An Influx of Lazy Susans

 Lately, I've been on a lazy Susan kick. If I could recapture all the time I spent on websites comparing one lazy Susan to another, then comparing one cabinet organizer to another, I could...

I don't know. I just know I could do something more productive.

It all started with the Christmas baking, when I had to pull out half the contents of a shelf in the pantry cabinet to get to the ingredients I needed. Being neither an enthusiastic nor a frequent baker, this wasn't a big deal at the time. It was only when my daughter was baking a couple days later, and I had to explain to her how to access those same ingredients that it suddenly seemed like a ridiculous set-up.

I knew immediately that a lazy Susan was the solution. What I didn't know was how many there were! Luckily, armed with my cabinet measurements, I was able to find what I wanted fairly quickly and place my order.

Problem solved. Except...

Bitten by the organizing bug (who knows I'm an easy target), I started exploring options for improving the state of my other cabinets. I decided that the under-sink cupboard in the kitchen was in even greater need of reorganizing than the baking ingredients shelf, so I went online again. Once more, I found what looked like a good tool pretty quickly and placed the order.

Christmas came and went and I followed the tracking for my lazy Susan. When it came, I spent an evening reorganizing the cabinet, which now not only looks so much better, but also affords much easier access to all of my ingredients. 

And this is when I went down the rabbit hole.

Enthralled by the improvement, I started thinking about other spots that could benefit from a lazy Susan, including the lazy Susan cupboard in my kitchen. Several hours and many comparisons later, I went to bed. The next day, I finalized the order.

A few days later, three different lazy Susans arrived on my doorstep. I can now report that my suspicions that a lazy Susan might not the best tool for my lazy Susan were confirmed. I did, however, reorganize the space in question,  repurposing containers I already had and using them to improve that space.

Which items, you may ask? First, a cardboard magazine holder (of which I have an abundance), cut to fit the height of the cabinet. Second, a baby wipes container (The "baby" in question is 27. Don't judge. Those containers are so perfect it's almost worth buying the wipes to get the container. Almost.)

As for the lazy Susans...one replaced a basket on my countertop that held spices. One is slated to go below the first one that started me on this kick. The third one is on my dining room table, awaiting its assignment. And there will be an assignment. Those tools are not going back.

And neither am I.