An extra deep cabinet can go so wrong
How I ended up with 26 screwdrivers.
At first it seems great: look at all this space!
I can fit so many things here!
I’ll totally remember what I have in the back, no problemo.
Who wouldn’t want a luxuriously deep cabinet? But the reality slowly creeps in, and before you know it the back of that extra-deep cabinet is a dreaded black hole. Items go in, but never come out. Your knees quake at the thought of traversing its depths to discover what lies within.
I know this cycle well because I just recovered from 5 years with a black hole tool cabinet in our basement.
(And before you roll your eyes, I see you small space dwellers thinking you’d give anything for an extra-deep cabinet. I know, I KNOW. I’m spoiled.)
The tool cabinet started innocently enough. When we moved in, I dutifully sorted all our tools into bespoke containers, favoring old yogurt tubs and recycled cardboard boxes due to my anti-bin beliefs. Ever the good girl, I labeled everything as though a label could resist the force of…