Storage Crazy

This week I've been trying to come up with new storage solutions for the kitchen. So I decided to store the glass cooking pot lids with command hooks like I had seen online. The only problem was the example online they stored them on the inside of the cabinet doors but my most used lid was far to large so I decided to hang it on the blank wall beside the sink.

I did like the directions said and cleaned all the surfaces with rubbing alcohol. This was easy because I'm diabetic so there is always alcohol pads around here. Then it said to wait 8 hours and I did that. So the next day I hang my pot lid with satisfaction then was rudely awakened in the middle of the night as the glass lid slammed onto the floor. Thank you Jesus for not letting it break!

My husband wouldn't accept failure so today he put the hook back up and drove one inch screws through the buggers. They won't be falling again. Oh and to explain how you use the hooks for lids... you put one hook for below the lid and one on either side to support.

Since this I've gone crazy with command hooks. I know have two in the bathroom for our towels because there is no towel bar. I put another on the side of the fridge for my emergency radio, then crocheted a strap for the radio to hang by. Now there is something everyone should own. This emergency radio has a power cord and internal battery but it also has a place for AA batteries and a hand crank. Then it has a CB radio, flashlight, weather band, and charging spot for your cell phone. I love my little radio but I've now seen on Amazon ones with solar chargers.

My next project was something to hold the lids to my plastic storage containers. I again looked on Amazon but thought I could find something else locally and re purpose. So off I went to Walmart and I first looked in storage solutions but that was no good. Then I looked in stationary thinking a magazine holder would work but they are to narrow. So then I was a box they were throwing away. It's shaped like a magazine holder but wider. Well I didn't want the ugly box in the cabinet so I bought some paint. Finally! That useless art major was good for something.

So I get home and paint my box with two good coats and let it dry. Then I go to put it in the cabinet and it is to darn sticking long. Ugh! I have no idea at the moment what I will do with it but I find something. Now for the lids I'm thinking of one of those old fashioned slim bookends like you used to could find in libraries. Problem is I haven't seen them in years.