OK so I admit organization is not one of my strong points. My mother would laugh at that were she not home in Heaven! Bless her for putting up with my disorder all those years. My organization of the plate cupboard began when a friend gave me four of the plastic stackable letter files she no loner needed. Similar to these Universal Product side loading trays:
Well, they fit wonderfully in my overhead compartment I use for plates, cups and glasses. Which even though I drove many miles with everything just thrown in and stacked willy nilly without any chipping or breakage It is so nice to have everything stacked neatly so I can extract just what I need without having to move everything on top of it just to locate it.
In addition to the stackable files I added three Cesar Canine Quisine cartons
(available from your grocer or pet food vendor when they restock their shelves with Cesar dog food. However if you have a dog you might want to buy your own carton full since it's great dog food, and the cartons are very sturdy and a terrific size for stacking your cups and glasses in.
I like these so well I've decided to put Contac paper on these boxes and trim the flaps off the open side as they mostly are just in the way. However the flaps do offer an extra measure of protection if your glasses are in danger of flying out the end for some reason. The top box I lay my glasses in it on their sides.
Using these organizers I'm able to store, 13 bowls, a cake plate, 4 dinner plates, 4 lunch plates, 8 plastic picnic plates, 8 snack trays, 6 tall glasses, 7 ceramic mugs, 1 plastic mug, and 5 short glasses, 1 small pink glass candle holder. By placing some rubbery shelfliners between the stack of plates and bowls, etc. and the plastic shelves you completely eliminate any plate stacks sliding.
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