Nest, schmest. I nest the containers in the cupboard and have a kitchen drawer dedicated to lids. Some of those poor lids get lost for years. Much like the mystery socks that never seem to have a mate🙂
Michael
About once a year my mother would match up the lids & bottoms and toss the "orphans". Somehow there were always more lids than bottoms.
As for socks, according to my husband those are sock larvae. Every notice the socks disappear and the hangers multiply?
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I like IKEA's pie crust too. I bought some of those metal baskets from them that you described Rich. They have IKEA in San Diego so that's why we're moving. Not really.
Yvette
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I'm getting increasingly frustrated at having to dig around the back of cupboards to find the right size lids for a tupperware bowl.
I've had the idea of trying to find some sort of filing tray that i can attach to the back of a kitchen cupboard door that i can use to store the lids for my various tupperware bowls. Obviously they'd have to be thin enough so that i could shut the door.
Anyone got any ideas where i could get such an item in the UK? Suppose i could take a look in my local stationary store.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or alternatives ideas.
Dan Williams
IKEA have inexpensive metal baskets designed for fixing inside kitchen cabinet doors. I have one that is 33cm wide, 16cm high at the front and 11cm wide, IIRC cost about £3.
Rich
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I like IKEA's pie crust too. I bought some of those metal baskets from them that you described Rich. They have IKEA in San Diego so that's why we're moving. Not really.
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Yvette
We're getting one next to the Mall of America here. My only experience with IKEA was in Calgary with Harry Demidavicius. Oy, what fun! -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-19-04 -- Dufus picture posted!
Nest, schmest. I nest the containers in the cupboard and have a kitchen drawer dedicated to lids. Some of those poor lids get lost for years. Much like the mystery socks that never seem to have a mate🙂
Michael
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About once a year my mother would match up the lids & bottoms and toss the "orphans". Somehow there were always more lids than bottoms.
I'm a day away from that plan. I've got too much "stuff." And I know I've got more lids than bowls.
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As for socks, according to my husband those are sock larvae. Every notice the socks disappear and the hangers multiply?
I like to go to IKEA to find out what a tidy room looks like. Actually I like to sit in the rooms and know the phone won't ring for me, there are no dirty dishes, etc. The cupboards and drawers are tidy and not stuffed with junk. Stuff is perfectly coordinated. It's like being in a fantasy when I go there.
Yvette
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I like IKEA's pie crust too. I bought some of those metal baskets from them that you described Rich. They have IKEA in San Diego so that's why we're moving. Not really.
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Yvette
We're getting one next to the Mall of America here. My only experience with IKEA was in Calgary with Harry Demidavicius. Oy, what fun! -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-19-04 -- Dufus picture posted!
We just have two shelves in the cupboard for them. We nest similar shapes together. The lids just go vertically to one side or the other.
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Okay, we're waiting for a report on you where abouts the last few days.
I jetted away to the South of France for some languorous days and nights with the local tall, tanned tennis pro, an Adonis of half my age. But, my 54 cupboards beckoned me back to this more satsifying existence replete with non-nesting Tupps.
That is how I do it: lid under the container, then the next smaller lid inside it and the matching container on top of that lid.
I do have one set of bowls and covers that can nest inside one another with the covers on. They're for Passover, meaning that they're used only about 8 days a year. Nesting with covers on seems inconvenient for containers that get used frequently; wouldn't it be annoying to have to open several containers before you could reach the smallest one?
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Am I the only one who does this? I nest them, with the lid UNDER the container. So I take my big huge lid, and put it on the shelf. Then the big huge container sits on top of it.
Into that, I put the medium lid, with the medium container on top of it.
And so on.
They nest, AND the lids stay with the proper container so I need not search for the right lid.
I have three stacks: One for the square containers, one for the rounds, and one for the oblongs.
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Okay, we're waiting for a report on you where abouts the last
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I jetted away to the South of France for some languorous days
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nights with the local tall, tanned tennis pro, an Adonis of
half my
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age. But, my 54 cupboards beckoned me back to this more
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existence replete with non-nesting Tupps.
I know, Vigo told me all about it while he was fixing drinks tonight. I did miss him, and you of course, but he gives such good back massages and I was very glad he came back. Now if he can get caught up on the laundry and finishing raking the leaves outside I'll be happy once more. I had forgotten just how annoying decluttering and house work can be. *sigh* I broke a nail while polishing my sink! Plus his new spandex and lycra workout outfit came while he was gone and I just can't wait until DH leaves tomorrow so Vigo can try it on. You guys must have had some luscious French meals, cause he looks like he might have added a pound or two. Shame on you, you should have worked him harder.
I also like the hinges on your cabinet doors. They look like they would keep the doors shut better than the simple hinges and tempermental latches on the "knob side" on ours.
Brenda
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Thanks to everyone for their responses.
I've managed to buy myself a box type folder from Staples Stationerys and screwed it to the back of our kitchen cupboard.
I've taken a couple of pictures of it. They're available here:-
I also like the hinges on your cabinet doors. They look like they would keep the doors shut better than the simple hinges and tempermental latches on the "knob side" on ours.
Brenda
Those hinges look exactly like the ones on my IKEA cabinet. As well as holding the door shut, they have another neat trick. At the back of the cabinet side of the hinge there is a little latch that allows you to take the door off in a second. To put the door back, you line up the hinge with the plate on the cabinet and push.
Agreed that Dan came up with a neat solution.
Rich
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Thanks to everyone for their responses.
I've managed to buy myself a box type folder from Staples Stationerys and screwed it to the back of our kitchen cupboard.
I've taken a couple of pictures of it. They're available here:-
...stuff is just stuff. It can't love you, it can't take care of you. It is just something for you to deal with--it complicates life. Brenda, arc 2004.
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Very clever.
I also like the hinges on your cabinet doors. They look like they would
keep
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"knob side" on ours.
Brenda
Those hinges look exactly like the ones on my IKEA cabinet. As well as holding the door shut, they have another neat trick. At the back of the cabinet side of the hinge there is a little latch that allows you to take the door off in a second. To put the door back, you line up the hinge with the plate on the cabinet and push.
Agreed that Dan came up with a neat solution.
Rich
I was hoping to learn that those hinges are available at any hardware store. We don't need new cabinets-- but those hinges would be nicer than the hardware we've got.
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I was hoping to learn that those hinges are available at any hardware
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We don't need new cabinets--but those hinges would be nicer than the hardware we've got.
I can see why you like IKEA.
Brenda
I think I saw them (or very similar ones) at Lee Valley yesterday. You can order on-line www.leevalley.com . They probably are available at many hardware stores--especially ones like Home Depot.
rona
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