ᐅ Drink crates and bottles? Where do you usually store them in your home?
Created on: 15 Aug 2018 07:17
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Herr Stein
Hello everyone,
We are currently planning our floor plan and are trying to decide whether to include a pantry or not. So far, we have a storage room where we also keep most of our beverages and food supplies. Our second refrigerator is also located there. We find this very practical and would like to keep it that way in the house.
However, it’s not easy to integrate a proper pantry into the floor plan. We have concerns about the utility room because of the heat. It’s probably warmer there than in the rest of the house due to the equipment. That would likely make it less suitable for storing drinks and the refrigerator. We also considered partitioning part of the utility room with a wall to create a pantry. This would fit well in the floor plan, but we wonder if a wall would really keep the separated pantry cool, or if it would just get as warm as the utility room.
How do you manage all your beverage crates and bottles? Where do you store them?
Best regards
Herr Stein
We are currently planning our floor plan and are trying to decide whether to include a pantry or not. So far, we have a storage room where we also keep most of our beverages and food supplies. Our second refrigerator is also located there. We find this very practical and would like to keep it that way in the house.
However, it’s not easy to integrate a proper pantry into the floor plan. We have concerns about the utility room because of the heat. It’s probably warmer there than in the rest of the house due to the equipment. That would likely make it less suitable for storing drinks and the refrigerator. We also considered partitioning part of the utility room with a wall to create a pantry. This would fit well in the floor plan, but we wonder if a wall would really keep the separated pantry cool, or if it would just get as warm as the utility room.
How do you manage all your beverage crates and bottles? Where do you store them?
Best regards
Herr Stein
We have a fairly traditional setup with a pantry (cooled) connected to the kitchen. That’s where we store the “everyday supply” of potatoes, drinks, and other items that belong there.
The rest of the drink cases are stored in the utility room.
The 25kg (55 lb) sack of potatoes is kept at my parents’ potato cellar.
The rest of the drink cases are stored in the utility room.
The 25kg (55 lb) sack of potatoes is kept at my parents’ potato cellar.
Now I’m starting to understand what people want with these pantries. Stockpiling and hoarding still seem to be popular in some places. Fummelbrett, do you ever have fresh food at your place? If so, you shop at least once a week. So why are you storing such large quantities?
I also remember from my parents that the basement was always full. When coffee was on sale, they would just buy 20 packs, the same with other items that were cheap at the time.
Looking at advertising flyers nowadays, products are constantly rotating in promotions, so you don’t need to buy such large quantities anymore.
We don’t do prepping 😉
Still, having a case of water in glass bottles would probably be sensible, just in case the tap water supply is ever cut off (which is what we normally drink).
I tend to prefer buying in larger quantities, for example, 10 packs of flour at once, because we use it all the time and I don’t want to carry small amounts around repeatedly—better to buy in bulk once.
It’s the same with everything else in cans or cartons.
The only thing I’ve really stopped storing in large amounts is frozen food because it eventually loses its taste.
And potatoes—well, we can’t get through a 5kg (11 lb) sack at once, and they sprout so quickly sometimes, so they need to be stored cool.
For everything else, it doesn’t really matter.
And if a civil war did break out, we would have bigger problems than not having enough supplies in the utility room or basement, and they wouldn’t help us at all without defense measures...
Oh, and I wouldn’t store flour and similar items in the utility room since we’ll also be doing laundry there, and despite having ventilation, it probably isn’t a good combination. But that’s what kitchen cabinets are for.
Looking at advertising flyers nowadays, products are constantly rotating in promotions, so you don’t need to buy such large quantities anymore.
We don’t do prepping 😉
Still, having a case of water in glass bottles would probably be sensible, just in case the tap water supply is ever cut off (which is what we normally drink).
I tend to prefer buying in larger quantities, for example, 10 packs of flour at once, because we use it all the time and I don’t want to carry small amounts around repeatedly—better to buy in bulk once.
It’s the same with everything else in cans or cartons.
The only thing I’ve really stopped storing in large amounts is frozen food because it eventually loses its taste.
And potatoes—well, we can’t get through a 5kg (11 lb) sack at once, and they sprout so quickly sometimes, so they need to be stored cool.
For everything else, it doesn’t really matter.
And if a civil war did break out, we would have bigger problems than not having enough supplies in the utility room or basement, and they wouldn’t help us at all without defense measures...
Oh, and I wouldn’t store flour and similar items in the utility room since we’ll also be doing laundry there, and despite having ventilation, it probably isn’t a good combination. But that’s what kitchen cabinets are for.
Alex85 schrieb:
Now I slowly understand why people want those pantries.It’s also a shock to me what people store! Canned goods? I’ve never kept them at home. Drinks: we drink tap water. I buy potatoes in 2.5kg (5.5 lbs) bags, but I don’t eat potatoes every day.
Of course, everyone has to decide for themselves, but personally, I don’t need a year’s supply.
Because of fresh fruit and vegetables, I have to shop once or twice a week anyway. Then I grab a pack of flour just in case it runs out. With today’s store hours (REWE open until 10 pm), you can still get everything if necessary, so in my opinion, there’s no need to stockpile.
Garten2 schrieb:
It doesn’t matter where the refrigerator is placed.Our fridge has a light on 😉
Herr Stein schrieb:
I find it reassuring that your utility room isn’t much warmer than the other rooms. Then I wouldn’t have a problem storing drinks and canned goods there. How about humidity? Our washing machine and dryer will probably be in the utility room as well…In our utility room, the temperature is the same as in the rest of the house. We don’t have any heating there.
Humidity should be managed by the exhaust system / controlled mechanical ventilation. Our utility room is upstairs, where most of the laundry is done. It’s important to me that the room isn’t entered with outdoor shoes to avoid dirt.
We installed a kitchenette from Ikea there. It has a cabinet for pasta and similar items. Drink crates, glass recycling, and the yellow recycling bag are also stored there, plus a second refrigerator. There’s also a microwave and an air fryer.
apokolok schrieb:
Basement people, basement!For 2 square meters (21 square feet) of drink crates and a few cans??? 😀
niri09 schrieb:
I’m shocked by what people still store! Canned food? I’ve never kept any at home. Drinks—we just drink tap water. I buy potatoes in 2.5 kg (5.5 pounds) bags, but don’t eat them every day.
Of course, everyone has to decide for themselves, but personally, I don’t need a year’s supply.
Because of fresh produce, I have to shop 1–2 times a week anyway. I just grab a bag of flour in case it runs out. With today’s store hours (supermarkets open until 10 pm), you can still get everything if needed, so I think there’s no need to stockpile.I do have canned food… still the ones I moved in with, it seems. Mostly we shop fresh as needed. There’s emergency water stored in a corner—6 bottles of 1.5 liters (51 fluid ounces). We’ll drink those soon to buy new ones. Everything kept in reserve in the cupboard always expires 🙁
I do it like you. Our supermarket around the corner is very well stocked. It closes pretty early though, around 7:30 pm, but a quick after-work trip always feels good.
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