Quote Originally Posted by joycenalex View Post
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.
Sounds exactly like my house! My son gave me a new set of cookware for Xmas and now I have to remove half the pots and pans to get the piece that I need. I bought a pot and pan rack and was going to install it in my kitchen but it turned out to be an eyesore, just from holding it up, so I returned it.

Good luck. I'm sorry that I wasn't of more help.