Spice Rack Shopping

I’ve been on a quest to find a shelf to fit in my small spice cabinet. The challenge is that the exhaust fan takes up the bulk of the middle of the cabinet and there is only a small space on either side that you can store spices in. I have purchased two spice rack shelves from Amazon and neither have worked perfectly, but it’s likely my fault because I find measuring spaces challenging, apparently.

First Spice Rack

The first spice racks I purchased are a set of two three-tiered spice racks that are very nice. These spice racks are very nice quality acrylic, and require no construction. Unfortunately they did not fit into my cabinet space. This was super frustrating, actually, because they almost fit but were off by like one centimeter, maybe not exactly but it’s a ridiculously small measurement. One side did fit, sideways, so I am using that. But the other side didn’t fit and there was no finagling it into place, I was afraid the acrylic would shatter.

So boo, one side of the spice cabinet done, but the other side still needs a spice rack! My spice cabinet is super full, I should mention.

I did end up keeping these shelves because they’re nice quality and I think these sorts of tiered shelving can work for a bunch of different things like to store crafts, makeup or skincare items, paints, or office supplies.

Since I do have plenty of all of those things, I didn’t return these spice rack shelves and like I said one of them did fit into my space.

I like how these shelves have a lip so things will stay in place, and won’t slide off. When that happens it’s like a domino effect and everything comes tumbling down, super annoying! And inevitably that happens when you’re cooking and in mid-preparation and need a spice you forgot to grab! It can be a huge pain!

Second Spice Rack

After another measure (which I sucked at because I failed again!), I ordered a second spice shelf. This spice rack is very deep, and doesn’t fit in my spice cabinet either! Like I mentioned before, I find measuring things challenging. It’s a personal failure. So, I failed to measure the depth of my cabinet when I was shopping for another spice rack. I just looked at the small width that I have available and purchased the spice rack I could find that fit based on that. But oops, this spice rack has five shelves so it is very deep.

So someone who might be looking for a smaller spice rack needs to measure the depth of their cabinet and make sure this would fit. Overall, it’s a nice rack, and putting it together is not difficult. You do have to remove all the protective adhesive sheets but the pieces themselves just snap into place. Simple. But if you’re looking for a spice rack that you don’t have to put together this one isn’t for you. I’d go with something like the first shelf I purchased.

So if you’re following the score, I have purchased two spice rack shelves and neither of the purchases worked for my spice cabinet. So the quest continues… once I find one that actually fits I will post again!