How to Organise Kitchen Cabinets (pt 2)
Friday 18th July 2014
Do your dishes and cups come tumbling out when you open your kitchen cabinets? Do your dishes and cups come tumbling out when you open your kitchen cabinets? The best way to figure out how to organize your kitchen is to think about how you use it. What items do you find yourself using every day, and which ones get shoved to the back of the cabinets? Toss out items you can do without and focus on making your cabinets functional, clean and attractive. Once you’ve organized your cabinets, you’ll look forward to cooking in your kitchen again.
1. Remove everything from your cabinets. It’s easiest to tackle an organisation project when you’re starting with a clean slate, and organising kitchen cabinets is no exception. Take out every last bit of kitchenware – your plates, glasses, mugs, pots, pans, and anything else you have stored in your cabinets. Put everything out on your kitchen table so you can assess what you’ve got and what you need.
2. Decide what you can do without. You might have a collection of plastic cups you’ve picked up from restaurants or an old coffee maker that no longer works.
-If you discover that you actually need something, go ahead and buy it before you organize your cabinets. If you wait, it will be more difficult to find a good place for it later.
-Consider donating old kitchen supplies to a charity centre
3. Clean the cabinets from top to bottom. Gather some good cleaning supplies and prepare to scrub every nook and cranny as well as wiping down the cabinet doors. Clean out all the crumbs, dried splashes and dust to get your cabinets ready for your dishes and other kitchen supplies. Cleaning your cabinets thoroughly will prevent bugs from taking up residence and keep your kitchen items fresh.
4. Place sachets in the corners to keep your cabinets fresh. Scented sachets are useful to keep your cabinets smelling nice.
5. Buy organisers for smaller kitchen items. Now that your cabinets are clean and lined, it’s time to think about how you might want to organise your items inside the cabinets. It’s not completely necessary to buy organisers, but if you have a lot of little kitchen gadgets they can help to reduce clutter and keep things in their place. Consider buying the following items for your cabinets:
A utensil organiser. Some kitchen drawers have built-in organisers for utensils, but many don’t. If your drawer doesn’t have one, it’s worth picking one up for a few dollars.
Teacup or coffee cup hooks. Many people install hooks under cabinets that overhang countertops as a way to store coffee cups, mugs, or teacups. Consider this option if you’re a big coffee drinker and you want to have your cups easily accessible. This is also a nice idea if you have a pretty set of cups you want to put on display.
Canisters for dry goods and other items. If you store flour, sugar, spices, and other food items in your kitchen cabinets (as opposed to using a separate pantry), you might want sturdy food containers. Choose containers with tight-fitting lids to keep insects and airflow out.
