Problem Solved

Over time Paul and I have broadened the scope of our cooking which resulted in an accumulation of spices that exceeded our previous form of spice storage: a plastic shoe box. We had been cramming more and more into that overflowing box. It had gotten to the point that an avalanche occurred whenever we needed to use any of our spices.

Just taking the box off of the shelf meant there was a mess to clean up and then nearly everything needed to be taken out of the box to locate the desired spice.

A solution was required. Paul and I discussed our options and settled on watchmaker storage cases. We ordered some from a Canadian company and, after a messy conversion, have this to show for it:

A tidy shelf!

And storage containers that show off the spectrum of spices.