The kitchen is one of my favorite rooms in the house.  If we ever remodel the space, I’d spring for the taller cabinets in order to maximize storage.   You can never have too  much storage right?  For the cabinets I have, I like to keep them organized.  I have bins, baskets, and other accessories to sort my kitchen gadgets and stuff.

I have a spice cabinet in my kitchen.  Correction, I had a spice cabinet in my kitchen.  My husband took it down one weekend while I was out of town.  That was fine because it was mounted pretty high up and it was useless unless I scaled my countertops every time I need something. So in the absence of our spice cabinet, I took over a drawer to store our spices.  It’s not perfect, but it does the job.  My husband, however, hates our spice drawer.  He can’t ever seem to find what he’s looking for.  I have to admit that he’s not totally wrong.  We do have an inventory control problem.  There also has been some spills.   In addition to specs of assorted dried herbs, a bottle of yellow food coloring leaked so we run the risk of getting orange fingers (did you know yellow food coloring is actually orange?) whenever we reach in to retrieve a spice.

So when the makers of the Spice Stack Organizer offered the opportunity to empty my spice drawer, I took them up on it.

Prior to the Spice Stack we had a "spice drawer". My husband was definitely not a fan.

Here are the features of the Spice Stack Organizer:

• Constructed of white plastic.  No assembly required.
• 3 drawers that slide out and lowers to a resting position so that the spices can be in full display
• Can accommodate up to 18 large bottles or 32 small bottles.  You can mix and match them too.
• Hides away easily in most kitchen cabinets
• Comes with 48 preprinted and 48 blank spice drawer label

I basically unpacked my Spice Stack and put it in my cabinet.  I was able to put the organizer in a cabinet right next to the range which is much more conveniently located than my spice drawer.  I found the top row in each drawer is better for the larger bottles and the bottom row can accommodate 2 smaller bottles together.  I was able to accommodate jars and bottles from a variety of brands and store most of my spices in one 3 drawer unit.   For some reason, I have 3 bottles of cinnamon (2 unopened), 2 bottles of paprika, and 4 bottles of Cajun seasoning.  (This is the inventory control problem I mentioned earlier.)

I really like the preprinted labels.  I labeled almost all of my spices with them.  I like being able to see what I have and find what I need without fumbling around in a drawer.  Each drawer pulls out and drops down to a resting position so you can easily see everything in each drawer. Hopefully, by organizing my spices, I will be able to avoid any future inventory issues.

The Spice Stack fits neatly into our kitchen cabinets. My husband couldn't be happier.

The Spice Stack’s simple white plastic construction makes clean up easy.  It’s not the most beautiful or fancy kitchen accessory I’ll own.  It’s not something I’d necessarily display on my kitchen counter, but it works beautifully inside a cabinet.    I only wish that I could purchase a single drawer in order to customize my own Spice Stack.  I do need some additional storage, but not 3 drawers worth.

The Spice Stack retails for $24.95 and is not available in stores.  You can purchase it by visiting www.spicestack.com.