LOL...whether he's great, guilty, or been abducted by Aliens...sure sounds like a fantastic plan to help you with your dish addiction! Whatta Guy!!!
Don't worry about building shelves, that's easy enough most anyone can do it. Just plan for heavy dishes when you buy the materials to build with. Sagging shelves are a sad sight. LOL.

hugs, Karen

WooHoo for you!!
Sounds great.. I wouldn't even question 'his motives' !! lol
Who knows, this could be the 'Start' of Many Good Things to come!!
However, if DH does become overwhelmed by the project...
there are always the Industrial Stainless Steel shelving units. Sometimes they're less costlier than buying the wood.
I've got a few (in different heights) in the attic and garage. They are strong and look good too. However,
I also have Wood shelves too...I'll take all I can get.

Good luck and looking forward to seeing what develops...

jane

What a nice guy!!! Maybe he'll add a servomechanism to move the disheware pieces into place as you need them. lol!

How exciting!!

I have some of those industrial racks on wheels.
They are wonderful.

Come to think of it, more storage of ANY KIND is wonderful!

OMG, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that he follows through on it! Heck, if it's down in your basement, at least he won't be messing up the kitchen/living areas while he works on it. His plans sound good. He must be a real sweetie to think of you like that! An early Valentine's Day gift, perhaps?

Did I ever tell you all about this house I saw once that had a long dish gallery in the hallway? The woman's DH built it for her. It was quite shallow, lighted, with glass doors and shelves to display everything. It was about 12-15 feet long and 6-8 ft. high. I've never seen anything like it!

Frankly, I'm pea green with envy of ANY area that your DH's build for your dish storage. I think I need to go clean out my linen closet and dream about turning it into a dish cab. Keep us posted on any progress, MM!!!
Lynn

MM, don't question the motives, none of us can really figure out men! LOL I'd so love to have all my stuff together in one place instead of in several rooms. Beginning the spring "editing" soon so might be able to devise a better system.

Hope you post pics of your new storage space. Tell your DH he has to follow thru as we're all waiting to see the finished product! ;-)

Karen : LOL, sagging shelves could get him in trouble. I'm betting he'll be taking pains to avoid that.

Lynne: Ohhh what I would give for a dish gallery (or the room to have one for that matter).

Lucky : I learned long ago not to try and figure them out, all it does is cause a headache without results. LOL
I'm not saying a word of any kind which might hinder his creativity or progress. He might not get this ambitious again.LOL
The only thing I told him was let me get my garden totems out of there before he goes to lugging wood ,tools and whatnot in there. No breaky breaky!. lol

MM, go get your totem stuff moved NOW! Don't give him any reason to have to postpone his plans for your shelving or it might go on the back burner! Let him get started while the idea and his enthusiasm is fresh in his mind.

I so envy you having a basement area that you can use for extra storage--how great that would be. ;o)

Lynn, I've already "confiscated" the two bottom shelves in our hallway linen closet and I've been trying to figure out where I can move some of the other stuff so I can have more of the shelves!

This sounds kinda wonderful to say the least. I'm sure it will happen before you know it. Does he have any idea how many dishes and table linnens you have? If not you may have to let him in on your little secret so you get enough shelves for all of it.LOL Does he go shopping with you? I've been so busy I can't remember if it's your DH who goes with.

My DH is great at letting me go to Ross and TJ MAXX every time we go to town. He is going to be a BIG supporter of my TS in time, I'm thinking. When the kids bring dishes, he gets pretty excited.

Punk

mm... I was in Costco today, and I thought of you.
They had Chrome Industrial shelf units on sale for $26.99.
They were 4 and a half feet high by 3 feet wide. With 4 shelves per unit.
Just in case you have to add to or 'suppliment' your wood shelves.
You can NEVER have enough!! lol

jane

Punk : Yes, poor DH knows how many I have since he frequently shops with me or he's the one who has to go out and haul 'em all into the house. LOL
He drives me nuts sometimes but he really is a prince and never complains or growls about why I "need just one more set".
I have a hide-y cabinet up here that I plan to keep my table linens in so all he's really figuring out how to store is extra dishes,glassware,vases,candleholders ect that takes up the most space.
For the moment though , it seems the plan is a bit on hold since it's tooo cold to work out in the garage cutting the boards and what not :(. It has to warm up sooner or later though so we'll be moving forward.

Jane:
oooo... *thinking* *grin* ...
that would be something I could do myself but then he might get a bit miffed at me. Have to look into it though as another option.