Shelf liners

[mc13]

First time homeowner here...do you line your shelves in your kitchen? Linen closets? If so, recommend what brand/type you use.

[piccyami]

We bought new construction, so we only lined things if we didn't want something to slide.

[MapleMomma]

We've never lined anything.

[sarenu]

Apr 7, 2017 11:56:37 GMT -5 MapleMomma said:

We've never lined anything.

Ditto.

And I don't like the grip stuff because over time it sticks to wood and leaves a residue.  Not to mention anything you put on it cannot move.  So no sliding things to the side.

[piccyami]

Apr 7, 2017 11:58:41 GMT -5 sarenu said:

Apr 7, 2017 11:56:37 GMT -5 MapleMomma said:

We've never lined anything.

Ditto.

And I don't like the grip stuff because over time it sticks to wood and leaves a residue.  Not to mention anything you put on it cannot move.  So no sliding things to the side.

Yeah, we definitely only use it temporarily. We put some under a drawer we haven't installed yet because we weren't sure of where we wanted it at the time. We'll install it eventually.

[dramaphile]

I used the fake wood contact paper on a couple of drawer shelves in my pantry that were stained and looked weird. Other than that, nope.

[mc13]

See, this is what I thought the answers would be. I feel like it's a generational thing. My mom was shocked when I told her I would just wash the insides/outsides of the cabinets and not put anything down before putting dishes in.

[Stringy]

BM does because her mom said to and she can't have any deviation from the "norm"

[Crisco Salad]

I think there is some in our cabinets. It was there when we moved in. I'm sure it is original to the house.

[briarrose]

The only shelves I have grippy liners on were the ones that are in a built in that we cannot remove and we wanted something that looked cute because you can see them. We bought just whatever was cheap at Walmart, and in that cabinet I don't care if they ruin whats underneath, because I will keep lining that particular cabinet. All our new cabinets, no way do I have time for that.

[brandiewine11]

Nope. I always felt like it was dirty and hard to keep clean. And I don't see the need for it.

[critter015]

In our old place the insides of the cabinets were rough unfinished wood, so I put the rubber shelf liner stuff on most of them so they would be wipeable. Our new cabinets are finished inside so I didn't bother.

[pipsqueak]

Dh went through and put some kind of shelf liner in some cabinets and drawers in the kitchen only. The silverware drawer under the plastic divider thingy, under the plates, and under the glasses are the places that he did put shelf liner down. I think the logic is to make clean up easier in the event one of the glasses/plates hit against another and chipped/broke. The shelf liner is only held down by the weight of the items on it so removing the liner with the glass shards would be easy. Same concept with the silverware drawer as it is directly under the most heavily used section of the counter top and if it's not closed completely stuff falls in from the counter.

Even my mom has drawn the line at lining linen closets.