It works well for items and containers that right sized, but what about all the smaller things she wanted to put in it. She had a number of items in smaller plastic bags and they could only be stacked as high as front lip of the shelf.
She decided this was the shelf she wanted something made to hold those bags. She searched and searched the internet trying to find a container that would work, but she had no joy. Sad Linda.
To restore that wonderful smile she constantly beams out I said I could make something, but it wouldn't match the current pantry finish. She replied she didn't care what it looked like, she just wanted something that would work, and besides, since the pantry was normally closed why did it matter what it looked like. As you can tell from the photo, I took her at her word and went for function over appearance.
A modified and reinforced laser printer cartridge box was all it took. She did say she didn't care what it looked like. Possibly Bad Bob.
I did glue a piece of plain cardboard to the front to improve its appearance as well as give it more stiffness. I rounded off the back corners so it could be as high as possible and still be easy to remove. She quickly had it filled with bags of those extra of secret ingredients that make her cooking so awesome.
I made a cut out for the pantry latch. To rotate the box, the box has to be slid a bit to the right. Maybe some day I will make one out of lauan plywood and finish it with something closer in color to the existing finish. It would look nicer, but would it really matter?
The bottom compartment posed a different problem. Linda has her sweet tooth while I have a spicy tooth. That begins with breakfast where I enjoy a glass of spicy V8. The thing is V8 doesn't make a low sodium spicy V8, so I buy the low sodium regular V8 and add my own spicy mix to it, La Anita Habanero sauce and freshly ground black pepper. The refrigerator in Sophie isn't conducive to the large containers of V8, but the pantry is right sized for the smallest cans, it just can't hold that many.
The solution was a scrap piece of thin plywood I had saved when making some modifications to a previous RV. I cut it down to size and drilled a finger hole to make it easier slide back and forth. The corner cutout and surface imperfection that were already in the piece didn't matter because they would be hidden by the front piece of the compartment.
The slider in place.
Now I can stack the V8 cans higher than the front piece without fear of them sliding forward and jamming the drawer.
The slider in the closed position with the cans in no danger of sliding forward. When the pantry is closed you can't see either mod. When it is open, it is only for the brief time it takes to remove something or put something in it. Does it really matter what the mods look like? Not to us. Two easy mods that made Linda a very happy camper. Good Bob.
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