Canned Goods Riser
Carpentry, Garage and Storage, Interior, Kitchens and Baths, Video by Danny Lipford
Organizing your kitchen cabinets to make it easy to find your food items is easy. We found that you can actually make small steps inside your kitchen cabinets to display canned goods so that you can actually see what’s in the back of the cabinet. Here’s how: Cut three 2×4’s so that they were a little shorter than the inside dimension of the cabinet. Empty the cabinet and then slide two of the boards in the back of the cabinet. Stand them up on edge against each other so that it’s wide enough for the base of the cans. Take the third piece and lay it flat in front of the other two to create a tier system. You can now place taller items in the back, then medium and smaller items in front. Even if something overlaps you can still see what’s all the way in the back.
15 Comments on “Canned Goods Riser”
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April 9th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Wow. Something I did nearly 20 years ago makes ‘New’ news. Har. Just like the guy who said he invented the speed way of tying shoes. What is old is new again…
Nicholas Roussos Says:April 9th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Actually, this originally aired on the TV show Today’s Homeowner® a while back, so it is old, but that doesn’t stop it from being helpful to people who haven’t seen the tip.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
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April 9th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
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April 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Wow! This tip is amazingly simple, but very cool.
I like it a lot.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
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April 11th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Or you know, you could just put the tallest items in the back, the medium in the middle and the shortest in the front…
April 12th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
[...] Danny Lipford.com [...] : See Juile’s website for pictures of her application of the Canned Goods Riser.
April 12th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
I applied your little hack today. Thanks for the great idea!
http://www.juliesjournal.com/2007/04/12/spice-cabinet-risers/
April 14th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Wow! Simple and easy. I’m off to buy some 2×4s!
April 21st, 2007 at 9:21 am
[...] If you thought that this video sounds good for an American home, well not. Forget about kitchen cabinets. I had designed my showcase long back just like the one on this video instead of wood I had used thermocol. Really cool idea, space saving and you could showcase lot more toys and other things which you wish to have. [...]
June 26th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
wow good idea. im going to do that
January 1st, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I love the 2 X 4s too.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Super! and for those who do not have tools to cut the 2 x 4, Home Depot (and maybe Lowe’s) will cut the boards for you if you buy the wood there.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Annie;
I’m with you. I live close to both stores and positively live at Lowe’s sometimes. Still trying to organize home I moved into 2 years ago and glad I found this economical idea!