When I opened my cupcake stand on Christmas morning, my first thought was, “How Cool!” My second thought was, “Where in the world am I going to keep this?” My San Francisco kitchen, while large, has extraordinarily limited storage space. So I got to work thinking of a way to make it useful on an everyday basis.
My first thought was to use it to display travel souvenirs and keep it in the living room.
Kinda cool. But then where do you put all of the tchotchkes when you actually want to use the cupcake stand for… I don’t know… cupcakes?
Then I hit on this idea -
use it for pantry produce! I usually keep all of my lemons, limes, shallots, onions, garlic, etc. in a big bowl on the kitchen table, which I’m sure doesn’t help the shelf life of any of them. I’m not too worried about the onions and garlic, but I know I could use a better way to store my citrus. It will also help me remember to buy more when I’m running low.
Other ideas? Candle holder? Hors d’oeuvres when I have a fancy party? What have you used your cupcake stand for?
