Storage – Page 9 – Beyond The Kitchen Sink

Bamboo filter holder clears up the morning

Coffee making in the morning needs to be as simple as can be. What later in the day is easy to accomplish is not so when just out of bed. Even eliminating one step in the coffee-making ritual can keep morning mishaps at bay. The path of destruction caused by stumbling from the freezer for the coffee and then to the faucet for water, and then to the cupboard for the box of filters can be reduced by simply leaving the filters out by the coffeemaker.

However those little filter boxes can be ugly, all open and hanging out like that. Pass on the cardboard decoration and move on up to wood. The RSVP International Bamboo Coffee Cone Filter Holder is small, made from an eco-friendly material, and streamlines those foggy mornings. At $9.99 itâ€™s a small price to pay for a little morning clarity.

Stale snacks snap back

Even with all the preservatives and salt that gets tossed about in snack foods, they still donâ€™t fare too well when left out in the open. A stale potato chip or pretzel that has lost its snap need no longer lurk in your pantry. Put those poorly closed bags in the past and move on up to these Copco Bag Caps. Available in Round or Oval for all your snack saving needs, the bag caps snap easily onto your favorite ~~junk foods~~ healthy bulk items.

Eclipse Wine Rack begs to be stared at

Designed by Neil Cohen, the NambÃ© Eclipse Wine Rack is only for the brave. While I doubt staring at its curvy structure for too long will cause any permanent eyesight damage, your heart however, may be another matter.

Iâ€™m just not sure how comfortable I am with storing wine that is supported solely by the neck of the bottle. Good thing I donâ€™t have any high-priced varietals hanging around to test just how sturdy it is. Or $200 in my 3-bottle wine rack budget for that matter. However, it certainly looks cool; just donâ€™t stare at it for too long.

Banana Split brings bunches of bananas to the countertop

Not only do bananas belong in bunches, but they also belong hanging from a tree. Since most of us canâ€™t find the time to tend the banana groves in our backyard, we need to find alternate options for banana bunch hanging. Enter the Umbra Banana Split. A nifty little banana hanger, the design by Jason Nip features styling in white and â€œmellow yellowâ€ for that all important banana appeal (ahem).

(Via Dwell)

Brownies and deviled eggs together at last

No matter if your favorite potluck item to bring to gatherings is brownies, cupcakes or deviled eggs, youâ€™re going to need a way to get them there. Luckily, the Deluxe Bakers Sto â€˜N Go can accommodate all that and more. With two deviled egg trays and four standard trays, the portable carrier makes it easy to share your favorites with a crowd. The shelves slide in and out and are completely adjustable, while the retractable handle makes for easy portability. Not only can you leave undesirable smushed eggs in the past, but with this carrier, thereâ€™s also room for a batch of brownies. (Hint, hint.)

Simple solution for storing nonstick pots and pans

Nonstick cookware goes bad. Not in the sense of that rotten tomato lurking in the back of your fridge, more like the coating just wears off after so many uses. Other than scraping the surface with metallic utensils, there is another common way to hurry your cookware into the pan graveyard: by storing it.

All nonstick pan owners are faced with a dilemma: Just where am I supposed to store this thing? You could put one on top of the other with the nonstick surfaces facing each other, thereby protecting the coating. Or, another popular option is to just keep the nonstick pans on top of all the other cookware. However, at some point itâ€™s time to get real. Other than a wall rack or hanging ceiling mount the best place for pots and pans is stacked right on top of each other. Right on top of each other, that is, with these Pan Protectors sandwiched in between.