People living in apartments know the struggle of having to deal with low storage and to do basic kitchen organization. Here we are going to discuss Kitchen Organization Ideas and some kitchen cupboard storage ideas and tips to create more space in your small kitchen and how to effectively utilize it and organize your kitchen cabinets and pantry in most classy way possible.
let’s begin.
1. Keep Your Kitchen Counter Top Clean and Clear
The first rule to organize a kitchen for efficiency is always to keep your countertop as much empty as possible to utilize it while working. Store everything in the cabinets, pantry, inner side of cabinet doors, or hanging on kitchen walls
2. Organize Under-Sink Cabinet the First
Use this cabinet to store your cleaning supplies, kitchen towels/toilet rolls. Use baskets to organize items. You can double your storage space instantly by using folding racks to utilize vertical space effectively. Shelf dividers are a great invention to utilize vertical space in a cabinet.
3. Use Over the Door Towel Hanger to Hang Kitchen Towel
Get an over the door kitchen towel hanger to hang on the cabinet door for kitchen towels and dish towels. One of the Kitchen Organization Ideas is to Wipe your sink after every use to keep it dry and bacteria free.
4. Use a Sink Organizer
Get a sink organizer to keep your cleaning accessories organized and handy.
5. Fridge-Side-Rack
Use fridge-side-rack to hang on the side of the fridge to store your pet supplies, kitchen towels, left over cereal packs, or snacks or you can use it to store onions and potatoes. Use this rack to store items you need a quick access to. This fridge-side-rack is very easy to install and completely safe to use on the side of fridge. I personally have this Kitchen Organization Ideas list in my priority.
6. Use Racks in the Cabinets
Invest in some appropriately sized racks to place in large cabinets and baskets to organise your kitchen utensils on the rack.
Notice the clutter creators in your kitchen and give them a proper place so that they don’t have lie on the counter top and make a mess.
7. Designate a Place to Everything
Do not store things randomly no matter how small it is. Always make a proper place for an item and always store it in its designated place. For example, organize condiments and left-over food sachets by putting them in baskets and storing in cabinets and pantry.
8. Keep Frequently Used Items Handy
Store frequently used items close to stove. For example, Oil dispenser, Tongs and spatula holder, spices etc. Invest in small racks to store these items.
9. Use Metal/Melamine Trays to organize Oil Dispensers
Oil dispensers are the biggest mess makers in the kitchen. Place them on a surface which is easy to clean, for example, stainless steel, ceramic or melamine. Avoid to use any wooden surface to store oil. Although wooden trays look stylish but wooden surfaces are prone to absorb oil and attract dust.
10. Use a Step Rack for Spice Jars
If you are using top cabinet for storing spices, then go for a step rack to store spices in the cabinet. The idea is to make it clutter free and accessible.
11. Designate a Place to Half-Consumed Food packs Kitchen Organization Ideas
Organize your half-consumed food packs in a basket and make sure to check that basket first when you need it before opening a new pack. Invest in a wire or plastic basket for such left-over food packets and it will save you from a lot of wastage.
13. Do Not Over Crowd Your Cabinets:
Sometimes in order to utilize a space fully, we tend to cram it with stuff and it ends up looking messy than organized. To make the kitchen cupboard storage ideas in real, your Kitchen is a place where we need to use all stored items frequently and getting them in and out from a fully packed cabinet and drawer will become a hassle. Put things in cabinets in most effective manner that they are easy to access.
14. Do Not Make Unthoughtful Purchases
Whats your preference when buying something for kitchen? Perhaps size, shape or how beautiful that looks, these are all obvious factors which attracts us to impulse buy a kitchen item.
But if you want an organized kitchen then change your preference to “how will I store this item in my kitchen” while shopping for kitchen items.
This way you won’t have to struggle to create a space in your kitchen for an item. It already has a space in the kitchen when it arrives.
15. Kitchen Organization Ideas, Prefer Stackable Crockery for Easy Storage
Avoid crockery which is difficult to store while shopping for kitchen items. Go for the designs which are stackable and occupy less storage space. Every little thought contributes towards a well organized kitchen in the end.
16. Get 4-Tier vegetable baskets instead of 2-Tier
When buying vegetable-storage rack, go for 4 tier rack instead of 2-tier basket. It occupies the same floor space but offers more storage.
17. Use Under-Shelf-Wire-Rack
Install a wire shelf under your top cabinet to maximize storage near the stove. Most of them come with a metal insert to hang them to cabinet without using nails or hooks. They are great to utilize the vertical space under a cabinet or inside a cabinet. These racks are super-efficient and very sturdy. You can use them to store heavy spice jars for the quick access.
18. Use Organizers for Cutlery Drawer
Use drawer organizers to organize your drawers effectively and prevent clutter and mess. There are several available in different sizes and colors.
19. Drawer Liners for Easy Cleaning
It’s good idea to Use shelf and drawer liners for the cabinets prone to create a mess or under oil dispensers. Use water proof liner for cabinet under sink. Use anti-slip liners for the drawers designated for crockery
20. Use Wall Space
Use wall space by hanging hooks or hangers to hang miscellaneous items, for example tongs, frequently used pans, kitchen towels, spatulas.
21. Pot and Pans Cabinet
Choose a large cabinet next to sink-cabinet to store your pots and pans. Use a pan organizer to efficiently store all your pans in the cabinet for easy access. You can keep it horizontally or vertically depending upon your cabinet size and location. `
Use some stick-on lid organizer available in cheap on amazon to stick on the back side of the door for storing pots ’lids
22. Compact Dish Rack
Alternatively, you can use compact dish rack for storing lids and chopping boards in the cabinet.
23. Crockery Cabinet
Always first line your crockery cabinet with an anti-slip liner to make it safer. Use a compact dish in crockery cabinet for storing plates for easy access. You can access different size plates easily with this rack which otherwise are piled up on each other and difficult to access.
24. Use a Tension Rod to Hang Mugs
A super inventive way to store your coffee mugs is by using a tension rod with some S hooks to hang your coffee mugs inside a cabinet. A great way to utilize vertical space in the cabinet.
25. Door Hook Hangers
Use over the door hook hangers for cabinet doors for hanging multiple items for example, strainers, whiskers and pans which are difficult to store in cabinets or drawers and take up too much space.
You can use self-adhesive hangers and hooks if your cabinet doors are not suitable to use over the door hook hangers.
26. Proper Utilization of Space
Use both horizontal and vertical space of cabinets effectively by using a shelf divider or folding rack. Arrange articles in a row for convenient access so that all your necessities are in reach and out of the way.
27. Use Under the Cabinet Wine Glass Hanger
Organize your wine glasses using a rack that fits under the cabinet. They have slots inside to hold the glasses by their bases. Since they dry upside down, they will be spotless. They will save you on drying-time as well as storage space.
28. Buy a Pantry
If you have a small modular kitchen with no pantry and have 2 feet floor space available, get this very useful 5 shelves (adjustable heights) from amazon to organize your pantry. It is very reasonable priced and has efficient features to organize pantry.
29. Use Transparent Containers for Storage
Use tall clear plastic storage jars for storing pasta, pulses, beans, rice, cereals, flour etc. See through containers saves time and energy. We can see the contents and quantity of containers without having to take it out or open it.
30. Use Baskets to Organize Packs
I would suggest these Kitchen Organization Ideas, Do not just line up packets and packs in your pantry. It tends to create a mess over the time. Always use baskets to store cake mixes, spice mixes and cereal boxes in pantry to make it look clean.
31. Use Square or Rectangle Containers in Pantry
Round containers are the biggest culprits of space wastage. Square or rectangle containers are ergonomic and have more capacity to store. Also, they are super easy to arrange and organize without wasting any space in a cabinet.
32. Set Up Your Home Coffee Station
while setting up different sections of my kitchen I make sure to go through the Kitchen Organization Ideas and also make sure to Invest in this super inventive coffee-shelf and set up your own classy coffee bar at home. It has a shelf to organize jars for coffee, sugar and cookies and has a bar to hang coffee mugs by using S hooks. It will save you tons of space and help organize your coffee bar in most compact way possible.
That’s all the most effective tips on how to organise kitchen and pantry. We would love to get your feedback on which tip you found helpful to organise your kitchen. comment below and let us know !
