Living in an apartment, extra space is prime real estate. Creative space saving ideas are a must. While perusing a DIY website I saw a fancy holder inside a cabinet that attached to the inside of the door to hold lids! WOW! However, the lid holder was rather pricey and required screws to attach to a solid wood door. NUTS!
I live in an apartment; screws and nails are a big no-no! How could I do the same thing cheaply and not permanent? Well, I had to give this some thought. I was hanging some curtains and the idea came to me, 'peel and stick hooks' !
I went to the huge national discount store and the name brand hooks are rather expensive, $6 for two hooks. Nope! Gotta think cheaper. I was off to the Dollar store. I picked up 12 hooks for $1. Yep, that's excellent.
I installed the hooks by measuring the lids width (really by holding the hooks and lid and placing them on the door). I attached the hooks and let them sit according to the instructions on the packaging. I smugly hung the lids and it was brilliant! Well, whoops, not quite perfect...minor glitch!
After a few hours of the hooks gave away from the weight of the lids and the lids promptly fell, with loud bangs, inside the cabinets. UGH! Okay, I used cheap dollar store hooks...should have known. Duh! So, I was off to the local craft store for a tube of epoxy. (It was still cheaper to purchase the $1 Store hooks and extra glue/epoxy than a package of the name brand peel and stick hooks.)
I reattached and reinforced the hooks with a nice thick layer of epoxy. (Aren't these permanent now?) I used some packing tape to hold them tightly in place and waited 24 hours before rehanging the lids. SUCCESS!!!! So far, so good! I still close the cabinet doors gently, but probably not necessary.
I'm really glad that this idea works, and I have a much easier and quieter cooking experience. The lids are out of the way and stored efficiently. GOOD, INDEED!
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