A full kitchen tour with earlier than and after kitchen group concepts and fast tricks to make it additional useful and clutter-free.
Considered one of my favourite issues is an efficient earlier than and after. This submit has TWELVE! Woo to the hoo!
I hope this whole-house group overhaul isn’t completely boring y’all to loss of life after this previous month of decluttering as a result of I’ve been having a blast over right here.
Nicely, I imply… it’s not enjoyable once you’re as much as your elbows in litter sorting. However after? Ooh boy. It’s a wonderful feeling.
Once I shared how I embellished our kitchen counter tops and made them useful final week, I used to be nonetheless within the strategy of the innards. ALLLLL of the junk behind closed doorways and hidden in drawers.
It was a type of jobs I’d been pushing aside for months and it took all of three hours to finish. (Why do I do that to myself?)
Three guidelines when organizing your kitchen:
- Eliminate something you haven’t used within the final yr. (As a result of are you actually going to make use of that one little gadget at the back of your cupboard that you simply completely forgot about?)
- Manage by “zones” and concentrate on only one cupboard or drawer at a time.
- Just some drawer/cupboard organizers will be your finest buddies. (Possibly it’ll value $100 complete, but when it saves time, vitality, and frustration, that may be price it.)
For those who can’t totally intestine your kitchen and provides it the rework you actually need simply but, at the least you may embellish the counter tops and arrange it, proper?! Love the home you will have.
The total kitchen group makeover:
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Spice Cupboard
I’m form of embarrassed and further grossed out to know simply what number of spices we had on this cupboard that had expired.
I picked up two of those clear cupboard risers and this spice jar group package to get all of it beneath management. Value each penny!
Tip: Dedicate an area on one shelf for bigger bottles of seasoning and group bottles in rows by class for syrups, vinegars, oils, and honey.
Pantry Cupboard
We nonetheless use our IKEA Hemnes wall cupboards as our makeshift pantry for snacks, breakfast objects, and canned items. However for substances I exploit and prepare dinner with essentially the most, I preserve them on this cupboard close to our range.
The dry ingredient storage spruce-up I gave it a few years in the past wanted a refresh. (You may get the free pantry printable labels right here.)
I nonetheless must put labels again on the hampers for tea, espresso, cocoa, and sugar/flour substitutes we’ve been utilizing for Keto. However ahhhh! I can breathe!
Tip: Group like-items into classes for storing in containers, and put dry substances into glass jars with the intention to see at a look everytime you’re operating low earlier than going to the grocery retailer.
Dishware Cupboards
For the love of Pete, purge the plastic cups and occasional mugs!
We had so many memento cups we hardly touched, so we donated them. However that beard mug I painted for Robert final yr needed to keep after all. 😉
That is the one cupboard that has all the time stayed wanting tidy. We registered for Fiestaware once we first acquired married 9 years in the past, and it’s the BEST!
The multicolors actually aren’t my fashion anymore and I’d actually favor all white, however it’s enjoyable to tug out for pops of coloration when we’ve events.
Tip: Type objects by dimension and (optionally) bycolor. (That one’s completely apparent I do know, however hey there it’s.)
Drinkware Cupboards
I’m a fan of glass entrance cupboards as a result of I swear they preserve us trustworthy. This cupboard has actually stayed wanting this organized since we moved in.
We had not one however TWO cup cupboards. Why?!
We preserve numerous these acrylic cups for having drinks across the pool, however someday we hope to transform our pool shed into an outside bar space, the place a few of these cups will ultimately be moved to.
And we put the journey mugs and sippy cups in simple attain pared down to at least one shelf.
Tip: Eliminate too many multiples by having simply 2-3 journey cups per individual in your family.
Utensil Drawers
I used to be so sick of rifling by way of these drawers looking for utentils whereas making an attempt to prepare dinner dinner each night time.
So I gathered up the entire picket spoons we used most and put them in a utensil holder on our countertop.
Tip: Group objects based mostly on their use. Ex: 1 drawer for serving utensils, 1 container for picket spoons, 1 compartment for grilling instruments, and so forth.
I put the metallic and plastic spoons and spatulas in a separate utensil holder.
And I organized the remaining into these expandable drawer organizers by placing the instruments we use most within the prime drawer.
And I put the extra specialty cooking instruments we use much less usually within the center drawer.
Within the third drawer, I positioned our serving utensils.
Kitchen Towel Drawer
One phrase for this… why?!
I picked up this little bamboo drawer divider and it made a world of distinction.
Apron Drawer
One other drawer divider to the rescue!
Small Equipment Cupboards
Don’t even ask me why we had random drugs bottles shoved into this cupboard.
I put the drugs bottles the place they belonged (up excessive in our medication cupboard the place the 1 year-old can’t attain them).
And in hindsight, I ought to have eliminated or lined up the 80s vegetable print contact paper, so I plan to return and do this.
This paint job has seen higher days, however hey… this cupboard lastly is smart!
Tip: Edit your cupboards and drawers each 3-6 months for upkeep. (I want I’d finished this earlier than, however now that the whole lot is purged I undoubtedly need to preserve it that means.)
Tupperware Drawer
I do know I’m the one individual on the planet with a drawer like this. 😉
It nonetheless wants work, to be trustworthy, so I’m getting this matching set to interchange our hodge-podge ones.
Cooking Pan Drawer
I didn’t get a earlier than shot however belief me, it wasn’t fairly. That pretty contact paper remains to be hanging out, however it’s on my hit checklist.
Now we have two nook cupboards with lazy susan cabinets to carry our pots, mixing bowls, and glass bakeware, however they’re fairly unattainable to {photograph}. Fortunately, they keep wanting first rate.
Beneath Sink Cupboard
This was the straw that broke the camel’s again and kickstarted this complete kitchen group overhaul to start with. I couldn’t have a look at it for yet another day!
I eliminated the previous trash can drawer that had fully rusted, eliminated the cleansing provides we hardly used, lined the underside of the cupboard with this waterproof mat, and put in this two tier shelf to assist tame the chaos.
Achieved!
It feels SO good to know the place the whole lot is and the place the whole lot goes. Simply crossing my fingers and toes that it stays that means, however now that each merchandise has “a home”, it’s extra prone to.
Do you will have any kitchen organizing suggestions you do? Or organizing necessities which have made life simpler? Let me know under so I could make this submit a one-stop useful resource.
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