Haha, I love that. Spices are another one of my weaknesses as well. And I'd like nothing more than to do something similar to what you did, actually.

Problem is my wife doesn't like the aesthetics of my solutions. I'm slowly wearing her down, tho. We went with something that she liked but wasn't as practical as it should've been. She's realized that it's not what we we were hoping for and has agreed to change it. Haven't found anything worthwhile at the obvious stores like Ikea and such so now I'm looking for alternatives.