Top Five Kitchen Organizers

Kitchens are one of the most difficult areas of the home to organize. They must hold all of the equipment necessary for food preparation as well as an ever changing supply of groceries. With the constantly changing inventory of food, it can be difficult to remember what you have and what you need. It can also be difficult to put your hands on some of your cooking tools that you do not use on a regular basis. If you take the time to organize your kitchen once, you will save time with every mea l and trip to the grocery store. Kitchen organization is made easier by the variety of organizational tools that are available. By investing a little money in your kitchen you will save time and money, and make meal preparation much less stressful. If you only invest in five items to organize your kitchen, these products provide you with the greatest reward for the price:

Drawer organizers

A drawer organizer allows you to get the most storage space possible from each drawer in addition to making it a whole lot easier for you to find the item you are looking for. For narrow drawers where you store things like utensils or miscellaneous “junk” such as tape, scissors, rulers, etc., adjustable dividers make it possible to keep your items from tangling and jumbling all together. Drawer organizers with two drawers provide more room to stack dishes, canned goods or other items. Without a drawer organizer, you must choose between storing items only one high or stacking those items on top of one another. When you only stack items one high, you leave a great deal of empty storage space in the drawer, and when you do stack things, you must remove the top layer to view or access what you inevitably want from the products on the bottom. Drawer organizers can go in cabinets, in the pantry or under your sink. Anywhere that you find wasted space or groceries or dishes are stacked, consider using a drawer organizer.

Step shelves

Step shelves are typically expandable and may have two or more shelves. They are particularly handy for storing small items that look similar such as spices, extracts and even canned fruits, vegetables, soups and gravies. By lining the items up on step shelves you can easily read labels, and find what you are looking for at a glance.

Step stool

A step stool may seem like an odd item to include in an organization list, but stop and look around your kitchen. You probably have many areas that are out of your reach that would make excellent storage areas. Do you have cabinets above your refrigerator? If so, what is in them? More than likely things that you never use, that could be relegated to a box in the garage or even to Goodwill. Free up that space for items that you may not use every day, but that you do use on frequent occasion. With a step stool, access is no problem. If your cabinets extend to the ceiling, those top shelves are another source for hidden storage space. And what can you do if your cabinets do not extend to the ceiling? Consider storing items in wicker baskets on the tops of your cabinets.

Canisters

Canisters, preferably ones made of clear glass or acrylic, are an excellent way to make the most of your counter space. Clear canisters allow you to see at a glance what you have and how much is there. Think outside the box when using canisters for storage. In addition to flour and sugar, nuts, chocolate chips, coffee and cereal can all be stored in canisters. Anything that appreciates a dry storage solution is fair game for removing it from its box or bag and pouring it into a canister.

Roll out cabinet drawers

To get the most storage from your cabinets, consider roll out cabinet drawers. These drawers sit on the bottom of the cabinet, and you can pull the entire tray out. This allows you to see at a glance and to easily grab what you are looking for. For the most efficient use of your kitchen space, each cabinet should have either a roll out drawer or a drawer organizer.

The list of storage solutions that are available is truly limitless. By carefully considering your kitchen and its limitations, you can effectively double the space that you have for storage. Choices in organizational tools in the kitchen have improved dramatically in recent years. As we spend more time in our home the kitchen becomes a focal point of social activities. To enjoy the time we spend there, it is important that it be peaceful and clutter free. Time spent organizing your kitchen now will pay dividends in the future.

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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 at 4:07 PM, by Fia
Thanks for the helpful tips. Sometimes we underestimate the stuff that we have in the house, not knowing that they can actually be great kitchen organizers. Probably the most abused organizers in my kitchen are the drawers; like you I put a lot of various “junks” there to keep them out of sight. But I see to it that I get back to them and to sort them out properly.

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