She Didn’t Have Any Spice Storage — This Bar Staple Maximized It Immediately

Whether you have a big kitchen (sometimes large enough to accommodate double islands!) or a smaller one, spice storage can be a challenge. Still, I occasionally come across clever solutions, like a gorgeous DIY cabinet and what Sophie Kihm and Jacob McCarthy did in their contemporary Chicago home. They looked to how bars store their liquor for a solution.

A Liquor Bottle Holder Became Great Spice Storage in This Kitchen

“Jacob’s stroke of decorating genius came when redoing our pantry. I am an avid home cook, and needed to maximize the narrow storage space for all of our spices, dry goods, and kitchen appliances,” Sophie said during the House Tour. “The door to the pantry is biased almost all the way to the left, making it difficult to put normal shelves on that side of the room.”

So Jacob mounted 12 stainless steel speed rails, aka the shelves that hold liquor bottles in bars.…