Do your dishes and cups fall out when you open your kitchen cabinets?You've come to the right place if you need to reorganize.To figure out how to organize your kitchen, think about how you use it.What items do you use on a daily basis, and which ones get shoved to the back of the cabinets?Make your cabinets functional, clean and attractive by tossing out items you can't do without.You will look forward to cooking in your kitchen once you organize your cabinets.
Step 1: Take everything out of your cabinets.
It's easy to organize kitchen cabinets when you start with a clean slate.Take out your plates, glasses, mugs, pots, pans, and anything else you have stored in your cabinets.You should put everything out on the kitchen table to assess what you have.
Step 2: Decide what you can't do.
You might have a collection of plastic cups you've picked up from restaurants, a pile of paper plates, an old coffee maker that no longer works, and so on.It's time to get rid of the items that you don't use in the kitchen.It will be easier to stay organized if you get rid of the stuff.If you discover that you need something, you should buy it before you organize your cabinets.It will be difficult to find a good place if you wait.You can either donate old kitchen supplies to a donation center or have a yard sale.It may be easier to get rid of the stuff you no longer need if you know that your old items are going to a new home.
Step 3: The cabinets should be cleaned from top to bottom.
Prepare to scrub and wipe down the cabinet doors after gathering some good cleaning supplies.Get your cabinets ready for your dishes and other kitchen supplies by cleaning out all the crumbs, dried splashes and dust.Keep your kitchen items fresh and prevent bugs from taking up residence by cleaning your cabinets thoroughly.If you don't want to use a chemical cleaner, try using a solution of white vinegar and water.It works well to clean kitchen cabinets.Baking soda is a good scrubbing agent.If your cabinets are made from wood, make sure to use cleaning supplies that won't damage them.
Step 4: The cabinets should be lined with paper or cork.
Fresh cabinet linings will help eliminate odors and create a nice space for kitchen supplies.You can choose between paper, vinyl, or rubber liners that come in a variety of patterns.Put the liners in the bottom of the cabinets by measuring the cabinet floors and cutting them to size.Some liners have backings that help them stay in place.
Step 5: The corners are where you want to keep your cabinets fresh.
It is useful to keep your cabinets smelling nice.Pick out some of your favorite dried herbs and spices, such as lavender, rose petals or cinnamon sticks.Place the herbs and spices in small cloth bags.When their scent is no longer fresh, replace the sachets every few months.There are herbs and spices that can be used to deter insects.Use tea tree oil or lemon oil to keep pests away.Baking soda can be placed in your cabinet corners to absorb bad odors.
Step 6: There are organizers for small kitchen items.
Now that your cabinets are clean and lined, it's time to think about how to organize your items inside the cabinets.If you have a lot of small kitchen gadgets, they can help to keep things in their place.Consider buying a utensil organizer for your cabinets.Many kitchen drawers don't have organizers for utensils.Pick one up for a few dollars if you don't have one in your drawer.Coffee cup hooks.Coffee cups, mugs, or teacups can be stored under cabinets that overhang countertops with hooks.If you want to have your coffee easily accessible, consider this option.If you have a set of cups you want to display, this is a good idea.There are canisters for dry goods.Sturdy food containers are a must if you store flour, sugar, spices, and other food items in your kitchen cabinets.To keep insects out, choose containers with tight-fitting lids.
Step 7: Take out the items you plan to keep.
Stack everything according to type.It makes sense to group like items in your kitchen cabinets.If you know how many clean items you have left and when you're low on a particular item, it will be easier to locate.Water glasses, juice glasses and other glasses are grouped together.Wine and champagne glasses are included in the group.You might want to store them in the same place.Group your plates and bowls.People stack their salad plates on top of their dinner plates to save space.Group your bowls together.Fine china and seasonal items are separated.If you have cabinets with glass faces, make sure which dishes you want to store are visible.Your dishes can be both functional and decorative.
Step 8: Place dishes that are easy to reach in cabinets.
Pick a large, accessible cabinet to store the items you use on a daily basis.You don't have to bend over to reach the dishes you need most often if you choose a cabinet that is located over the counter.Put your frequently used items on the bottom of your cabinets.Dinner plates, salad plates and cereal bowls are likely to fall into the daily use category.You can stack them in the cabinet you chose.If you don't have room for large plates, you can use a dish drying rack as a plate rack on your counter.Water glasses, coffee cups, mugs, and other items can be stored in a separate cabinet.
Step 9: Store china and fragile items higher up.
If you want to keep your items safe, upper cabinets or top shelves are the place to store them.You should arrange your nicer china, stemware, fragile casserole and serving dishes higher up out of reach.
Step 10: There are pots and pans in the lower cabinets.
The lower cabinets below the counter are ideal for pot and pan storage.These items are often heavy and clumsy to stack, so it makes sense to store them slightly more out of the way and in a place where you won't have to lift them high.The pots and pans are easiest to reach in the lower cabinets.You can put pots and pans on the lowest shelves or back of the cabinets.You can hang a pot rack on the wall next to your cabinets to make it easier to organize your pots.You don't have to stack them.Some people put pots on the cabinets.If your cabinets don't reach the ceiling, you can use the cabinet tops as a storage area.
Step 11: There is a drawer for utensils.
One of the wide, flat kitchen drawers is the best place to put your utensil organizers.The forks, spoons and knives should be kept separate.
Step 12: There is a place for appliances.
You should keep your appliances on the kitchen counter, but you may need to store other items in a cabinet, like a waffle iron or a food processor.They can be placed on top of the cabinets or on an out-of-the-way shelf.They won't stop you from getting them when you need them.
Step 13: Food can be stored in its own cabinet.
A space that's slightly separate from the rest of your kitchen supplies is the best place to put a food and spice cabinet.It wouldn't make sense to have food spilling out onto clean dishes, so you want to make sure food items have their own area.There is a separate spice cabinet.There is a place for extracts, herbs, and other small items here.It all depends on what you like to cook and how easy it is to get.You can have a drawer with spices.If this is the case, line the drawer with a disposable liner that you can change out when it gets dirty.Put your containers inside the drawer.
Step 14: Kitchen drawers should be designed to hold oft-used items.
There is a row of drawers in most kitchen cabinets.Home cooks use these drawers differently.Take a look at your kitchen supplies to see how you can use them.Kitchen essentials like can openers, potato peelers, microplanes and garlic presses are usually stored in the same drawer.If you bake a lot, you should have a drawer for measuring cups, measuring spoons, and other baking supplies.Consider putting kitchen towels and oven mitts in a drawer.You may need a drawer for things like aluminum foil and plastic wrap.Stray pens, rubber bands, coupons, recipe cut-outs, and other useful things can be found in a junk drawer.
Step 15: The sink has cleaning supplies under it.
The area under the sink is a good place to keep your kitchen clean.Trash bags, cleaning solutions, rubber gloves, extra sponges, and so on can be found in this spot.If you're storing cleaning supplies there, don't use this area for food storage.