Finally Built Shelving For My Tobacco Jars

shaintiques · Oct 24, 2016

So I recently moved. At my old place I had a whole walk in closet with shelving and could easily go in and select a blend. Here we are much more limited on space and I have been having to dig through these bins, but no more. Just built this shelf to hold the jars. The shelves are angled to keep the jars in place. Now I can once again see everything and choose a blend with ease. The top two shelves are Flakes and Virginias, middle shelf are Englishes, and bottom shelf are Aros for the most part. I still have one bin with Quarts and misc.

Here is the before

And the after

johnbarleycorn · Oct 24, 2016

Wow I thought I had a lot of open tins.... cool shelf by the way.

pagan · Oct 24, 2016

Nice, and you still need the milk crates :laughat: TAD to the max

cobguy · Oct 24, 2016

The shelves are angled to keep the jars in place.

Great idea!

Wow I thought I had a lot of open tins....

LOL ... glad to see I'm not alone in this! :D

cossackjack · Oct 24, 2016

Very clever.

How many pounds will each shelf hold? (I think that each empty quart jar is about 1 pound)

shaintiques · Oct 24, 2016

No idea how much they will hold but it's pretty solid and I bolted it to the wall, two points on the studs.

anthonyrosenthal74 · Oct 24, 2016

Very cool. Nice touch, angling the shelves.

hextor · Oct 25, 2016

niiiiicee!!!! looks almost like a wine cellar.

hmhaines · Oct 25, 2016

Fantastic! Sometime down the road I'll have to weld up some shelves for mine!

ejames · Oct 25, 2016

Nice Dave !

jvnshr · Oct 25, 2016

Nice. And I can see that you have more space now.

crashthegrey · Oct 25, 2016

What a brilliant idea. Those shelves are perfect for the purpose. Good on you.

cosmicfolklore · Oct 25, 2016

Great Idea. I may have to steal that design. I am having shelves built into the walls of my pipe room, and I had been wondering how I was going to read labels once they get stacked in eight or ten jars deep. This solves that problem.

stbruno70 · Oct 25, 2016

Outstanding design. Well done.

dkaye201 · Oct 25, 2016

Nicely done!

jitterbugdude · Oct 25, 2016

They look nice and I like the idea of slanted shelves. One question though- Is the shelf secured to the wall? If not there is a good probability that it will collapse sideways. Seen it happen many times. If you can wiggle the shelf left and right, you need to secure it.

didimauw · Oct 25, 2016

I like that idea! But what about the jars on the bottom of the shelves, with 2 jars on top of it?
And I see the guitar case hiding...do tell!

jpmcwjr · Oct 25, 2016

Excellent design. If you were in earthquake country, you'd want to put netting down the front!

shaintiques · Oct 25, 2016

It is secured to the wall at two points. And the jars aren't technically round so you can easily pull one out of the bottom and just shift the other jars into it's spot. As for the guitar it is one I borrowed from a friend because I'm going to start taking lessons.

ericusrex · Oct 25, 2016

Wicked smaht!

Finally Built Shelving For My Tobacco Jars

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