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Save cabinet space with stackable stemware
Stemware always takes up far too much space in kitchen cabinets. Even trendy stemless wine glasses can only reduce the shelf height requirement, leaving a full footprint occupied by each glass.
That’s why we were elated to come across these inexpensive and stackable Eddy glasses from Crate & Barrel. They’re only $2.95 each.
Cheers.
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24 comments posted
Posted by Laetitia in Australia - 01/25/2010
I’ve seen them before, or at least something very similar, years ago.
Posted by Geri - 01/25/2010
Very cute! I’m getting a medieval vibe from this glassware too.
Posted by Rue - 01/25/2010
Nice! If only all glasses were equally as stackable…I have some plastic ones that stack easily but some glass ones that don’t.
Posted by Amy loves Bud - 01/25/2010
Totally want those. Thanks for spending my cash.
Posted by Amy's Stocking Stuffers - 01/25/2010
Nice! I am currently storing wineglasses in my barrister bookcases with my books due to space issues!
Posted by Dawn F. - 01/25/2010
Now these are awesome!!!
What a nice housewarming gift these would make for someone moving into their first small apartment or home!
Posted by Louise - 01/25/2010
Good price, and cute in a squat sort of way.
Posted by Shalin - 01/25/2010
And 11oz of liquid – nice…
Posted by Beth - 01/25/2010
Last month we upgraded our servicable, but unstackable, drinking glasses for a set of the ultra durable and lovely Picardie bistro glasses. They make me happy twhen I hold them, and extra happy when I put them all away and still have room in the cabinet. (Baby steps…)
I have a suggestion in response to your first sentence about the stemless glassware’s footprint. We store both types of stemware efficiently by hanging the leggy stemware from a rack and arranging stemless pieces under that. So approximately 30 glasses fit into the small cabinet over the sink, and it’s easy to hand-wash and put them away.
Posted by Kate Ashford @ HerTwoCents - 01/25/2010
I’m all about space-saving glassware. I also own small rocks-type glasses that don’t stack well (straight sides). I solved that problem by putting the first glass in upside down and the second glass sits on the first glass’s bottom. That way I’m not trying to balance a glass on another glass’s rim.
Posted by carla - 01/25/2010
But the shape is all wrong for red wine.
And that’s why there’s so much space allocated for stemware in our house. The right glass for the right drink.
Posted by Fred E. - 01/25/2010
On the subject of shopping, why no mention of the great article in the NY Times this past Sunday? Modesty?
On the subject of stacking glasses inside each other, even inexpensive ones, it can cause them to crack and chip.
I do stack some I use infrequently by placing a sheet of heavy plastic shelf liner on top of them to give a layer of protection. In restaurants they always use stacking plastic racks that protect each glass, and they buy their barware in bulk very inexpensively.
The Picardie glasses by Duralex mentioned above are great and you can use them for wine for informal meals as well as hot liquids like coffee because they are tempered. They are being manufactured once again and you can even buy them on Amazon. I can’t recommend them enough.
Posted by Fred E. - 01/25/2010
Carla, I think you will find that in many wine-drinking countries like France, Spain, Italy, etc. that for family meals, most people just use ordinary glasses for their table wine.
Posted by Handy Man, Crafty Woman - 01/25/2010
hmmm, interesting idea.
Posted by Abeline - 01/25/2010
I’m a big fan of the upside-down racks that bars and restaurants use. This looks like an option for someone less fumble-fingered than myself.
Posted by Another Deb - 01/25/2010
@ Beth and Fred, Picardie glassware appears to be unavailable many of the places online that advertise it. Out of stock, liquidation of company assets… different stories. I like the look, hoped to find some that was in stock and not in “Replacements LTD ca 1997″
Posted by Janet - 01/25/2010
Now THIS is a helpful post. Stemware always annoyed me because it didn’t stack.
Can anyone who already has these confirm how tall the stack is when two are stacked on top of each other? I want to measure and see if they’ll fit in my cabinet. I would really appreciate it.
Posted by J - 01/26/2010
I’ve been looking for some new stemware, so thanks for the suggestion!
Posted by Michele - 01/26/2010
Re the right glass for the right wine, when I was a student in France (early 1990s), and among my family in Italy, we used ordinary tumblers for wine. We didn’t even use champagne glasses for champagne.
I go through about one bottle of wine every week, and I like to try all kinds of varieties. I’d go nuts if I had to keep the gamut from champagne flutes to brandy snifters on hand. Instead, I have a pair of hand-me-down crystal stemware for myself and a dinner guest, plus a dozen stemmed water goblets for wine-tasting parties. The goblet shape serves as an all-purpose shape for delivering the bouquet and taste of many varieties of wine, in my experience.
If I’d seen these stackable glasses before I found my water goblets, I might have bought these first! As it is, I store the dozen goblets in a cabinet, in the divided cardboard flat I bought them in. It would be nice to have stackable ones that take up half the footprint.
Posted by Michele - 01/26/2010
@Abeline, the only trouble with the upside-down hanging racks for barware is that, if you don’t use all the glasses regularly or rotate their use, you end up with dusty glasses. Sure, the dust is on the outside, but I still wouldn’t want to offer that to a guest!
This comes from personal experience. A friend of mine thought his glassware racks were the best thing since sliced bread when he bought his home. So he hung up his glasses in neat rows, organized by type. But then he didn’t use his stemware frequently enough to avoid the dust problem. It seemed to me that either he had too much stemware, or he needed to add “dust the stemware” to his regularly occurring list of housecleaning tasks. Or drink a lot more wine, or host more frequent parties!
You can see this happening in some bars, too.
Posted by Fred E. - 01/26/2010
Another Deb, the Duralex Picardie went out of production for a year or two due to bankruptcy but they are back in production and available in all different sizes on Amazon. The Conran shop had some a couple of weeks ago but they only had the 8 oz. +/- size, Amazon has all different sizes. They are definitely there and in stock, I just checked.
Posted by pkilmain - 01/26/2010
Another “hanging by the stem” reader here (we got ours out of a nautical supply catalog) and yes, the glasses get dusty. I try to rotate them, and end up washing them when we have guests. But really I often use a regular table glass for wine when I’m home – it’s much safer when I’m working at the computer or cooking. I can’t tell you how many wine glasses I’ve broken (or how much wine I’ve spilled) when using wine glasses at any place but the table.
Posted by RDB - 01/27/2010
They have stackable mugs too! We have them in 3 colors and they have really saved us from a lot of broken glasses and chipped lips!
Posted by Carol - 01/28/2010
Thank you thank you thank you!! Years ago (when I lived in Manhattan, with quite limited space), I bought 12 stacking wine glasses from C&B. Then moved to an apartment (in Pittsburgh) with even LESS storage space and I regrettably gave away 6. Figuring, if it ever really turned out that I needed 12, I could go back and buy more. They were cheap!
Then they went away. They had acrylic ones, but I didn’t want acrylic ones. AND then I broke one of mine. I’m so, so glad they have these new ones (which are different….but also nice).
Let me tell you some other nice things about these glasses. The part that holds the liquid is a great size, and a multi-tasking shape so you don’t feel weird if you want to drink water or juice out of them. Also, have you ever curled up on the couch with a glass of wine in a long-stemmed glass? Stem gets in the way, at least for me. These, not so much.
So, if you’re really uncluttering…..in my opinion, these could be your only glasses. They look sturdier than the old version too.
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