Cindy Fuller
My parents had a lazy susan corner cupboard, and out experience was about the same as everyone else who had that style of closet. Inevitably, someone would close it or spin it a little too hard and cars and cans would go flying, most often falling into the back corner from which it was a major PITA to recover them.
I have a double cupboard over the stove where I keep coffee, tea, and some baking supplies. To the tight of the stove I have a small single cupboard where I keep most of my herbs and spices. There is no great system for organizing them. Tall bottles of sauces go on the bottom because that is the only shelf where they fit. They share that shelf with the most commonly used herbs and spices. Most of them are in large containers. The two shelves above are for the less frequently and seldom used ingredients respectively. If I am need something I rarely use I automatically check the top shelf. It works for me. I also have a combination mug rack spice rack beside the sink. It will hold a dozen large mugs and about 20 spice bottles. Somehow I am able to remember which are up there.
A few yeas ago I had a problem. My sister in law came to house and dog sit for us for a week. She is much more organized than my wife and I are, or has a greater need for organization. She arranged my spices and herbs, my baking supplies and everything in my pantry. It was neat, and there was a system to it, but it wasn't my system. After a few weeks of searching for things they eventually fell back into my old system.
