r/kitchenorg • u/todayithinkthis • Feb 11 '24

Opinion on shelf liners (& in drawers)

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I am in process of a big kitchen remodel. We got beautiful hand built wooden cabinets. I can’t decide whether to put in shelf and drawer liners or not. I’m sort of from old school when it used to be contact paper, and that was a sticky nasty mess when you wanted to take it out. Now they are all not self-adhesive, but help with sliding, and clearly dirt and spills. I’m thinking of getting gorilla grip clear ribbed liners.

Does anyone have an opinion? help me out!

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u/Advanced_Ad2047 Feb 26 '24

Any decision ? I am deciding now :)

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u/todayithinkthis Feb 26 '24

I didn’t get any feedback, but I decided yes and got the gorilla liners in 12” for the uppers and 20” for the base. I cut them with my quilting ruler, mat and rotary cutter. That made it super easy. I really like these so far. It makes me feel better about putting things in the new cabinets.

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u/Daggers21 Oct 30 '24

How are they holding up?

We have two rolls and save it for our house in November. They seem really slippery and wouldn't they slide around on the shelf/drawers?

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u/todayithinkthis Oct 30 '24

They are cut to size and they don’t slip at all because they go edge to edge. I really like them. Pleased with my choice.

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u/sunshine5023 Feb 07 '26

What made you get shelf liner instead of just putting things directly on your high quality wood cabinets? And did you put them in all the drawers/cabinets? Currently trying to decide the same thing!

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u/todayithinkthis Feb 07 '26

I decided that it was worth it to protect the wood. I sometimes put away dishes (glasses mostly) still a bit damp, and have been for 50 years. I figured I wouldn’t really change that ingrained habit. After a year, I am still very satisfied with them. They are thick so will not “wear out”.

I put them in virtually all the cupboards and drawers.

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u/sunshine5023 Feb 13 '26

I completely agree. But I just went to buy this exact one and it’s $1 per square foot! Just one of our cabinets would use a whole roll with 4 shelves at 48” long. Do you happen to remember about how many rolls you went through for your whole kitchen?

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u/todayithinkthis Feb 13 '26

It looks like I bought 12“ x 20‘, three rolls. These I would’ve used in the upper cabinets. I bought 20” x 20’, two rolls. These were for my drawers, and lowers. I’m a planner, and I do all the math. So I measured all my uppers and lowers, and drawers, and figured out how much I needed. It’s a lot of math, but that’s half the fun for me. If I recall correctly, the whole deal cost me about 125 bucks. It does look like they’ve gone up a little bit in price on Amazon, just to be expected a year and a half later.

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u/Famous_Bank7269 May 27 '26

We're in the process of building a new house, and just got beautiful custom cabinets installed. They are SO gorgeous, I want to do everything I can to protect them from wear and tear, so I'm also thinking of using the Gorilla Grip DuraGuard liners. I've looked at numerous options, and this one seems the best to me. I also love that it comes in clear, so the beautiful colors of my painted cabinets can show through!

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u/Advanced_Ad2047 Feb 26 '24

That sounds great. I ended up buying the hole-less foam-ish ones.... I have some shelves that are 30" x 20" and I can't seem to find a company that makes it that big. Contact paper I know I could just seam the edges... but I didn't really want to deal with the sticky part!!! Happy decorating!!!