![]() Made of commercial-grade, powder-coated steel, the wire shelves have a polished but heavy-duty industrial vibe that says, “This is the kitchen of someone with solid knife skills!” It instantly changed the look of my kitchen. I also splurged for a pair of add-on hanging wire baskets to help add some additional structure and storage for smaller, blobbier-shaped items. It comes in a handful of colors I stuck with black. After weeks of hearing her gush, “They’re perfect for when you aren’t living in your forever home, Leah!” (laden with “When are you going to move closer to your parents, Leah?” subtext), I bought the four-shelf version from the R5 line, which has ultradeep shelves and can hold up to 1,000 pounds. After recently downsizing, she needed a storage solution for the trendy kitchen gadgets my dad has begun hoarding in semi-retirement, and came across the Origami Rack at the Container Store. Thankfully, my mom was on a pantry journey of her own. So I headed in the direction of a utilitarian wire-style unit, inspired by the look of a pro chef friend’s home kitchen shelves, and promptly got overwhelmed by the options on Home Depot’s website and imagining how unpleasant they’d actually look in my much-smaller, much-older kitchen. the “starts at $425” price point - at the moment. My heart lies with the simple, modern look of Floyd’s modular shelving system, but I’m not ready to commit to investment furniture - a.k.a. ![]() I wanted whatever would replace it to be aesthetically pleasing enough to appear in a Food 52 article on pantry-storage tips but with limited upper body strength, zero will to mount anything onto a wall, and too much social anxiety to enlist help from Task Rabbit, I didn’t want to work for it. At the age of 32, I could no longer rationalize using a decade-old shoe organizer to store my rolled oats and canned chickpeas - it was time for something grown-up. Also, I looked at the makeshift pantry in the kitchen of my rental apartment. This past fall, after becoming roommate-free for the first time, I looked at my life and my choices.
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