The cupboard over the fridge

Kate is having a very interesting contest – show her the contents of the cupboard over your fridge. Now, at first I thought this wouldn’t be worthwhile, since I use that cupboard (heaven help you if you’re less than 5’9″ and need a paper towel in my kitchen, is all I’m saying). But when I actually took a look at it…

I obviously use it less than I thought. From the left, some boxes of Nut Thins, the aforementioned paper towels, a mongo jug of salsa (*mental note to cross salsa off grocery list*), the smoothie attachment for my blender (the blender attachment was my wakeup call), more paper towels, and party type paper plates, cups, and cutlery. You can’t really see my collection of Chipotle napkins behind the center bar, alas.

Within moments of opening the cupboard…

“Oh, what’s in here? Tuna? No… paper towels! Mom, you know I love to shred paper towels! Why are you hiding them in here?”
“Hmph. I will sit on top of this cabinet and meditate imperiously upon this injustice.”

27 thoughts on “The cupboard over the fridge”

  1. Your cupboard above the fridge is VERY organized. (I’m not showin’ you mine.) I do, however, have a real cupboard under the stairs that’s perfect for HP! 😉

  2. I don’t have anything up in that cabinet because I just about break my neck every time I try to reach it.

    Chaos is having dreams of being a lion.

  3. Hey! Have you been knitting, or just admiring your cabinets?? (FYI, I think ours has lightbulbs, a sushi set, and perhaps some paper towels. Now I have to go home tonight and check tosee if I am right!)

  4. Haha. I have a Chipotle napkin collection too.
    Our frige sits in a recessed cut-out area and there is no cabinet above it. Only a few inches of the frige actually sticks out from the wall, but Lucy still jumps up there and balances precariously on top of it.

  5. O lord, another catchen that kowtows to the Shredding of the Paper Towels. I should take a picture of the paper towels themselves! Of course, now I’m not sure how I’ll get up there with the catchen-induced twisted knee, but one problem at a time.

    Chaos and Kahlo are obviously cousins.

  6. I have no cabinet above our fridge, since our kitchen is sadly lacking in cupboards. Our paper towels are stored on a bookshelf which also holds our microwave, a bread box and our toaster. Which is convenient for Guinness, who also loves to shred paper towels.

  7. OK, I’m sitting in my office, wondering what the hell could possibly be in that cabinet over the fridge. I honestly have no clue. I’ll check when I get home tonight. I suspect it’s just rarely used junk, maybe an old vase, but this could be interesting.

  8. I had to get up and look to see what was in mine – nothing, it turns out. Of course, I had to move the bag of chips, box of popcorn, and package of English muffins that are on the top of the fridge to look.

  9. I can’t actually reach the cabinet above the fridge, so I’m sure its probably empty. Chaos looks very happy surveying his kingdom from the top of the fridge.. my cat is too much of a klutz to get up on top of ours.

  10. Like any vertically challenged person, I put things up there that I rarely need….goo thing too because there are phone books on top of the fridge and blocking the doors. Upon inspection, I did find my apple peeler and electric frying pan…..I wondered where that was 🙂

  11. Giggling at the salsa…Bradon’s mom has hoarding problems, so one year during Thanksgiving, her sons took it upon themselves to clean, inventory, and organize the pantry. Their conclusion? She is not allowed to buy cranberries or applesauce ever again, under any circumstancs. She has enough of each to feed a small army for three years.

  12. Hee! It took me a few minutes to remember whether I even have a cabinet over the fridge. (I don’t, but there is a shelf there. It has tupperware and dish towels. I think.)

  13. I don’t have a cabinet over my fridge, although I frequently have a cat up on top of the fridge. From the counter to the top of fridge, then up to the tops of the kitchen cabinets – Simon likes to lay in the far corner. I used to have vases on top of my cabinets, but now it’s baskets and other unbreakables!

  14. I used to have a wine wrack over the fridge. No wine so I ripped it out and now have a black hole above the fridge. Just never got around to making it nicer. It’s a great place to hide things, though!

  15. Chaos looks (and acts) just like my cat Willie. If there’s an open cabinet, Willie will be in it. If there are none open, he will work on getting them open himself.
    My husband and I are both tall, so we actually use the cabinet over the fridge for stuff we use. I probably need to go look though, now that you’ve brought it up.

  16. Heh, Chaos actually shot up there that quick! Wow! You might need to bungee those shut from now on, since he knows what is in there ;o)

    We use our cupboard – but it isn’t over the fridge. I love your black kitty magnets!

  17. I’m impressed you can even reach it… Mine has nothing in it because it’s too high off the ground and the fridge sticks out so far, I can’t put anything in mine. I really need a step stool…

  18. Heck, I lose bigtime in this competition – I don’t have a cupboard above the fridge. We had to bring in extra cupbords when we moved in to actually be able to put stuff away rather than leave it on the floor in boxes, but we don’t have an over the fridge cupboard…yet…

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