We have a kitchen cupboard. I suspect it was originally a coat closet when the house was built, because it's weird. It's about 4 feet deep, but it's over the wood box, so you get one foot of floor, then a "ledge" or shelf that's 3 feet deep. We also had a top shelf that didn't go all the way back, maybe 2 feet deep.

DH has always wanted to reorganize this closet. Fine. He wants more shelves. Fine. So he started a project yesterday to redo the closet. He took off the top shelf entirely and put in new shelves (on the top) that run along the sides of the closet instead. So yes, we have more "shelf space". That's completely un-fucking-usable. First off, the shelf is above my head by about 8 inches, so I can't see anything unless it's right on the edge. Then, three fucking feet of shelf is actually above the "ledge", meaning I'd have to move crap and get up on the ledge to get anything down! I certainly can't reach it. Hell, I can't even see it right now. I was looking for beef broth for dinner, and I looked in the damn closet and didn't see it. I asked DH and yes, it was on that fucking shelf. (DH also had to climb up on the bottom shelf to get it, by the way.) So I wouldn't have even known IF it was there unless I climbed up on the bottom shelf so I could look!

I tell DH that I don't think we should put food on that shelf. I can't even SEE things to know if I have them, much less reach them. DH says, "You couldn't see anything the way it was before!" I say, "Yes I could" and that was it. DH snapped "FINE! I'll just take it all down then!" and stomped off with his panties in a twist. Normally I might have said, "No, it's fine, I'll get used to it" and tried to salvage his feelings, but I HATE THIS NEW SHELVING.

WHY do men have to invest so much of their ego in whether a DIY project works?!?! GAH! I'm not speaking to him at the moment. Too afraid I might say something I'll regret tomorrow.