How do you store your plastic containers? - Page 3

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@151949 wrote:
I have 3 sets of the lock and lock ones that store inside themselves with their lids on, and I threw away everything else. They are kinda a Pain in the neck when you are in a hurry but they really do not use up a lot of space and store easily, plus I always know where the lid is.

This type is my favorite. I actually sometimes wish they didin't offer any other sets, just the ones that nest with lids on! Except for the very large or specialty ones like cereal keepers, egg containers, etc., as those make up a big part of my collection and have become absolutely necessary in my house.

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

Plastic containers are the bane of my existence---;-)---I have so many mis matched things that I really need to go thru them and just dump most of them. Right now I have an organized mess stacked in my lazy susan cabinet in my kitchen and somemore in a big tray like baskets in my pantry. Just makes me crazy!!!!

Ibby114 · ‎03-10-2010

@Mominohio wrote:
@Ibby114 wrote:
My pantry has about 10" of space on one side, probably intended for a vacuum. I installed a hanging shelf organizer (with cloth drawers) that you might use in a bedroom closet. One drawer is for all covers - and 2 drawers are for plastic containers. And the organizer still has 2 more drawers - light bulbs in one, dish & microfiber towels in the other. Hanging this unit was a lifesaver, my smallish kitchen lacks enough storage!!

This is an ingenious idea @Ibby114!

I don't have a pantry or closet in or near the kitchen, but if I did, I would be copying this great idea.

Thanks!!! My 'pantry' is actually adjacent to my kitchen, it was intended to be a coat closet. A really small one at that!! So I repurposed it as a pantry and my Dad (may he RIP) made a better sized hall closet near my front door. He could build anything!!

Mothertrucker · ‎01-30-2015

Not very well, they seem to be do stuffed in, they fall out of the cupboard and hit me on the head at times!

alliswell · ‎07-12-2012

@Ibby114:

I agree with @Mominohio, you have a great idea!

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

I periodically swear at mine.

~What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.~ William Shakespeare

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

When I designed this house I put in a real walk in pantry big enough to get an offine desk and metal shelves on one side and two large metal shelves across the end. It's 8 ft. X 10 ft.

The plastics get the second left shelf and the lids are in the top of my tupperwear layer cake cover. The only thing I have in the kitchen are dinnerwear, glasswear, and cookie sheets in the bottom of the drawer in the range.

Mothertrucker · ‎01-30-2015

Wow, I can only DREAM of an 8x10 pantry! That is awesome!

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@ECBG wrote:
When I designed this house I put in a real walk in pantry big enough to get an offine desk and metal shelves on one side and two large metal shelves across the end. It's 8 ft. X 10 ft.

The plastics get the second left shelf and the lids are in the top of my tupperwear layer cake cover. The only thing I have in the kitchen are dinnerwear, glasswear, and cookie sheets in the bottom of the drawer in the range.

Oh for heavens sake, adopt me, or hire me to be your maid or something! an 8x10 pantry is like some kind of dream! I'm so jealous! Bet you love it!

birdQ13 · ‎07-30-2013

Years ago my dear mother-in-law started me using a shoe box (with its lid underneath as support) as the receptacle for plastics lids. Friends see it and laugh. It works for me. Overflow plastics go to the basement storage until needed.