Men and women who love cooking and baking spend a lot of time in the kitchen and tend to buy kitchen stuff all the time. So much so that they sometimes don’t have enough storage room for them.
The kitchen hacks that follow might help you rearrange your kitchen and enjoy a whole new cooking experience!
When your baking stuff is all mixed up in drawers and cabinets, you can choose this storage idea to put all the baking-related items, taking full advantage of your storage space.
Instead of piling up your pans and baking trays, you can buy vertical pan dividers to save some space.
3. Magazine Files Repurposed
Instead of scattering potatoes and onions in sacks and bowls around the kitchen cabinets, use magazine files to organize them.
Keep your spices neat and tidy by putting them in dollar-store spice containers which you will label accordingly. You can’t go wrong with that!
If you have a small kitchen and limited storage space, you can save some surface space by keeping your trash bags on rolls instead of having them lying in your cabinet. See how you can do it yourself
here.
If you have trouble balancing all the lids along with the corresponding pans in your kitchen cabinet, you can modify your cabinet door like
this and fit them there.
7. Lid Organization Part II
Another idea for organizing your pot lids is by using a vertical wire rack. It’s a game changer.
If you’re tired of looking all over the kitchen for the dishwasher tabs or your scrub sponges, here’s an easy idea that will allow you to easily find them next time.
If you want to keep your spices in a drawer, the problem is you can’t see what’s inside each container. Here’s the tip: paint the top of each lid black and write the kind of spice it contains. So simple!
For this storage idea, you’ll only need mason jars and refrigerator bins. Then you just need to group your foods.
See how you can make your own spice rack at home
here. No more scattered spice containers in your cupboards!
12. DIY Magnetic Spice Containers
Dollar-store magnetic spice containers with clear lids will save you so much room in the cupboard! See how you can make them at home
here.
Save room on your counter top by making an easy cutting board holder using wood scraps. For details see
here.
14. Under Sink Storage Makeover
Here’s how you can make the most of the under sink cabinet in just a few easy steps.
Instead of piling up your cans ending up with daily Jenga challenges, use a magazine file to store them.
Deep cabinets can be a pain when you need to reach something at the very back. So, why don’t you try adding drawers?
Make the most of cabinet doors, by chalkboarding them and adding some hooks to hand measuring cups. See the details of the project
here.
Baskets can be very useful for grouping foods/containers and keeping them in one place.
19. Hang Oddly-Shaped Items
We all know oddly-shaped items can be a pain to store. That’s when hooks can come in very handy!
Use up the empty wall space by attaching sink caddies with velcro strips. Simple and easy.
Use a vertical shoe organizer to store small packets and lightweight containers.
Store your water bottles in magazine files to save room and to keep them all in one place.
Store your cupcake liners in mason jars, one on top of the other starting with the bigger ones on the bottom.
24. Can Organizer Part II
If you have a small kitchen but lots of stuff to store in it, maybe this canned food organizer is just what you’re looking for! For DIY details, see
here.
25. Mason Jars Repurposed
Turn your mason jars into utensil holders in just a few minutes. This is such a useful hack and you can recreate it by looking
here!
26. Tupperware Organization
Sliding storage trays can prove life-saving when you’re tired of looking for tupperware and lids all over the cabinet.
Assign all the coffee making stuff to one drawer and group the ingredients you need to make your morning coffee.
Envelope shaped containers, usually soup mixes etc, can be stored hanging from hooks.
29. Tupperware Lid Storage
You can organize your tupperware lids by putting them in a dollar-store plastic slotted basket.
30. Tupperware Lid Storage Part II
Repurpose your old CD rack and turn it into a tupperware lid rack that will help you find the lids more easily instead of digging into cabinets and drawers.
Here you can find detailed instructions for DIY food wrap storage that will save you lots of cabinet room.
32. Alternative Food Wrap Storage
If you’re not into DIY projects, you can store your food wraps in magazine holders.
Zip ties can prove useful for broom storage. Just hand it instead of having it hean against some wall!
34. Sink Cleaning Organization
Instead of having detergents and scrub sponges lying around the sink, get a dollar-store candle stick and arrange them all nicely.
Spray bottles can take up much room if you don’t store them in a smart way. That smart way is a rod you can hang them from as shown in the picture.
Group paper stuff (plates, napkins etc) and store them in dollar store magazine files. Makes your kitchen look mych more tidy.
Woven baskets not only help you group kitchen stuff and arrange them properly, they also create a nice effect.
Tiered shelves makes it easier to store cans or packets, as you don’t have to move the front ones to look at the back, they just show because they’re a bit evelated.
This little
project will prove life saving in the long run, since you’ll be able to have your fresh produce in one place, visible and neat.
40. Dollar Store Food Storage
This is the easiest way you can tidy your pantry. You’ll only need some dollar store jars and labels for the contents.
Dollar store clear containers are ideal for dry goods (flour, cereal, rice etc).
Opt for an over-the-sink cutting board to save room on your counter top and also to save storage room for the board.
Are wine bottles too tall for your fridge or rake up too much room? Try using a collapsible wine rack.
44. Bamboo Steamer Basket
Compact and well-ventilated bamboo steamers are ideal for onion and garlic storage. Maybe you should give them a try.
45. Stainless Steel Cleaning
Try using glass cleaner for a nice and shiny result on the stainless steel appliances.
Soaking your stainless steel silverware in lemon juice for a couple of minutes will make it easier to remove rusty sports.
Baking soda is a chemical-free way to clean your oven.
Here you can see how you can do it.
48. Cleaning The Cutting Board
Wooden cutting boards ccan be easily cleaned using coarse salt and lemon. Natural and effective. For details click
here.
49. Cleaning The Garbage Disposal
Lemon and vinegar are your best friends when it comes to kitchen cleaning.
Here you can find how to keep your garbage disposal clean and fresh.
Use baking soda to keep the trash can stink-free. Just sprinkle a tablespoon of baking soda in the can after washing and drying it and you’re done.
We hope the above have given you plenty of ideas about how to make your kitchen more practical and how to take advantage of all the storage room it has to offer.
The final cleaning tips, too, promise to make your life a lot easier!
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Men and women who love cooking and baking spend a lot of time in the kitchen and tend to buy kitchen stuff all the time. So much so that they sometimes don’t have enough storage room for them.
The kitchen hacks that follow might help you rearrange your kitchen and enjoy a whole new cooking experience!
