Most upper kitchen cabinets come with two shelves, placed equal distances apart. When I’m setting up a kitchen, the first thing I do is remove the shelves from the cabinets. Then I start at the bottom, placing items where I want them. I install the next shelf as low as possible, leaving enough room to remove items with ease.

Generally, there’s a lot of room at the top of the cabinet for another shelf. I buy shelving and the little shelf hooks at my local home improvement store. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the additional space I’ve created in my cabinets. Sandi

My husband and I recently repainted our living room for a fresh, new look and then realized our curtains no longer worked with the new color. We couldn’t find anything that we both liked.

To our surprise, we found fabric shower curtains at Dollar General that worked perfectly—only $10 each. Because of our window is quite wide, we needed four of them.

For only $40 we have a totally new look in our living room and we love it. Trish