20 Kitchen Organization Ideas For A Clutter-Free Space
Does your kitchen constantly feel out of sorts? It might be time to invest in a new storage system. With everything your kitchen has to hold from cookware to dinnerware, utensils, and the main ingredient: food, it’s easy for the place to become quickly disarrayed.
Luckily, there are so many excellent organization hacks you can test out to find what works for you! We rounded up 20 of the best kitchen organization ideas that help keep the heartbeat of your home beautiful and tidy.
Utilize Pantry Organizers
Tired of your dinnerware or the endless supply of tupperware lids and containers lying everywhere? Organize them with pantry organizers that keep your items in their confined space. Say goodbye to the weekly hunts to find the matching lid to your food storage!
Hang Pots and Pans
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No, hanging your pots and pans won’t make your space visually out of sorts if you do it the right way. Hang your nice cookware, like this copper set, on a decorated wall shelf with hooks. Not only does this add more interest to your kitchen design, but it opens up your cabinets to more storage possibilities.
Decorate Your Countertops
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Put your countertops to use with decorative canisters used to store your utensils, coffee beans, or other supplies. This hack works well in big or small kitchens since it makes use of the space you have while making your decor functional.
Showcase Finer Dinnerware
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Display your fine china set proudly on wall shelves or cabinets with glass doors. Your dinnerware has to sit somewhere, so you might as well make it look pretty on the display!
Invest In Hidden Storage
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Part of making your kitchen organized is finding ways to incorporate more useful solutions into the room. Pull out drawers designed to hold spices, fruits and vegetables, utensil, or more take your kitchen organization game to the next level.
Group Similar Items
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As you’re decluttering your pantry and reorganizing it, try grouping similar items together. This helps to cut down on the chase for any goods or items you’re searching for, and maximizes your space by keeping like items in the same spot.
Stow In Decorative Baskets
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Wicker baskets or ones with patterns and designs not only give you a place to store your belongings, but make them look pretty in the process. This is an excellent way to incorporate more texture and character into your kitchen organization that’s pleasing to the eye.
Hang Under Shelving Solutions
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Smart solutions are the ultimate game changer when you’re tidying up your kitchen. These under shelving hanging baskets are versatile to hold your cutting boards, pantry goods, or your tin foil packets while freeing up shelf space for larger necessities.
Conceal Decoratively
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Missing a cabinet door? Use a curtain to conceal what you’re storing away for a seamless look. The curtain hides what might look out of place in your room design by dressing up the shelf. And, if you select a color that matches with your color scheme, it can be an easy way to tie the space together.
Give Spices Their Own Place
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Everyone has the struggle with kitchen spices taking up too much room in your cabinets (probably because you have doubles or even triples!). To make the shelf look cleaner, add in a spice rack either on the shelf or on the cabinet door to give them their own space.
Display Fine Barware & China
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If you’re running out of room in your pantry, then create your own scene on the countertops. Display your finer pieces of dinnerware or serveware for a fancy approach to storage while keeping the cabinets open to other things.
Don’t Forget the Fridge
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Your pantry and cabinets aren’t the only places that could use a touch up in your kitchen. Your fridge might be out of sorts too, and overflowing with spoiled foods. Go through your fridge to reorganize your items by grouping together similar items and labeling your drawers for the ultimate fridge organization hack.
Utilize Vertical Space
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You can find places for kitchen storage anywhere in the room, including your walls. Using vertical space maximizes the room with solutions like wall magnets to hold your cutlery without needing a countertop block that might be taking up space you don’t have.
Test Drawer Dividers
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We all have that drawer in the kitchen… the junk drawer where everything is lying around in a jumbled mess. Invest in a set of drawer dividers to keep your items neatly arranged and always ready for a grab and go that won’t leave you pushing items around until you find what you’re looking for.
Group Your Cleaners
If you keep cleaners under your kitchen sink, then this is another place to organize with baskets. Group your cleaning products and sponges in their own baskets or some kind of organizer to keep the cabinet neatly arranged at all times.
Use a Hutch for Excess
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For items you have overflowing, it might be smart to invest in a separate piece of furniture, like a hutch. Hutches provide extra storage space with tons of designs from glass or solid doors to showcase your belongings or conceal them completely. If you don’t have space in your kitchen for the hutch to sit, add it to your dining room to keep it close by.
Take Advantage of Open Shelving
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While open shelving is great for decor, it’s also the perfect place for storage. Take advantage of the room and decor possibilities open shelving has by stacking extra plates, dinnerware, cutting boards, or other items for a homey look to your storage.
Don’t Forget to Label
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As you place your goods in baskets or canisters, don’t forget to label what each solution holds. This makes it easy to identify what’s sitting where so you aren’t sifting through each basket to find what you need.
Mix & Match Storage
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Add interest to your new kitchen organization design by mixing and matching the materials of your storage. This brings in more texture to the space to keep it balanced on the decor side.
Hide Your Trashcans
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One of our favorite kitchen organization ideas is a trash can drawer. We all need a trash can in the kitchen, but let’s be honest, sometimes it can be an eye sore. Having a drawer dedicated solely to your trash frees up the room and conceals the garbage until you’re ready to take it out.
