When my parents built their “dream house”, my mother had cabinets installed in the kitchen that had shelves that were more than a meter deep. She used to store her china/ceramic services/patterns in a single row, but deep into the recesses of the cabinets. That way, she could see all the patterns or sets she had once she opened the cabinet, and if using that pattern, all the plates were pulled out and cleaned before use. I used to roll my eyes at that until now, when I have kitchen paraphernalia stuffed in all parts of the house, and I can’t recall where much of it is…