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To think there is nothing you can usefully store on top of kitchen cupboards?

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NotACompleterFinis · 08/02/2017 22:18

I have a huge gap between top of kitchen cupboards and the ceiling. But I can't use it. I have scoured Pinterest for ideas but I know that anything I put up there will just get greasy and dusty. Or am I just grubby. Does anyone usefully store anything in that space without it getting grimy?

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Justmuddlingalong · 08/02/2017 22:19

I store a thin layer of dust on mine. But even that gets a bit grimy after a while.Wink

Montezumasrevenge · 08/02/2017 22:20

Back in the day folk would put hops to dry there.
I'm talking 80's and fake drying hops though.

Fishcakey · 08/02/2017 22:21

My pans and recipe books are up there.

Elphame · 08/02/2017 22:21

I store a couple of sheets of newspaper on top of the kithen cupboards. When they get dusty and greasy I throw them away and store some more clean paper up there

ScarletForYa · 08/02/2017 22:22

Plants, big pots. Secret chocolate.

dalmatianmad · 08/02/2017 22:22

Recipe books, they get a but grim and I have to wipe them though.....

Motherwithflaws · 08/02/2017 22:24

I've got extra cupboards that go up to the ceiling (copied from pinterest) and they're fab for storing random things that rarely get used.

Llamacorn · 08/02/2017 22:24

I have baskets and a couple of decorative items on mine.
They never get grimy, just a quick wipe when I do my weekly deep clean keeps on top of it.

AppleAndBlackberry · 08/02/2017 22:24

Turkey foil! Also random bits of plastic that came with the fridge.

NannyR · 08/02/2017 22:24

It's a real waste of space. I've toyed with the idea of keeping cake tins and other bulky, rarely used things, but like you say, it gets dusty and greasy.
When I replace my kitchen in a few years, I'm having cupboards that go right to the ceiling.

AppleAndBlackberry · 08/02/2017 22:26

(so no not really...)

QueenCarpetJewels · 08/02/2017 22:27

I only have something on top of one cupboard that that goes to within 6 inches of the ceiling. It's a piece of worktop that has to be put back in place when we move out (it was removable in order to fit a fridge freezer in the space where it was). It's been up there 9 years during which time it's only been touched by the cat who is able to stand on top of the fridge freezer on his back legs and look up there with his front paws on the piece of worktop. So I expect the space is also storing plenty of dust and some paw prints.

treaclesoda · 08/02/2017 22:28

I got a new kitchen a few years ago and I bitterly regret that I didn't get the cupboards built right up to the ceiling. Even if the very top bits were actually fake cupboards, it would still be better than a layer of dirt and grease.

NarkyMcDinkyChops · 08/02/2017 22:29

We put large boxes of cereal up there as we buy in bulk when on offer. Also I hide crisps up there in a vain attempt to not eat them.

QueenCarpetJewels · 08/02/2017 22:29

(um... so also no)

Oysterbabe · 08/02/2017 22:30

Big jars of stuff I'm pickling.

PerfectlyPosed · 08/02/2017 22:32

Ice cream maker, nice champagne glasses (in a box), perfect prep machine and anything I couldn't find a space for elsewhere. Dread to think what state it's all in, though.

Man10 · 08/02/2017 22:32

My cupboards go all the way up to the ceiling. (Not that high as it's a modern flat.) I keep a small stepladder handy as it's the only way to reach stuff on the top couple of shelves.

It's a U-shaped kitchen and the only place I can see any of the three walls is between the worktop and the overhanging cupboards.

Sgtmajormummy · 08/02/2017 22:33

In my large gap I have covered cardboard boxes which contain out of season equipment like ice cream maker, lolly moulds, Easter Bunny cake tin, you get the idea. I just get them down when necessary and they don't look cluttered or grimy.

honeylulu · 08/02/2017 22:33

The kids sweetie tins and the biscuit tin - they can't reach them!
Also spare kitchen rolls (tend to stock up at Costco and get loads).
Some spare shoe boxes - I am gradually Marie Kondo-ing the insides of the cupboards and using the boxes to segregate stuff so it's useful to have a few to hand.
Big box with its own sections and clear lid which contains seasonal type items only occassionally used like birthday cake candles, cookie cutters, pumpkin carvers etc.
That's about it.

gobbin · 08/02/2017 22:34

Cat bed...plus cat! He loves surveying from on high, as does another of ours who loves to sleep on top of the (cupboard-concealed) boiler!

DramaAlpaca · 08/02/2017 22:35

The cat likes to leap up there & survey the kitchen from a height. He has to spend ages afterwards cleaning the dust & grease from his paws.

I've a few decorative plates and jugs up there, but I hate the grease & grime they get covered in.

WendlaBergmann · 08/02/2017 22:37

Sloe and Damson gin at the moment. And dust. Blush

ph0ebe · 08/02/2017 22:37

I store my wrapping paper up there. Also used parcel packets Grin
Barely used champagne glasses Ina nice box, mine has a lip so you can't see the wrapping paper or parcels
Do you have a collection of tins (like me) they might look ok up there?
Fake flowers?

MrGrumpy01 · 08/02/2017 22:40

In the old kitchen we would also keep cereal. It was never up there long enough to get grimy. Our new kitchen is higher so we store nothing there.