making effective use of shelf space

Sometimes I buy appliances that are practical and get a lot of use. That is the case of our toaster/convection/broiler oven which we bought last fall. Other appliances sit there and gather dust. That’s the case with the NuWave oven. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but as I used it I realized that its capabilities were quite limited. I began to look at it more as a novelty appliance than anything else. It was finally relegated to a cabinet in the garage.

That freed up shelf space for our tortilla press, which gets used regularly, as well as for our kitchen calculator and kitchen scale which also get regular use.

That’s a much more effective use of our limited shelf space.