Craving Cookbook Storage? Organize
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♦Don't store your cookbooks on a shelf in the family room.
Usually cookbooks are functional reading, not leisure reading. Put them where
you use them most: in the kitchen. At the very least, store them nearby in the
dining room. They'll also accessorize your kitchen and dining room and help give
it some personality. And they work as conversation starter pieces or ice
breakers when guests interested in cooking see them.
♦You can store cookbooks inside a cabinet that has see-through doors. Then
you'll see them at a glance (and so will your guests). This will keep them clean
and dust-free.
♦Or you can store cookbooks on a narrow but long horizontal shelf,
perhaps a shelf high up in your kitchen if you've a small kitchen. Many people
have a step-stool in or near the kitchen so reaching cookbooks stored high
shouldn't be a problem. Pictured to the left is an
UmbraŽ Shelf
 and
Umbra Strut Shelf Brackets
 (sold
separate from each other) that Organize.com sells (shelf colors: white,
neutral and espresso).
♦If you have just one favorite cookbook, consider an
Undercabinet Hide-Away Cookbook Holder
 like
the one pictured to the left by Organize.com.
♦Organize your cookbooks the way you think. Alphabetically by title or author is
not the best way to store cookbooks. That's great for leisure reading books but
cookbooks are functional reading. So if you're looking for the best way to cook
fish for dinner, you'd rather look on your cookbook shelf and see three books on
cooking fish clustered together. Cluster categories or topics of cookbooks
such as all cookie cookbooks together, all general cookbooks together and all
low-fat cookbooks next to each other. If you do have some cookbooks by
well-known chefs, cluster these together as a group.
♦Don't forget to buy some
cute book ends to keep your cookbooks from tumbling down sideways. Or improvise
by laying three cookbooks on their sides on each end of the row of standing
cookbooks. That way if you pull one cookbook from the three, you'll still have
two holding the row steady. Just make sure all of the titles are facing outward
for easy scanning.
♦If you like to read recipes directly from your cookbook (as opposed to perhaps
making a copy of the page and mounting it on the refrigerator with a magnet to
read it), get a cookbook stand. You'll find some unique and interesting cookbook
stands sold at eBay. Use this link to go directly to that section:
cookbook stands. eBay offers both bid and buy now
options. Cookbook stands may sometimes be called "cookbook holders."
♦Organize.com also sells a few stylish cookbook holders
like the
Scroll Cookbook Holder
 pictured here.
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