The Medicine Cabinet

I know, I've been in the kitchen lately, and it's a switch to do the medicine cabinet...but really it's not for me. 


When we moved to this house 5 1/2 years ago, there was absolutely no storage up high in my bathroom.  This made certain things difficult.  You see, I had a 5 year old, a 3 year old and twin 1 month olds.  Child-proofing the house was a must.  My kids are all climbers and curious...plus my son who has autism was barely verbal at the time.  The thing I realized was that I couldn't store anything in the bathroom that would harm anyone.  My cabinet under the sink in there was impossible to lock/childproof so it was basically useless for anything but towels and toilet paper (which were a mess daily for a while when the twins got old enough to become "explorers").  Child-proofing for a kid who picks locks (not kidding) and hacks computers (it started before he could talk) is pretty much impossible without a serious budget that I don't have.  The thing I found, however, is that my son is not much of a climber.  My daughters are all climbers, however, so that doesn't always help...but I wouldn't know that until quite a bit later.  Anyhoo, all this is to say that the highest cabinet in my house is in the kitchen, so that's where the medicine goes.  It's also not easy to climb to (but possible with twin power...fortunately I was faster than they were when I found my twins up there at 3...fortunately my mommy sense was working and I left the bathroom and found them before anything happened).

Okay, that's my long explanation for why my medicine is in my kitchen.  Let's get on with the show, shall we?

This shelf is above my spices, as you can see in the picture.  It's got doors and is pretty well hidden.  The kids know to keep their hands off...now.  Still, you can tell that if I want something in particular, I'm going to have to look a while.  This doesn't make me happy when I have a headache. 

A while ago I purchased these little baskets that were the perfect size for this shelf.  I figured I would sort and label everything so I could see what I wanted and what I was out of.  Unfortunately, the only time I thought about those baskets was when I couldn't find something and someone was sick, so I was busy.

Now is the time!  So I went through the medicine.  I threw away all the old prescriptions that nobody takes anymore, got rid of the expired stuff and found medicine that I could have used back when I had a cold!  I also found a couple of movie passes that were stuck up there for some reason...they are still good, so I'm going to have a cheap dates sometime soon!

My son has a lot of medicine that is just for him, so I knew he needed his own basket.  I also labeled the other baskets for cold/allergies, stomach, pain, first aid, and vitamins.  Looks good, doesn't it?  I can actually find stuff and just reach for the right basket when I'm looking for something for my headache! 

I don't know where my next project is going to be...I'm debating the pans, but I'm scared...what do you think?