oh yeah i know about not storing them too close to the stove . the distance between the planned shelf location and stove is 44 inches away, so i think it's far enough away. when i move the spices, i'll be able to move the flour/sugar/oatmeal to the current spice cabinet area, then move the pans/pots to the current flour/sugar area to make it a bit more middle aged back friendly (or is that ergonomic?). now the heavy pans are under the stove in a drawer, and getting to those pans means sitting on the floor, moving a cat off my lap, then getting back up, creaking a bit, and so on...
so it's time to move those spices.