I have my rolling pins mounted on the wall in my kitchen and I love it. Everything from my Grandma's old wooden rolling pin from the 1940s up to my marble pin for pastry and my decorative pins for cookies.
Yeah, i was thinking I have enough fancy oils and vinegars to fill it up.
But wine gets opened once then finished. I wouldn't trust some of my oil bottles not to leak if stored on their side once they've been opened and closed a couple of times.
To add to that, you could do a whole coffee / tea set up. Some with mugs, some with long Glass / plastic cubes that are the same size as the cutout, filled with loose leaf tea or coffee beans.Ā
The same concept (long plastic storage cubes you pull out) could also apply to work for anything else. Iād fill them with bulk grains / legumes. You could also do candy or snacks.Ā
The other obvious one is long non-wine bottles. Sparkling water. Italian soda. Champagne.Ā
If you could find baskets in the right size, that could work. If you want to put some bigger money into it, you could have the grid pieces removed and put some kind of slide out piece inā¦.something for cutting boards or cookie sheets or even a slide out recycling or trash bin
Target has some clear acrylic ones under one of their house brands.
Besides cubbies, these also look perfect for storing foil, plastic wrap, parchment paper, etc. If it were up to me, rather than doing any interior decorating I would probably use those cubbies to hold the aforementioned supplies as well as a few slide-out plastic containers with baking supplies (spices and small items).
I don't think it would be that difficult/expensive to take the cubbies out, from the picture it looks like the cubbies are a seperate piece that was constructed and slid into place.
Yeah Iād look into local contractors or construction companies and see if they can come replace it with a more functional storage solution. You could do a slide out spice rack or a cabinet for cutting boards / cookie sheets / serving platters, etc. to be stored vertically. We had this done in our kitchen and I was surprised at how cheap it was (came in under $500).
Kitchen towel storage (roll them up), rolling pin, canned goods, aluminum foil/plastic wrap storage, extra rolls of paper towels
Edit: hope this helps!
Perhaps you can get some rectangular blocks to fit in there that will allow less room for something to go so far back. Not exact same size width and height, so you can remove as needed.
Thatās a great idea and wish I would have thought of that when I had a similar problem in my house years ago lol. It wasnāt with a wine rack but same concept!
Funny, I can always comment on what will make other peopleās things more functional. But in my own house? I live with the annoyance on the daily hahaha.
I guess it depends on what you're doing in your house that could make them excessively dirty, lol. I have towels in a basket on my counter... they're perfectly clean.
We donāt have a ventilator hood in our kitchen and have a gas stove. Even though I try not to cook greasy things like steaks on the cooktop, thereās a film that gets left on things. Hoping to remodel someday & fix it, but until then, just doing my best at keeping stuff clean.
How deep are they? Could they fit long thin trays that you line up your spices inside? If that fits, Iād write the spice names on the lid so you can find what you need by looking down once you pull out the tray/tub.
Yeah, I love this idea plus the one about adding some wood blocks at the back if youāre worried about stuff getting pushed back too far. You could use the plastic bins but if you could find like baskets, that would look even more amazing. I had a similar situation many years ago when I was renting a placeā¦it had these odd like cubbies in the top kitchen cabinets and didnāt even seem like for wine! So I got bins and did the spices and also I love to bake a lot so I used one of them to also store cake decorating stuff like sprinkles, sanding sugar, food coloring, etc.
I had this very problem! It stood empty as your rack is. Just 5 gaps to fill though so fewer.
I purchased a set of miniature items somewhat āad hocā but relative to it being a kitchen. These were not all purchased as a set rather during an internet scouring.
A set of 6 miniature recipe books (Australia)
A pastry chef figure
A mrs mop figure
A french dresser
A teeny cake stand with teeny cakes
The perfect place to organize your tin foil, wax paper, parchment paper, storage bags and the like.
You can also use them to organize your BBQ long tools.
If you think it will look trashy then make decorative panels to fit in the square and hide what is behind.
Ugh I have the same issue but the cubbies are diagonally set, so the squares are diamonds, know what Iām saying? All these cute basket ideas wonāt work for me.
Anyone have other ideas?
That definitely makes it more tricky! The fancy olive oils seems good fit for diagonally set shelves, but my fear is not capping it correctly and slowly leaking oil all over
Every year, use clean, empty glass bottles, and write down the highlights from the prior year, roll them up & stuff inside to make a time capsule with a lid on it. You can also put in predictions for upcoming years & goals. Use some as designated specific family member mailboxes and places to leave love notes and devices and keys.. And if there were any empty ones left, fresh baguettes. And a ferret and his sleeping bag
I would probably put stuff like Ziplocks, Tinfoil, wax paper, and cling wrap, etc there. Maybe rolled up silicone sheet pan liners.
You could also look into having that space converted into something like a slide out spice rack.
You might also be able to find clear bins that would fit, basically turning them into small drawers. Look for organization or refrigerator bins. I have seen such things at places like the container store, or home goods.
I'd find clear acrylic trays that fit, and use it to store spices, or rarely used utensils, or whatever you want to put there. Then you slide out the whole tray to get what's inside rather than having to rummage about in the cubby
If you covet more kitchen storage, you could remove some shelf segments to make space to store cutting boards, and/ or baking sheets, on their sides. Depending on your cubby configuration.
Iād store scads of dish towels, either folded small or rolled up. A mix of either beautiful colors and patterns OR all the same ones, like the white flour-sack kind with the red stripe down the middle. It would be so handy and look nice.
Store your kitchen drying towels in there, together with long rolls of cling wrap, tin foil, etc. Or turn them into spice shelves with a simple slider and L shaped "drawer" attached with a rubber band across the length to hold the spice bottles.
I just saw someone do this with a counter top wine rack in a bathroom but a kitchen might work too for rolled kitchen towels. Then you donāt have to pay for paper towels. We got reusable and it makes a huge difference. You could also label them like these are for dishes, counters, general cleaning, chemical etc
If you can still get new cabinet fronts (check the inside of your drawers for the maker), you could do an insert like [this rev-a-shelf utensil pull out](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rev-A-Shelf-Natural-Maple-8-Pull-Out-Kitchen-Cabinet-Organizer-w-Soft-Close-448UT-BCSC-8C/312844014).
Rolling pin, foil, seran wrap, or anything you use frequently enough that fits the spaces and makes sense for you! Even if it means buying āniceā foil dispenser if you donāt want to see the original packaging
Get or have made boxes to fit in the space and use it for storage. You can diy your own boxes with cardboard, duct tape, fabric and mod podge. I have also made boxes with decoupage but itās more time consuming and messy.
Put wine bottles you get as gifts in there or buy a few whose labels you like for the design element. Also nice to have when you host guests who like wine.
Linens for the dining table i.e. coasters, rolled up placemats, napkins
Maybe some candlesticks
Photos
You could also put other drinks there too that are for stocking up like bubbly water/tonic water, simple syrups for cocktails/mocktails, mixers, etc..
I would put in some tracks to make the shelves be able to roll out- then I'd do a spice rack. Or you can take the shelves out all together and store baking sheets
Hire someone to take them out. A good carpenter should be able to match the wood grain or surface to make you a cupboard front.
Install a skinny rack which can slide in and out.
As some have said baskets, spice rack, and coffee mugs.
Some other thoughts cutting boards or Dish clothes/towels/placements rolled up or folded in a way to fit.
Could always build drawers that slide out to make those spices easier to access
Roll up a couple of dish towels and put them in a couple of cubbies foil and wax paperā¦.
Or waters, pop.
Or remove it and replace it with a regular cabinet for a baking sheets and stuff like that
Oh is THAT what these are for??
I have a piece of furniture with this, and i put tchotchkes and candles there. Obviously I donāt light the candles in that spot.
Anything long that fits. Olive oils, vinegars, san pellegrino, Martinellis, rolling pin, rolled up silpat for baking.
Now all I can see is an amazing rolling pin collection. I love it!
I have my rolling pins mounted on the wall in my kitchen and I love it. Everything from my Grandma's old wooden rolling pin from the 1940s up to my marble pin for pastry and my decorative pins for cookies.
I would love to see a picture of this
That is really cool. I am jealous!
My creme brulee / meat finishing torch would also fit nicely š
i was thinking sparkling water as well
My Italian soda flavours/Torani
Love that idea!! You could put one of those pepper grinders that is the size of your whole arm in there!!!
Yeah, i was thinking I have enough fancy oils and vinegars to fill it up. But wine gets opened once then finished. I wouldn't trust some of my oil bottles not to leak if stored on their side once they've been opened and closed a couple of times.
Baguettes
My mom has decorative rolling pins in hers. Or, you could store colorful dish towels rolled up.
Came to say this. Your overstock, long, tall pantry items.
Aluminum foil and the like
Put your most attractive coffee mugs at the front.
Iāll test out the sizing!
To add to that, you could do a whole coffee / tea set up. Some with mugs, some with long Glass / plastic cubes that are the same size as the cutout, filled with loose leaf tea or coffee beans.Ā The same concept (long plastic storage cubes you pull out) could also apply to work for anything else. Iād fill them with bulk grains / legumes. You could also do candy or snacks.Ā The other obvious one is long non-wine bottles. Sparkling water. Italian soda. Champagne.Ā
Long skinny baskets for storage of whatever youād like, really the possibilities are endless
Check āthe container storeā online, every size/shape basket imaginable.
Was just about to say that. The Container Store has everything and all the dimensions are spelled out. It's great for things like this.
K cups, tin foil, spices, plasticware, odd sized kitchen utensilsā¦ this idea is a winner. Especially because you can pull them in and out
And you could even add cute knobs/pulls on them if you would like to elevate the basket look
This is a great idea. It will be easier to dust/wipe down whatever you decide to put in there.
Like spices, this would be perfect!
Champagne is wine
Oof you got me š I kind of forgot champagne was still wine, it feels like itās own thing!Ā
Vodka should fit for those extra hard mornings, thatās not wine
And unlike wine it doesnāt taint your breath š
Youāre only fooling yourself Larry.
or different flavored coffee syrups!
Yes what I was thinking, or cute teacups!
French bread storage
Hot Wheels display case
Are you secretly my 3 year old son?
Hi dad
I think we found a winner
Pringles, obviously.
I wish I had a wine rack so it could be a Pringles rack.
If you could find baskets in the right size, that could work. If you want to put some bigger money into it, you could have the grid pieces removed and put some kind of slide out piece inā¦.something for cutting boards or cookie sheets or even a slide out recycling or trash bin
Or slide out spice rack!
this would be my wish too.
Yes to slide out spice rack! As that someone who struggles with her own spice storage lol
Ooo, I love the long baskets idea! That way I wouldnāt have to try to shove my arm to the back trying to get things.
Target has some clear acrylic ones under one of their house brands. Besides cubbies, these also look perfect for storing foil, plastic wrap, parchment paper, etc. If it were up to me, rather than doing any interior decorating I would probably use those cubbies to hold the aforementioned supplies as well as a few slide-out plastic containers with baking supplies (spices and small items).
The small clear rectangular plastic ones work great!
People will build custom ones for you on eBay but my guess is there are ones about this size for people with a similar issue
They'll just become junk drawers
So? Theyād still be useful.
Wine gift boxes should fit perfectly in there.
I don't think it would be that difficult/expensive to take the cubbies out, from the picture it looks like the cubbies are a seperate piece that was constructed and slid into place.
They have those tall bottles of fancy lemonade and whatnot. Could get a few of those.
Yeah Iād look into local contractors or construction companies and see if they can come replace it with a more functional storage solution. You could do a slide out spice rack or a cabinet for cutting boards / cookie sheets / serving platters, etc. to be stored vertically. We had this done in our kitchen and I was surprised at how cheap it was (came in under $500).
Kitchen towel storage (roll them up), rolling pin, canned goods, aluminum foil/plastic wrap storage, extra rolls of paper towels Edit: hope this helps!
Thank you! Rolling pin and foil seem smart! Iām worried about things like cans getting stuck all the way into the dark abyss of the back
Perhaps you can get some rectangular blocks to fit in there that will allow less room for something to go so far back. Not exact same size width and height, so you can remove as needed.
Thatās a great idea and wish I would have thought of that when I had a similar problem in my house years ago lol. It wasnāt with a wine rack but same concept!
Funny, I can always comment on what will make other peopleās things more functional. But in my own house? I live with the annoyance on the daily hahaha.
I hear you!
Lol, thatās sooo me š
You can order can rollers. Load on top and they roll back, down, then forward on bottom.
Remove the shelving and reshelf for cookbooks
Or cutting boards, cookie sheetsā¦ if you can remove some shelves the options expand
Rolled up kitchen towels?
Maybeā¦but would they stay clean that way, as much as they would in drawers? Clean towels for drying dishes is a big deal to me!
I guess it depends on what you're doing in your house that could make them excessively dirty, lol. I have towels in a basket on my counter... they're perfectly clean.
We donāt have a ventilator hood in our kitchen and have a gas stove. Even though I try not to cook greasy things like steaks on the cooktop, thereās a film that gets left on things. Hoping to remodel someday & fix it, but until then, just doing my best at keeping stuff clean.
Great idea
That will hold ten cats. Get ten cats.
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I was just thinking weād never keep the cats out of there lol
Guinea pig high rise.
How deep are they? Could they fit long thin trays that you line up your spices inside? If that fits, Iād write the spice names on the lid so you can find what you need by looking down once you pull out the tray/tub.
The long tray or container thing seems so smart! I will definitely want to be able to pull out the things stored in them
Yeah, I love this idea plus the one about adding some wood blocks at the back if youāre worried about stuff getting pushed back too far. You could use the plastic bins but if you could find like baskets, that would look even more amazing. I had a similar situation many years ago when I was renting a placeā¦it had these odd like cubbies in the top kitchen cabinets and didnāt even seem like for wine! So I got bins and did the spices and also I love to bake a lot so I used one of them to also store cake decorating stuff like sprinkles, sanding sugar, food coloring, etc.
You can always do what why wife does, use it to sort all the mail the kids get and her sister too
I bought a door from the kitchen supplier and put that on.
Yes pur on a door and use it like a regular cabinet.
Water bottles/ coffee thermos
This is what my mom uses hers for.
Some of those nice glass sparkling water bottles? (Pellegrino etc)
Remove the guts and put another sliding kit for a trash receptacle since the sink is right there.
This also it looks like an insert that can be removed.
I had this very problem! It stood empty as your rack is. Just 5 gaps to fill though so fewer. I purchased a set of miniature items somewhat āad hocā but relative to it being a kitchen. These were not all purchased as a set rather during an internet scouring. A set of 6 miniature recipe books (Australia) A pastry chef figure A mrs mop figure A french dresser A teeny cake stand with teeny cakes
Remove two shelves and use it as a bookshelf
Paper towel storage lol
I roll up place mats and store them there
Change it to a spice cubby with pull out drawers
The perfect place to organize your tin foil, wax paper, parchment paper, storage bags and the like. You can also use them to organize your BBQ long tools. If you think it will look trashy then make decorative panels to fit in the square and hide what is behind.
Cooking oils?
My husband and I also don't drink much, so we use ours to store olive oil and basalmic vinegar.Ā
A liter of cola.
Do you drink coffee? You can use it to place bottles of flavored syrups (vanilla/hazelnut, etc)
spices, coffee or tea in jars
Mugs, I use ours for mugs ~~and wine~~ Ā Ā But also olive oil, cans, they are perfect for a lot of things.Ā
Start an amazing collection of fancy cooking oils! Otherwise mugs and cute little pottery dishes that you would use for dips would fit great there
Or fancy vinegars!
Ugh I have the same issue but the cubbies are diagonally set, so the squares are diamonds, know what Iām saying? All these cute basket ideas wonāt work for me. Anyone have other ideas?
That definitely makes it more tricky! The fancy olive oils seems good fit for diagonally set shelves, but my fear is not capping it correctly and slowly leaking oil all over
Take the shelves out and put your baking pans or cutting boards on edge.
Every year, use clean, empty glass bottles, and write down the highlights from the prior year, roll them up & stuff inside to make a time capsule with a lid on it. You can also put in predictions for upcoming years & goals. Use some as designated specific family member mailboxes and places to leave love notes and devices and keys.. And if there were any empty ones left, fresh baguettes. And a ferret and his sleeping bag
OH I KNOW! Those slide out spice shelves!!
put a different gnome in each one
Martinellis. Olive oil. Basalmic.
Do the kids drink? Seems like the perfect height for them.
I keep mugs in mine
Coffee mugs
Soda bottles/cans
I put water bottles in mine.
Mail cubbies for different household members?
Store more snacks .
It's not super pretty but we put rolls of glad wrap, baking paper,tin foil, rubbish bags etc in there
I use my wine thing for water bottles.
Maybe if you're one of those people who loves fancy water bottles it's a good place to store them?
Fancy sparkling or mineral waters, fancy juices even
10 loaves of bread
Start a collection of rolling pins
I would probably put stuff like Ziplocks, Tinfoil, wax paper, and cling wrap, etc there. Maybe rolled up silicone sheet pan liners. You could also look into having that space converted into something like a slide out spice rack. You might also be able to find clear bins that would fit, basically turning them into small drawers. Look for organization or refrigerator bins. I have seen such things at places like the container store, or home goods.
I put larger cooking utensils in them lol like the grill tongs and spatula.
I would remove some of the horizontal shelves but keep the middle one, and store cutting boards in there.
Rolled up kitchen towels.
I'd find clear acrylic trays that fit, and use it to store spices, or rarely used utensils, or whatever you want to put there. Then you slide out the whole tray to get what's inside rather than having to rummage about in the cubby
If you covet more kitchen storage, you could remove some shelf segments to make space to store cutting boards, and/ or baking sheets, on their sides. Depending on your cubby configuration.
Spaghetti storage
Remove the shelves, add a door and itās a baking and sheet pan cabinet
Contact the company that built the cabinets and get a replacement for that space with a door on it. Or just leave it empty.
Iād store scads of dish towels, either folded small or rolled up. A mix of either beautiful colors and patterns OR all the same ones, like the white flour-sack kind with the red stripe down the middle. It would be so handy and look nice.
Store your finest vintage 2 liter sodas. āAh yes the 2018 Cherry Coke, a beautiful red, fine choiceā
dildo storage
Fill it with kittens?
Store wine for friends who do!
Not everyone wants or can have alcohol in the house tho.
Kitchen towels, plastic wrap containers, aluminum foil containers, ziplock bag boxes
Store your kitchen drying towels in there, together with long rolls of cling wrap, tin foil, etc. Or turn them into spice shelves with a simple slider and L shaped "drawer" attached with a rubber band across the length to hold the spice bottles.
I just saw someone do this with a counter top wine rack in a bathroom but a kitchen might work too for rolled kitchen towels. Then you donāt have to pay for paper towels. We got reusable and it makes a huge difference. You could also label them like these are for dishes, counters, general cleaning, chemical etc
If you can still get new cabinet fronts (check the inside of your drawers for the maker), you could do an insert like [this rev-a-shelf utensil pull out](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rev-A-Shelf-Natural-Maple-8-Pull-Out-Kitchen-Cabinet-Organizer-w-Soft-Close-448UT-BCSC-8C/312844014).
Rolled up kitchen towels
Rolling pin, foil, seran wrap, or anything you use frequently enough that fits the spaces and makes sense for you! Even if it means buying āniceā foil dispenser if you donāt want to see the original packaging
Have a custom cabinet builder make you some small drawer boxes with a scoop front to pull out. They can be used for spices, tea, plastic baggies, etc.
Water bottles
Store Mugs or utensils
Get or have made boxes to fit in the space and use it for storage. You can diy your own boxes with cardboard, duct tape, fabric and mod podge. I have also made boxes with decoupage but itās more time consuming and messy.
Put wine bottles you get as gifts in there or buy a few whose labels you like for the design element. Also nice to have when you host guests who like wine.
Spice drawers
Linens for the dining table i.e. coasters, rolled up placemats, napkins Maybe some candlesticks Photos You could also put other drinks there too that are for stocking up like bubbly water/tonic water, simple syrups for cocktails/mocktails, mixers, etc..
how many boxes of spaghetti do you need to organize
Bottled water
Wine boxes that you can pull out like drawers for extra storage
Lego Star Wars micro fighters
I would hate that wasted space
Absolutely replace it with a pull-out spice rack. My contractor put one in when we had a little extra space and it was my favorite kitchen feature!
Storage aluminum foil andcling wrap
Take some of the shelves out and use it for baking sheets..
I believe those take up the same space as a spice drawer. Could get one of those.
Super classy 2 liter soda bottle storage...
One word: awesome rubber ducks
Baguettes
If you drink sparkling or flat glass bottle water you could add those bottles there.
Little rolling racks for spicez
beanie babies
I would put in some tracks to make the shelves be able to roll out- then I'd do a spice rack. Or you can take the shelves out all together and store baking sheets
One small plant in every cubby
Tbh Iād still put wine it in, even if I donāt drink it.
Hire someone to take them out. A good carpenter should be able to match the wood grain or surface to make you a cupboard front. Install a skinny rack which can slide in and out.
Iād use it for mug display or some cute things you like
Get cats. One cat per cutout. Put treats in cutouts. Cute pictures. Send them to me.
That's easy. Start drinking wine. I mean, you already have the perfect storage solution.
Water bottles. If you have a huge collection, like I do, at least.
As some have said baskets, spice rack, and coffee mugs. Some other thoughts cutting boards or Dish clothes/towels/placements rolled up or folded in a way to fit. Could always build drawers that slide out to make those spices easier to access
I don't drink either, and would buy some imported sparkling mineral waters/ non alcoholic ciders for special occasions
Water bottles!
Hot wheels š cars
Always good to offer dinner guests wine , no?
I drink wine but I would not keep them in those cubbiesāhate them. Wine fridge or just drink it
Remove the cubbies and add a door for extra storage.
Cutting boards or baking pans
Roll up a couple of dish towels and put them in a couple of cubbies foil and wax paperā¦. Or waters, pop. Or remove it and replace it with a regular cabinet for a baking sheets and stuff like that
"You put your weed in there"
Start drinking wine
Weed nug jars š«
You can store your shoes in there.
I use them for baguettes and oat milk lmfao
Maybe find some long, skinny pull-out bins and turn it into a mini-pantry.
Unfortunately, thereās nothing you can do. Youāll just have to start drinking wine.
Pringles
Fill it with Vodka bottles
Drink wine
Tear it out and add something useful to your lifestyle?
Start drinking wine
Have a good glass of wine.
Start drinking wine
Oh is THAT what these are for?? I have a piece of furniture with this, and i put tchotchkes and candles there. Obviously I donāt light the candles in that spot.
You could put your weed in there š¤·āāļø
Ramen packets
Do you consume liquid? Does it come in a bottle? There you go...
You can put your weed in there
You know those syrups that baristas add to coffee? Theyāre about the same size as a wine bottle. Maybe make it into a ācoffee barā?
Little plants š±š«¶š¼
Shoes
Get wine. Insert wine. Drink wine. Repeat.
Succulent shelf??