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Wishful Wednesday: Kitchen Shelving

Kitchen shelving!  The kitchen doesn’t have a pantry.  It has a bank of cabinets we use as a pantry, but they don’t provide enough space.  We store a bunch of our boxed and canned food in the basement due to this lack of space.   It takes time to run down to the basement whenever we need some of the food that’s stored down there.  Plus I’d like to use the room in the basement for other projects!

Future Shelf Location

On one kitchen wall there are only bottom cabinets, as you can see in this picture.  The top half of the wall is empty space.  George has been tasked with building shelving for that wall, and I cannot wait for the extra storage!  The bottom cabinets are the ones we currently use as a pantry, so all the food will be together once the shelves are there. Continue reading


Wishful Wednesday: Rain Barrels

Rain Barrels - Source: http://bit.ly/3vXXok

I want rain barrels!  I’d love to catch the runoff from the roof.  It would such a green thing to do, especially since rain barrels are usually reused food barrels!  I’d feel safer having extra water storage.  It would be an easy thing to do, too.  Once we set up the rain barrels, we’re done with the work! Plus, catching the rainwater would help lessen the muddiness of the backyard.  Less mud equals cleaner dogs, which is very nice. We could also use the extra water for some other projects we’ve been considering like paper making!