For my birthday I wanted shelves in the storage area under the stairs. (Aren't I adventurous?) It had gotten a bit CRAZY in there. Here is all the food that sat in my dining room for two months waiting for new shelves to live on.
This is the tiny space under the stairs where all the food was jammed in a very untidy manner. Try to imagine...I didn't get good before pictures.These are the shelves after Willie installed them. Oolala! Nice laminate wood shelves that are adjustable. The best part...we got all the supplies for free except for the screws! It sure is handy to have a handy husband...Nathan and the other boys helped stock the shelves. It's nice to now know what food we have and don't have just by glancing. I never would have guessed there were 31 jars of peanut butter in our house. Oops, I guess I know not to buy anymore...At this end of the storage area I'm hoping for Willie to build me a rolling can rack to store all the canned food. (Maybe in a couple months I'll have pictures of that!) I'm working to get a good three-month supply on hand. When it was all piled around the house it seemed like a ton of food but seeing it all on the shelves (and having an inventory list) makes me see how much more work I really have to do. (Sigh...baby steps!)