Pantry Shelves
From Fusselman.org
This really isn't as exciting yet as it might be, but I wanted to get it posted anyhow, since we'd discussed it tonight. Basically, I took the wire shelving unit that we use to hold heavy canned goods in the pantry and put Masonite (the same stuff clipboards are made of) on the shelves to keep the cans from tipping over. Previously, we'd used "can pallets" (the cardboard trays from a "case" of canned goods), but those sucked because you couldn't slide thing around (because they were small) and got beat up and looked fugly being cardboard and all.
The highlights follow:
- 1/8" Masonite sits perfectly on the top of each shelf, but below the plane of the sides, keeping it from sticking up and keeping it from sliding off
- Initially, I'd considered using a hole saw to cut round notches in the corners of each shelf. That would have been really slick, but for the fact that my hand drill was on loan (back) to my grandfather. I settled for cutting the corners off at an angle with a scissors (I'd seen some shelf liners at a store done like this). It was really easy.
- Home Depot cut the shelf blanks to size, and did so very accurately, and for free with the purchase of the Masonite (About $7 for a 4x8 sheet)
- Yes, I could/would/should paint them, to prevent them from getting wet and expanding. I didn't because I don't care that much and was feeling lazy.
And now for some photos:
