On Apr 3, 5:41*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:08:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
>
> >> "Pennyaline" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >>> On 4/2/2012 7:20 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>> nit> *wrote in
> >>>> t...
> >>>>> On 4/2/2012 3:49 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>>> There is nothing at the end to keep the items at the end on the
> >>>>>> shelf.
>
> >>>>> Of a lazy susan??
>
> >>>> Not on the one I have. *It has a very shallow lip on it. *But if
> >>>> you stack
> >>>> two cans high which I have to do, the top can will fall off. *The
> >>>> other cupboard is the one I use for flour and baking things.
> >>>> Everything in there
> >>>> is now in a plastic container so not likely to fall off. *But
> >>>> prior I just
> >>>> had the bags in there. *They were all small bags because these were
> >>>> alternate flours like rice and tapioca. *The bags would fall off
> >>>> of the ends.
>
> >>> I'll ask again: The "shelves" of your lazy susan have "ends"? You
> >>> mean to say that they are not a level or two of complete circles
> >>> that turn on a center post?
>
> >> Here's a pic of something similar. *This isn't exactly what mine is
> >> because mine is all wood and is attached to the cabinet fronts.
> >> It's the pie cut. Mine has two shelves.
>
> >>http://www.cabinetparts.com/c/kitche...d=CJbboM_Zl68C....
>
> > Those things waste a lot of space... I'd remove them. *I have two
> > corner cabinets that are quite deep, so I use them to store tall items
> > like paper towels stacked on end, aluminum foil/wax paper, plastic
> > wrap boxes on end, 2 liter soda bottles, way into the depths gallon
> > jugs of emergency water, and near the front 1.75 L bottles of Crystal
> > Palace. *I wouldn't think to store canned goods in any bottom cabinet,
> > they are all too deep and too low... I hate creeping about on the
> > floor to find stuff. *Bottom cabinets are for storing large items one
> > doesn't use on a daily basis, even a monthly basis. *But I do use
> > those small plastic lazy susans from Rubbermaid (I have three) in one
> > of my upper cabinets for storing spice bottles; items on the lazy
> > susan and items around the perimeter, no wasted space. *I don't store
> > many canned goods and rarely used items in my kitchen, that's what a
> > basement is for.
>
> I haven't got much choice. *I have no pantry and most of my top cupboards
> are filled with dishes and casseroles. *I do not have a lot of those either.
> I have one small cupboard with cat food. *One with rice and pasta, one with
> spices, one with oil, vinegar, nuts, and any other smallish things that I
> can't put anywhere else. *Every cupboard I have is full to the max. *The top
> of my fridge is full of things like crackers and beef jerky. *And I've had
> to put a shelving unit in my dining room for chips and cereal.
>
> As I said before and I know you will make a joke about it... *If I remove
> the lazy Susan there will be a gaping hole. *Not even cupboard doors because
> they are attached to the lazy Susan. *Hardly a good place to store things.
>
> My other lower cabinets are all pullouts and also a bad design in that they
> are shallow and things are constantly bailing over the back. *For this
> reason I try not to pull them out. *One has pots and pans. *One has baking
> pans, tortilla warmers, larger plastics, and the other has bags and wraps..
>
Maybe you are stockpiling too much food? Try eating down your
inventory for a week or two and take it from there.
I'd remove the Susan and stick with movable shelves. Altho, I have
often thought that behind a well-loaded Susan would be a good place to
hide stuff. What burglar would want to tackle emptying the Susan to
peer in that dark recess?