As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store coffee mugs on open shelves comes down to height, spacing and edges. Height decides how often you reach and lift. Spacing decides whether mugs rub together. Edges and the shelf anchor decide whether they stay put when something bumps the unit. Kansas State…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store cereal boxes on pantry shelves comes down to where the shelf is, what the cereal sits in once it is opened, how long each box has been there, and how often the shelf is cleaned. Extension services at Virginia Tech, New Mexico State,…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store luggage on a shelf comes down to four checks: whether the case is clean and dry, whether it is supported so it keeps its shape, whether the spot stays out of damp and temperature swings, and whether the shelf height suits the weight…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store jewelry on a shelf depends mostly on what each piece is made of. Silver reacts with sulfur gases, copper alloys react with acids and ammonia, pearls scratch easily, and opals can crack when they get hot. The Canadian Conservation Institute, the National Park…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store vases on shelves comes down to five choices: what the shelf is lined with, how much room each vase gets, how round or tall shapes are supported, what keeps a vase from sliding off the edge, and how the shelving unit itself is…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store fabric bolts on shelves depends on one early choice: whether the cloth lies flat, is folded, or is rolled on a tube. Museum and extension guidance ranks these by how kindly they treat fabric, and each has a shelf cost. Rolling on a…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store yarn on shelves starts with the fiber, because the two threats to a yarn stash, moths and mildew, do not hit every fiber equally. Extension and museum guidance says wool and wool blends are the moth targets, cotton is the mildew target, and…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store camera gear on shelves comes down to the room as much as the shelf. Camera makers say to keep bodies and lenses in a dry, well-ventilated place, below 60 percent relative humidity, away from direct sun, heat, and strong magnetic fields. Their manuals…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to organize a craft supply shelf starts with sorting, not with buying bins. Pull everything off, group like items, set aside the chemical-based supplies, and give each group a shelf height that matches how often you reach for it and how much it weighs. University,…
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. How to store extra blankets on shelves comes down to four things: what touches the shelf, how the blanket is folded, how tall the stack gets, and what the air around it is like. University extension services and museums publish storage rules for quilts and other…