I made my own door-mounted spice rack, and originally wanted deeper shelves like you do. After figuring out the dimensions required, I decided against it. If you go with deeper shelves, the overall unit has to be less wide to provide clearance when opening and closing. If your door is only 13" wide, you are going to end up with a very narrow unit. Also, the cabinet's internal shelves will need to be cut back more. I decided to keep the spice rack shallow to allow more width, and just refill the smaller bottles as needed. We do have space for some oversize bottles in an adjacent cabinet.

Having one-deep spice storage is fantastic. What used to be a frustrating search process, pulling many bottles out of the old cabinet, is now easy.

thanks DIY2Much2Do! yes, I agree, the spice rack will be pretty narrow on my narrow door. my cabinet is a little deeper than normal though, at 16" deep, so i thought it would be ok to give up a few inches of interior space for having some things readily at hand on the door.

I just want it for all my vitamin bottles, bandaids, etc. (currently living on my kitchen island). i had tried keeping all in a basket inside the cabinet before, but it was still a bit of a chore to rifle through it all to find a bandaid or aspirin when you really need it. And then, I found my lack of organization was causing me to not take vitamins because it was too much effort to get them, lol. My early new year's resolution was to get more organized and reduce my counter clutter.

I would love to see your DIY spice racks! it sounds like a great project!

Oh FYI to anyone looking at this thread, I found this revashelf storage tray that I think will work. It is a bit deeper than their spice rack and looks nice to boot. It comes in 3 sizes too. I ordered one and am now awaiting its arrival. I will update everybody if it works out!

revashelf door mount storage tray

Hello michoumonster,

Good luck with your decluttering and organization. That rack you found looks good. The curved sides will help with clearance. I’d just be careful with the screw lengths if you have a thin center panel like I do.

I have the same issue with forgetting vitamins since they are out of sight. My spouse and I joke that one of our goals as we age, is to stay healthy enough that the centerpiece of our kitchen table isn’t a lazy susan full of prescriptions. That seems to be the case for a lot of our relatives.

Here’s my DIY spice rack, which holds 40 bottles. It’s a 22” wide x 39” tall cabinet. The internal shelves are cut back 3”.

Wow DIY, that is so tidy!

DIY, that is amazing! it looks so perfect, like a built-in. I am so envious of your incredible organization too :-) ! I would love to see other of your projects too. Do you have a blog or instagram? if not, you should make one!