5 Best Kept Secrets for Kitchen Organizing

The kitchen is the one area of the house that everybody uses and is usually the focal point of the house where conversations are held while cooking or where we eat together as a family.

That makes it especially important to keep organized so you are not wasting time looking for things and getting frustrated rather than enjoying family time.

Follow these 5 simple tips to stay organized in the busiest part of your home.

Like with like

Keep like with like. Sounds simple but it is easy to get away from. Organize and keep all of your spices, food containers and pots together. And when you are storing your food containers keep the lids on the containers if you have the room. How many times have you found the container you need but just couldn’t get your hands on the lid for it?

Just this one simple tip will keep you from running from cupboard to cupboard or drawer to drawer looking for something.

Clear is better

Use clear containers. Now that you have sorted like items with like items, use clear plastic containers to keep things in. Just by opening the cupboard you will see that all of your sauces and gravies are in one container and perhaps all of your desert packages are in a larger container. In our house we go through a variety of cereal type snack bars.

When we get home from shopping they come out of their box and are placed into a clear container so we can see the choices we have, quickly grab the one we want and be able to keep everything in one place.

Risers for your shelves

Be able to see everything. Storing and organizing your spices may just be the biggest challenge. We all try to organize by alphabetical order but when things get put back everything is thrown off. Purchase an inexpensive tiered rack (riser) so the rows of spice containers are stepped behind each other for easy visibility. Just like tiered seating at a sports event. Keeping them in alphabetical order when putting them away will be a lot easier.

A Lazy spin

Purchase a Lazy Susan or have one installed. Don’t feel bad about using something with the word lazy in it. This item can be an organizing life saver. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Spin the shelf and what you need comes to you!

No more having to reach to the back of a cupboard or take everything out to find what you need.

These are especially great for corner cupboards or those lower cupboards with hard to reach spaces or hidden corners.

Clean out your refrigerator.

This seems obvious but we all put items in the fridge and just forget them. Have you ever found that green surprise in the back of your fridge or that container of salad dressing with a best before date older than your kids? I have.

Diarize the cleaning of the fridge and you will always have room for groceries when you get home from shopping and not find those nasty surprises.

Follow these secrets and you will have a well-organized kitchen.

If getting your kitchen organized feels overwhelming to you or you just don’t know where to start, contact us here for your free telephone consultation and we’ll work it out with you.