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Hi Westie, Actually, no, there aren't icing buckets. The bakeries make everything from scratch. I do have one paint bucket that is about 3 gallons maybe and it's been scrubbed, but I don't think I'd want to put food in it. It still smells like paint. And YES, I have a vacumn sealer on a wish list. We have another missionary family moving down in November and they are bringing a container, so they are offering me some space for goodies. Among other things on my list is a good food dehydrator and a good vacumn sealer. Any ideas on a good model?? Thanks for the links!

Westie and ArmyofFive4God, Howdy. Your ideas are great, but we don't have milk crates or the big buckets down here, LOL. It is taking alot of "thinking outside the American box" to come up with ideas for efficient storage. I have alot of storage space, but its scattered all over the house. I'm trying to figure out how to make my storage spaces work more effeciently so I'm not wandering all over the house looking for supper ingredients. I have tomato products and pastas in a half closet under the eaves, powderd products in a dresser, canned goods in a guest room, etc, etc. If we ever get to buy or build a house, it will have some secret places, if for no other reason, they are soooo coool!!! Thanks for your help!

So 8thsinner, tell me more about the scout pit design, I'm listening. Steel tubing is out of the question, although a good idea, it's way way too expensive. And yes, surviving a quake would be a good goal! Most of the housing here is so substandard (even the nice houses) that if there's a big quake, there won't be anything left.

Renting really stinks when the whole house is made of brick, building blocks (they are like concrete blocks but not made of concrete) and plaster. There is no hidden space anywhere in the walls. Yikes. We have several half height rooms (they are like a tall crawl space) under the house that would work, but our biggest natural disaster threat is an earthquake. Do you think it would be safe to store supplies under the house? It is dry and temperature stable under there. The last earthquake was in 1960, but there have been lots of rumblings up and down the Andes these last two years.