Storing Canned goods

Family Hand-Me-Downs, about 35 years old. I did re varnish the out side and painted the in bulk storage in white for ease of seeing what's in the box.

 

Nicely done.

 

I'd be keeping my shrunken head collection in my kitchen pantry.....


It might discourage inquisitiveness.

 

not too many shrunken heads... more mummified... these are shrunken...

 

You guys never heard of secret rooms ?!!, they are all over the internet.

 

Pictures wouldn't rotate so you'll have to turn your computer sideways. LOL

 

Water Storage Rack Plans: The Plans

 

What is a secret room? never heard of one! Will have to google this strange new invention.

 

Nothing fancy here....just plain ole cabinets and well built (1" thick) shelving.

Set of pantry cabinets in the kitchen hall leading to the garage. Built these 12" deep, 8' wide, 7' tall. These hold our everyday store bought canned/paper goods

The wall behind is a double thick wall, so the bulletin board cabinet to the left is like a medicine cabinet, recessed into the wall....holds radios/keys/my everyday carry piece/flashlights/etc.




Shelving inside is adjustable to height.



Then, in the garage, I built a set of 12' wide x 8' tall x 20" deep cabinets for longer term storage items.....buckets/#10 cans/etc.





Later when I added the 'auxiliary kitchen to the back of the garage, part of it is a small walk-in pantry, mostly for home canned goods. It's 66" wide x 72" deep, with U shelving all around.
Door to the right of the walk-in cooler door.




Then on either side of the double doors going into the auxiliary kitchen, I built cabinets to hold empty canning jars, lids.

 

Most every home has wasted space , it's just a matter of finding and implementing it.

 

I thought this was unique, they used curtin rods to keep the jars in..... i was in a museum in an earthquake area a few weeks ago and they did something similar with vase and pottery but they used fishing line and thin steel cables along the front of the shelves to keep things on the shelf


I love how they labeled the front edges with chalk board paint.

 

For us on the beach in a flood/hurricane situation there is a real chance that we could have storm surge blasting through the house. So far we have been fortunate, but have seen homes with only stud walls and toilets left on their ground floors after the water receded. The fact that canned goods survived while five gallon bulk storage buckets were damaged and lost was enlightening.
I still maintain my bulk storage, but my canned goods pantry has gone mad, taking over walls from near floor to ceiling. As quantity increases, rotation becomes more essential, and makes taco night more interesting.

 

small diameter shock cord strung across shelf fronts may help minimise accidental breakages in the event of earth tremors or some other accident.

 

i like this but i keep wondering how the refrig door is opened without bumping it, it must be recessed ?