 4 years ago
i used to have all the lids and bottle shapes memorized.
now, when my husband was cooking, he'd get so flustered, cause he'd have to move spices around and whatnot. it'd take him minutes to find one spice. poor guy. he's much happier now. :-)
November 5 2007, 19:53:05 UTC 4 years ago
xo
kittee
November 6 2007, 00:09:07 UTC 4 years ago
Anonymous
November 5 2007, 20:34:41 UTC 4 years ago
that spice rack
Super Carrot, I've been wanting to thank you for that spice rack post. With PPK down, I haven't had the chance but found your blog through VeganMoFo. I ended up getting the same spice rack, thanks to your post. I absolutely love it and would have had a hard time tracking it down. Thank you for sharing your brilliance.This is AsstroGirl/Tami from PPK. I'm not a registered user, but I don't want to be anonymous.
Thanks again!
November 6 2007, 00:09:49 UTC 4 years ago
Re: that spice rack
you are totally welcome!PICS!
November 5 2007, 23:09:44 UTC 4 years ago
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November 6 2007, 01:10:29 UTC 4 years ago
the whole shebang was over 250 bucks for the 9 racks. (and then we purchased a laser level thing, but the same could be done with some chalk and a piece of string)
i do still have my old rotating spice rack. it holds 16. if you want it, it's yours. i've been looking all over for the missing jar though. it's smaller than the typical sized jar. i have no idea where i might have put it. anyway, it's columnar and silver-metal and rather nice looking. but i suppose you guys need more than a 16 spacer. :-)
i've been thinking about you lately. i still have the $54 check from the muffins last year. but i have been holding on to it because i wanted to make sure you had the money in the bank before i cashed it. i guess that's a negative. :-)
i've also been thinking about baking more and more. i just keep coming back to it. *sigh* some day. i'll make it happen. oh yes i will.
are you still doing the two potatoes thing?
November 7 2007, 08:23:15 UTC 4 years ago
I LOVE spices!
November 7 2007, 16:52:28 UTC 4 years ago
November 17 2007, 21:35:13 UTC 4 years ago