I was brought up in a right-of-a-cup household, where my father wouldn’t fill a glass with tap water without blowing into it. “Just making sure there are no spiders,” he explained. There are zero cup spiders on record, possibly because my family spilled a gallon of milk a day and cycled through all the cups to do so, not even leaving time to collect dust. Leave it.
Nowadays, I store my cups upside down—except for two blush vintage French coupes—mostly because of what I’ve seen done at trendy home design shows. But is there a right way to store your cups? To get to the bottom (or top?) of the problem, I turned to the experts and left it to the organizing professionals who know kitchen cabinets like the back of their hand.
The right way to store your cup, according to professional organizers
If you have ever wondered what your favorite water glass, dinner mug, souvenir plastic cup, Champagne A flute, or a tea cup with a 24-karat gold rim right side up or upside down, is the answer: it depends. Fortunately, your best bet is easily revealed by your daily routine.
“Inverted storage can be a great idea if your main concern is keeping dust out, as it prevents dust and debris from collecting inside the cups,” says owner Aaron Traub. Professional Organizer New Orleans. Consider a bottom-shelf stemware rack for delicate wine glasses. “However, for cups you use daily, I recommend upright storage, as it’s more practical. If you’re tight on real estate, Traub recommends shelf risers, which are vertical. take advantage of and create air circulation around the wet glassware.
End on SK OrganizingThe best way to store cups complements your lifestyle, says certified professional organizer Shara Kay. “We store drinking glasses in any orientation, taking into account the frequency of use, shape, and delicacy of the glassware, and whether the glasses are exposed to dust on open shelving or stored behind closed cabinet doors. ” Overall, the SK organizing team prefers to keep the cups upside down, except for one organizer who admitted that they have a habit of storing them upside down. Plus, it keeps the dust off vintage barware that might only be used for special occasions.
All in all, it looks like the cup on the right might be the key to storing your everyday cups, with rims that stick to any glassware. But if you don’t want to worry about your holiday-themed coffee mug collecting dust, turn it upside down until you need it.
As for my own cup collection, I recently rescued a spider that had fallen into my stainless steel water bottle, which I had left to dry, which it encountered (address Chala, my dad was right!) Depending on the day and the cup we might all be a little Team Cup Up and Team Cup Down.