5 Simple Ideas for Organizing Your Kitchen

There's nothing like cooking in an organized kitchen. A place for everything and everything in it's place, is the perfect advice for getting your kitchen in good form. From pots and pans to spices and special dishes, kitchen organization can be simple and functional. Use easy and budget-friendly ways to whip your kitchen into shape. Let me show you how.

• Drawers not Doors

Having to kneel or stoop down on the floor to dig through a kitchen cabinet can be both back-breaking and frustrating - especially when it always seems like what you need is buried in the back of the cabinet. The easier way to organize your kitchen storage in short order is to use drawers instead of doors in your cabinet units.

If you've never experienced storing your pots, pans or dinnerware in a pull-out drawer, you're missing out on a major convenience. Deep drawer on full extension glides make easy access to whatever you're looking for.

• Hang from the Shelf

A simple shelf installed above your sink or stove is the perfect place to stack dishes or pots and pans. Make it even more functional by adding a metal or wood rod beneath the shelf to hang kitchen utensils you use on a regular basis. It's perfect for keeping everything at your fingertips.

• Stowing Your Spices

Stuffing your spices in an upper cabinet isn't always the best solution to kitchen organization. Often our spices get so buried in the mix, we don't know what we have because we can't see what's way in back. However, when you use a pull out drawer to stow your spices, you'll be able to see each one clearly.

• Close to the Ceiling

If you're short on storage space in our kitchen, all you have to do is look up. Run a continuous expanse of shelving around your kitchen about 12 to 14 inches from the ceiling to give you the perfect place to store large serving pieces, holiday platters and other items that take up a lot of room in your cabinets.

• Put Pots and Pans Within Reach

Pots and pans take up the most room in our cabinets and they're the most frustrating to jockey around when you're digging for that special piece of cookware. You can put an end to the frustration by installing a hanging bar above your kitchen window for your pots and pans. Easily hang 10 to 12 pieces - keeping them right out front and easy to access when you need them.

You can see terrific examples of these organization solutions by reviewing The Organized Kitchen ideabook on Houzz. Discover what simple changes you can make to make your cooking experiences all the more enjoyable.

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