Happier Chef September 06, 2020, 11:28:42 am Since I’m often reluctant to add “stuff” to our Rig, I surprised myself and readily agreed with Margee to install spice racks. My motive might have been a bit selfish. If the Chef is pleased with her kitchen, then ... well you get the point. In addition, the spice racks opened up a surprisingly large amount of cupboard space. We bought them from Amazon and delivered in 2 days near our campground. The racks came with both screws and clear adhesive tabs with hooks. The online reviews reported the adhesive hooks were strong. So we installed using the adhesive hooks which really did seem strong.That’s it from Anacortes, WA. 7 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #1 – September 06, 2020, 12:39:13 pm Quote from: Ed & Margee - September 06, 2020, 11:28:42 amThat’s it from Anacortes, WA.Are you going to visit the San Juan Islands? Orcas Island is one of our favorite happy places where we first tried kayaking 33 years ago. We return every few years, usually when the San Juan County Fair is held, on San Juan Island. It's a small fair, attended mostly by locals, we love talking with them and all the 4-H kids, with and their animals.The spice racks look good in that location. Got to keep the cook smiling.Larry
Re: Happier Chef Reply #2 – September 06, 2020, 12:47:04 pm I keep the herb and spice containers (mostly 1 oz., a few 2.6 oz. from Penzey's) on "lazy susans" in a cupboard; the 9" rounds just fit. The containers are out of the light and heat, and easily accessible. The turntables hold quite a few containers, have a non-slip rubber surface, and are easily cleaned. Amazon.com - Copco 5220590 Non-Skid Pantry Cabinet Lazy Susan Turntable,...YMMV, of course! As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Happier Chef Reply #3 – September 06, 2020, 12:56:22 pm Ed & MargeeThe spice racks are a nice touch, similar to mine.But, I notice that you are still in possession of that old clunker of a fiberglass lift-up shelf hanging off the left end of the sink counter. I long ago replaced mine with a wood cutting board. It's a simple job, purchase an appropriately sized board and mount it using the same hardware. Amazon.com: Labell Boards Canadian Maple Cutting board: Kitchen & Dining As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Happier Chef Reply #4 – September 06, 2020, 09:28:05 pm Quote from: Larry W - September 06, 2020, 12:39:13 pmAre you going to visit the San Juan Islands? Orcas Island is one of our favorite happy places where we first tried kayaking 33 years ago. First, allow me say that we wish we’d discovered this area 33 years ago. Anacortes and the surrounding areas have stolen our hearts ♥️. We’ve hiked numerous beaches and walked around as many marinas. One day we sat on a hill over looking the Anacortes Marina for 2 hours watching the boat traffic with binoculars. Stole our hearts for sure. We’re planning to visit Friday Harbor next week, which is on San Juan Island. We’ve about 16 more days in and around the Washington coast before heading to the Oregon coast. (Our travels continue to be dictated by the availability of public & private campgrounds). We’re having the time of our life! 1 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #5 – September 06, 2020, 10:28:07 pm "Anacortes and the surrounding areas have stolen our hearts ♥️. We've hiked numerous beaches and walked around as many marinas. One day we sat on a hill over looking the Anacortes Marina for 2 hours watching the boat traffic with binoculars. Stole our hearts for sure. "This area has a way of doing this, particularly at this time of year! Fall there is breathtaking. Thanksgiving was early that year, and we stayed on so as to miss the Thanksgiving tourists clogging the campgrounds on our way back to Arizona. Bad choice . . . there were back-to-back freak wind and snow storms, and we were literally frozen down to the campground way longer than expected!We nearly succumbed to purchasing a home in Sequim, Washington in 2006, but the information we uncovered about the overdue Cascadia earthquake situation scared us off good and proper.Still it is an enormously attractive area with so much to do in all directions! Great for a vacation with a home on wheels providing the ability to skidaddle at will!The San Juans, and especially the ferry system, are a treasure! I long to return!!! Virtual hugs, Judie
Re: Happier Chef Reply #6 – September 07, 2020, 02:50:32 pm Ed & Margee Happy to hear you are enjoying our little corner of the country. Since you have another couple of weeks here, may I suggest that if you get tired of our salt water attractions, you take a day trip to our mountains. A trip to Artist Point on Mount Baker will be well remembered. Other places on the water I would suggest would be Deception Pass (a state park there for camping), Fort Casey on Whidbey Island to see the bunkers that protected Puget Sound during WWII, and if you want to go further North, Birch Bay State Park. Don't know how you plan to leave the area, but a trip over the North Cascades Highway (SR20) would be my recomendation. If not it, US 2 over Stevens Pass would be a good second.Judie...interesting you left because of possible earthquakes. We've lived in this area since 1973 and have never felt an earthquake (knock on wood). There was one felt at our location in 2001 (Nisqually Quake) but we were on the other side of the country in our Lazy Daze at the time. I wish more folks felt like you, as this area has seen extreme growth in the years we've been here, mostly from California. I guess the lack of a State Income Tax is part of the reason.Rich - Birch Bay, WA
Re: Happier Chef Reply #7 – September 07, 2020, 03:33:22 pm "Judie...interesting you left because of possible earthquakes. We've lived in this area since 1973 and have never felt an earthquake (knock on wood). There was one felt at our location in 2001 (Nisqually Quake) but we were on the other side of the country in our Lazy Daze at the time. I wish more folks felt like you, as this area has seen extreme growth in the years we've been here, mostly from California. I guess the lack of a State Income Tax is part of the reason."We didn't leave because of the earthquake possibility, we just decided not to buy a summer house up there. We were fulltiming in a 40-footer at the time, and, combined with the earthquake possibility, just decided we could come up there for the summers, continue to stay in our rig, and leave all of our possessions in dry Arizona instead of schlepping everything up to Washington to sit in the humid winters, when we would be back in Arizona on a leased lot.The Pacific Northwest had a magic hold on us, and so it was then (2006). Summer and Fall are incomparable. Our plans fell through, though, when we returned to Arizona and NOLA Boy was diagnosed with the cancer that has debilitated him to this day. We still dream of getting back up there, but that probably is just never going to be in the cards.Like you, we missed the Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area where we lived at the time in 1989 by being in a rented RV in Phoenix when it hit. Went through plenty of aftershocks, though. Glad to have sold and were completely out of California by the end of 1998. Virtual hugs, Judie <-- Sierra Vista, Arizona Adventures of Dorrie Anne | Photographing the West Today: Moroccan Experiment ********************************
Re: Happier Chef Reply #8 – September 07, 2020, 05:19:20 pm Ah, Cascadia! Judie, we were living in Alameda (stationed at the Naval Air Station) when the earthquake hit. Fun times! Not to mention the Oakland Hills fire!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6U198ULMYo 1 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #9 – December 31, 2023, 01:08:09 pm Happier Chef and All, I own a 94Chevy TK. I was hoping to place a spice rack in between the coffee maker and paper towels. The wall that I would install said rack on feels very thin… it is the back side of the shower. Does anyone have an idea how think this wall is? Is there a tape type of spice rack that LD folks are installing?
Re: Happier Chef Reply #10 – December 31, 2023, 02:03:50 pm "...feels very thin..."To avoid penetrating that wall you may want to utilize one of the many products from The iTape Store. I have multiple ceramic tiles fixed to my cabinets using the double sided, Dual Lock, tape from this company, and they have ridden there for years. Buy 3M™ Dual Lock™, VELCRO® Brand Hook & Loop | iTapeStore 1 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #11 – January 01, 2024, 11:26:55 am For those who have a surface that holds magnets, these are useful jars for spices. Magnetic Empty Small Hexagon Glass Spice Jars 20 Sets with Magnetic LidsOnly had two fall off on the entire trip to and from Alaska this summer, on very rough roads at times. 1 Likes As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Happier Chef Reply #13 – January 01, 2024, 02:23:15 pm Thanks, I did to make the surface hold magnets, but I like just as much for the color. 1 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #14 – January 01, 2024, 03:32:18 pm Dave, where did you find the metal panels? Are they already cut to fit? Color choices? Karen~Liam 98 ~ MB NinA
Re: Happier Chef Reply #15 – January 01, 2024, 10:12:36 pm I bought two pieces of unpainted 26 gauge sheet metal pan (so magnets stick) at a Lowe’s in Idaho last summer while on the road and cut them to fit with a snips, leaving it with lots of jagged warped edges. Still fits but I had scars on my hands the remainder of the summer to show for my impatience, wanting it NOW not when I returned to California in the fall.After cutting and verifying it fit, I used Rust-oleum Satin Protective Enamel spray paint for the color you see (Hunter Green?), would highly recommend using a primer first, would probably hold up a bit better.The original wood panels are still there, reversed, both for spacing and if I ever want to revert the panels.I would HIGHLY recommend ordering online a cut to fit piece of sheet metal rather than deal with snipping and botching a piece of sheet metal yourself. 3 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #16 – January 02, 2024, 01:42:08 pm Great Job! I thought you possibly found the easy way around the refrigerator front trim some of us are looking for! Karen~Liam 98 ~ MB NinA
Re: Happier Chef Reply #17 – January 02, 2024, 02:19:57 pm For what it's worth, I have twice ordered cut-to-size metal panels from OnlineMetals.com for use as refrigerator front panels. That link is to stainless steel panels, but they have everything from non-stainless steel to aluminum to copper or brass.(Think how good a copper fridge door would look in a cherry Lazy Daze interior! You'd have to varnish it, of course, to prevent tarnishing, and it wouldn't be magnetic, but that warm copper look would be unique.)I found the .048" thickness to be a good fit when replacing laminate trim panels in my Vitrifrigo fridges. With plywood or lauan panels in Dometic fridges, you might want thinner metal stock to overlay the existing insert panel. 1 Likes
Re: Happier Chef Reply #18 – January 02, 2024, 03:26:23 pm Quote from: Karen & Liam - January 02, 2024, 01:42:08 pm I thought you possibly found the easy way around the refrigerator front trim some of us are looking for!Wasn’t too hard to remove the plastic trim holding in the wood panels, pop them off and slide the panels out. Freezer is the easiest, fridge door is trickier as the panel is too tall to slide out without hitting the floor/ceiling.Except for the cutting of the sheet metal, which I wouldn’t do again (order from a place like Andy suggests) it’s the easiest mod I’ve done.
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