In most homes, kitchens are the most used spaces, so it is vital to make these spaces as efficient as they possibly can be. All of the tools that you use regularly in your kitchen need to be well organized and easy to get to. Here are some kitchen storage solutions that are made to create a more efficient and more smoothly run kitchen.
- Before you buy or build any kitchen storage solutions, you should get a good idea of what you have that needs to be stored. Taking a detailed inventory of everything that you have is a good way to kick of your attempt at creating new kitchen storage solutions. This way you will know exactly what storage solutions need to be added based on what things still need a home.
- Now you need to look at how much space you have and look at different options for kitchen storage solutions that will suit those spaces. How much counter space do you have? How much drawer space do you have? Drawer organizers, cabinet organizers, lazy Susan style organizers, hanging wall racks and hanging pantry door racks are all ideal kitchen storage solutions, but they do not work for every kitchen.
- Shoving everything into cabinets is never an efficient way to do things, no matter how much space you have. More cabinet space or deeper pantry shelves simply means more room for efficient kitchen storage solutions, not more space to shove groceries and pots and pans and other things, where they will never be heard from again.
- Larger counter tops make for more under-counter storage. Many kitchen storage solutions involve racks with shelves or drawers that pull out, meaning you can fit more items into deeper storage areas without risking losing items in the very back simply because you cannot find them.
- Another solution for deep storage areas is "Lazy Susan" style storage, which involves racks that spin. This way, you can store a lot of different items on a single rack, and the rack will spin for easy and efficient access to everything. These are often used for spice racks and storing Tupperware and other plastic containers, but this is an excellent kitchen storage solution for everything in your kitchen.
- One excellent kitchen storage solution is to utilize the ceiling and higher walls when possible. Hang a fruit basket, but fill it with something else if you keep your fruit elsewhere. Keep measuring cups, measuring spoons and other implements in the different tiers of a fruit basket. Hang your pots and pans from the ceiling, as they're easier to take down than to dig out from a deep cabinet. Hang mugs from a rack on the wall to free up some space in your cabinets.
- If you have deep pantries, consider hanging racks on the insides of the doors for smaller products like spices, bullion cubes, boxes of rice, and other little things that get lost easily. These racks are built to make sure the doors still close, but they utilize a lot of unused space for a more efficient pantry.
Achieving efficient kitchen storage solutions is easy, and only takes a little bit of creativity to work with the space that you have.
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Originally posted 2009-01-07 05:44:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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You might want to try also hanging all your pots and pans above your kitchen island to minimize space consumption.
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