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22nd century media | October 4, 2018, 2018 | 9<br />
How ShelfGenie<br />
saved one kitchen<br />
and can save others<br />
Fed up with unloading<br />
cabinets and struggling to<br />
reach cookware cornered<br />
on shelves, Priscilla needed<br />
a magician — or a genie.<br />
ShelfGenie simple custom<br />
kitchen organization<br />
system solved Priscilla’s<br />
kitchen woes.<br />
Priscilla contacted<br />
ShelfGenie for a complimentary<br />
in-home design<br />
consultation, and the session<br />
couldn’t have gone<br />
better, she said, adding that<br />
she was impressed the designer<br />
listened and understood<br />
her frustration and<br />
needs and was ready with<br />
suggestions specific to her<br />
space.<br />
ShelfGenie’s custommade<br />
Glide-outs were measured<br />
and built to fit into<br />
her existing cabinets and<br />
pantries without requiring<br />
any remodeling.<br />
The installation went<br />
extremely well. “He was<br />
clean, he was efficient<br />
[and] he cleaned up after<br />
the job was done,” Priscilla<br />
said about Chris, who installed<br />
her shelves in less<br />
than one day.<br />
After organizing her<br />
newly revamped kitchen<br />
spaces, Priscilla embraced<br />
an entirely different and<br />
simpler experience in her<br />
kitchen. Everything she<br />
needs is now right at her<br />
fingertips and doesn’t require<br />
her getting on her<br />
knees or wrestling things<br />
from the back.<br />
“In one section where<br />
my pots and pans were,<br />
I used to have to take just<br />
about the whole stack of<br />
pans out to get to the one<br />
that’s in the middle or that<br />
one that’s at the bottom,<br />
and the pans were very<br />
heavy,” she said. “So now<br />
I have two drawers: one is<br />
pots, and the other is pans.<br />
“It has just simplified my<br />
life.”<br />
Before the ShelfGenie<br />
drawers were installed,<br />
Priscilla was working with<br />
wire shelving in her pantries,<br />
while smaller items,<br />
such as zip-top baggies and<br />
plastic wrap, were stored in<br />
less-than-ideal cardboard<br />
boxes.<br />
Housing canned goods in<br />
a more convenient space is<br />
just one of many examples<br />
of how ShelfGenie has improved<br />
the functionality of<br />
Priscilla’s kitchen. It has<br />
trimmed her time prepping<br />
and organizing so she can<br />
get back to what she enjoys<br />
most: cooking and spending<br />
time in the kitchen with<br />
her family.<br />
The ShelfGenie Glideouts<br />
have given her back a<br />
lot of space she lost to inefficiency,<br />
so now even more<br />
items, such as water bottles<br />
and drinks that were stored<br />
in the basement, can be<br />
stored in the kitchen where<br />
they belong.<br />
With the amount of time<br />
spent Priscilla spends with<br />
her family in the kitchen,<br />
she said the drawers are<br />
“worth their weight in<br />
gold.”<br />
“I’m just thrilled with<br />
them. I’m just thrilled,”<br />
she said. “I feel organized.<br />
I can see things, and I can<br />
get at things. It’s just a real,<br />
real good day every day.<br />
Every day is a good day in<br />
my kitchen. It’s not frustrating<br />
anymore.”<br />
ShelfGenie offers an<br />
extensive line of custombuilt,<br />
Glide-Out shelves<br />
for all areas of the home.<br />
Whether one needs Glide-<br />
Out shelves for their bathroom<br />
pantry, kitchen, home<br />
office, garage or any other<br />
room, ShelfGenie can design<br />
the custom Glide-Out<br />
shelf solution for all cabinet<br />
storage needs. For a<br />
free design consultation,<br />
call (708) 480-1775, and<br />
for more information www.<br />
shelfgenie.com/chicago.<br />
22CM Boost is the content-writing<br />
division of<br />
22nd Century Media.<br />
Submitted by ShelfGenie<br />
Chicago. For more information,<br />
visit www.shelfgenie.com/<br />
chicago or call (708) 480-1775.<br />
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