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Do I stack things wrong?

32 replies

cookiesandmilk · 26/01/2020 22:04

Ok, my unorganised cupboard is annoying my partner. I just wash up and put things away quickly without much thought. Do I need to be more attentive to the appearance of how it looks?

Do I stack things wrong?
OP posts:
Claphands · 26/01/2020 22:07

No, tell him Or her to do it

Nottobesniffedat · 26/01/2020 22:14

Pans are a pain to stack anyway but they look neat enough. Plates are at the top stacked, easy to access. Yep all looks good.

ParsleyPot · 26/01/2020 22:17

It's perfect. Tell them to stop moaning.

SallyLovesCheese · 26/01/2020 22:23

Looks fine to me!

mineofuselessinformation · 26/01/2020 22:32

Sorry to go against the grain, but the pan lids would annoy me. Could you find a space for them in something similar to a drainer so they are easy to get out without the rest of the pile crashing out of the cupboard?
The rest looks fine, by the way...

FishyMcFishyfingersFace · 27/01/2020 01:13

Pans are ok, I'd be concerned about lids getting bashed, but they don't look like they are glass so not too much of a worry.

Plates in my cupboards are always neater, they sit centrally on top of each other rather than higgledy piggledy like yours, but they aren't too bad. I am anal about having mine lined up so that is high praise from me!

At the end of the day as long as they are safely in a cupboard and pretty easy to access, does it really matter how tidy or untidy they are? And surely they are hidden by a door? (Unless it's an open/glass fronted cupboard, then I'd need them all lined up as I'd be able to tell they weren't straight every time I saw them.)

TheMobileSiteMadeMeSignup · 27/01/2020 01:18

I have a corner wire rack thing for the plates in our cupboard. Pots are now, thankfully on a rail up on the ceiling so they are out of the cupboard to make room for blender, toastie machine etc.

Your cupboard would bug me but it's not my cupboard. If your DH has an issue with it then he can sort it and find solutions which work for everyone who has to use the stuff.

Retroflex · 27/01/2020 01:34

I couldn't live with it, but thankfully it's your house, not mine.

PixieDustt · 27/01/2020 01:46

For me I flip pan lids over on the pan and stack the smaller pan on top and do the same just so the kids are always on them.
I couldn't have my plate in a bottom cupboard either Grin

PixieDustt · 27/01/2020 01:47

Kids! I definitely meant lids Blush

fallfallfall · 27/01/2020 01:53

You need a wire rack pull out for both shelves.

TwoZeroTwoZero · 27/01/2020 01:55

We had a problem with where to put the pan lids until I accidentally broke two of them (one shattered when I put it into the sink full of cool water straight after cooking and I managed to melt cloths onto the other two). Now we just have messily stacked pans. At least the cupboard door shuts!

TooleyVanDooley · 27/01/2020 02:05

I couldn’t live with the bottom of that cupboard. If I was your partner I would be quietly seething. This is why it’s best that I live alone.

The top shelf looks ok, but there is a lot of wasted space.

ILearnedItFromABook · 27/01/2020 02:43

How would he (or she) stack them? They look safe and orderly enough to me, though there may be more efficient ways of storing the dishes, if you're short on space.

I have preferences for how dishes are put away, but I almost always do it myself, so I get the "privilege" of arranging things as I like. If my husband puts things in the wrong place, I just sort them back the way I like them, if I'm that bothered.

If your partner has very good, convincing reasons for wanting things done differently, I'd consider making some changes. Otherwise, I'd tell him that either he always does it himself or he accepts that you have different methods.

BodenGate · 27/01/2020 02:48

The flipping the pan lids to stack thing works brilliantly!

Shev1996 · 27/01/2020 02:50

Oh if I posted a pic of my cupboard you’d all freak out, I have pans of various sizes stacked on what has been cleaned last. My plates are different sizes and stacked in no apparent order. Bowls are put on top of wherever is room 😂

Casino218 · 27/01/2020 03:13

No, but you stack things incorrectly. Sorry I just couldn't let that one go.

UserX · 27/01/2020 06:16

Are you really short on cupboard space? Why do you have so much crammed into one cupboard? And all different types too.

Nanny0gg · 27/01/2020 07:43

@Shev1996

You're right, I would! Are your food cupboards all over the place too?

TreeTopTim · 27/01/2020 08:24

I don't think there is anything wrong with the cupboard. But then maybe it is because my cupboard looks a bit like that. I have a small kitchen and little cupboard space so my things are quite crammed in. I do have a little bit of order as in everything has its own place and big plates are put with big plates, small plates with small plates etc.

Whatifitallgoesright · 27/01/2020 08:38

You do the washing and putting away - up to you how you arrange it. When he does the washing up and putting away he can do it how he likes. Shrug and ignore.

Somanysocks · 27/01/2020 09:07

Why isn't there a door on your cupboard?

Fuckitwhynot · 27/01/2020 09:08

Why do people care about this type of shit?

cstaff · 27/01/2020 10:04

If he doesn't like it let him rearrange it but that is his issues - not yours. It looks fine to me.

TheMobileSiteMadeMeSignup · 27/01/2020 10:35

Why do people care about this type of shit?

In my house I care about it because it saves having to pull out half a dozen things to get the one I need. It prevents potentially breaking stuff if things are stacked unevenly and slide out when the door is opened.

But mostly the accessability reason. I don't want to spend prep time emptying and re-stacking a cupboard.