Storage in the kitchen is something that everyone thinks about, even if the size of their kitchen is large. Arranging everything so that it is both convenient and pleasing to the eye is not an easy task even for large spaces. However, our reality is such that often the footage of the kitchen is very small. In one of the articles on our site, we have already considered small tricks in order to make it as efficient as possible. Today we will discuss ideas convenient storage utensils, bulk products, appliances, packages, boards, bottles, knives and many others important little things A must have in any kitchen.

Storage from scratch

There are entire storage systems for the kitchen. And it's great if you are at the kitchen planning stage - then you can design modules, shelves and drawers, their availability and location by ordering a kitchen from the manufacturer. For example, you can do as much as possible drawers, which will partially solve the storage problem. Take a look at the photo, which drawers and shelves can be ordered in addition to the standard ones: corner ones, “rolling” on special roller mechanisms; shelves built into the bottle holder and much more. Among other things, you can even order a cutlery drawer with additional sections. For a manufacturer, this is not an easy task, so choose trusted and reliable companies.

"Roof" covers

Storing lids from pots and pans is an important point in a small kitchen. It is problematic to store them together with dishes because of the clutter of space, and it is impossible to allocate a special place because of their non-compact shape. It is best to allocate space for the covers just on the inside of the doors. Here are some hanging ideas: hooks, towel rails, or pull-out containers - the choice is yours, as long as they are as easily accessible as possible.

Do it yourself

For storage in a small the kitchen is suitable and a refrigerator - it’s enough just to make small magnetic shelves for small things with your own hands. You will need small baskets from the hardware store, magnets, and superglue. And in order not to climb into the far corners of the cabinets for rolls of foil or film, you can install two ordinary hooks with their spouts inward and fix packages on them. So these useful little things will always be at hand, and cut off the right amount will be much easier. You can clearly see how to translate these and other ideas into reality in the photo below.

Additional ideas and tricks to make your kitchenette storage even easier:

• If you have animals, then make it a rule to store dry food in an airtight container. plastic container. This saves space, which is usually occupied by bags of food, and the problem of smell is solved by itself.

• It has long been known that getting rid of unnecessary trash makes room for new useful things and emotions. Get rid of empty bottles, which you keep only because they “look nice”, clean the refrigerator of outdated notes and pieces of paper, leave the minimum of dishes and cutlery that your family really needs. Give the baking sheets that you don't use to your loved ones. You will see, even breathing in such a kitchen will become easier!

• For all bulk and liquid products, get jars and special containers with appropriate inscriptions or stickers. So, the right ingredients will be easier to find, and the kitchen will look neater and more stylish. In addition, the abundance of bags of spices and cereals usually creates the appearance of chaos - to get rid of it, you will have to spend a little money at the hardware store, but it's worth it. The easiest option is to pay attention to the cans and containers offered by Everyone's favorite Ikea .

• Instead of railing, you can use a solid branch - this will create a beautiful eco-accent and will not require financial investments.

• Knives, forks and spoons can be stored in homemade stand from cans.

• Even food storage in a small kitchen plays important role. Storing vegetables and other seasonal products will be a joy if, for example, you sew bags for hanging on the wall with your own hands. For this suitable natural fabric like linen and cotton, and the bags themselves are attached to hooks. However, it is important not to forget that the storage of some types of vegetables will require frequent washing of such "containers".

• Packet storage can be solved in a similar way. Today, many stores sell compact bags for packages that can be hung anywhere. And if you wish, it will not be difficult to sew such a “package for packages” with your own hands.
• For bottles of wine, you can allocate a place with outside headset, and hang a shelf there. It is important to ensure that this place is far from the battery and stove so that the drinks do not overheat and lose their taste. If there is room on other walls for hinged shelf, then it can be selected specifically for this. But walls are not the only place to store bottles. There are special shelves that can be placed, for example, on a windowsill or any comfortable spot. For example, Ikea offers a special wooden stand.

• If you have a lot cutting boards, then their compact storage managed to get the hang of it. Standing in a conspicuous place, they look sloppy, and take up a lot of space in cabinets. Take a look at the photo for possible board storage ideas. From the inside, the boxes can be divided into sections using an ordinary thin plywood, thus creating a kind of "catalog" of dishes, or you can leave room for cutting boards with inside doors. The most straightforward option is to hang the hooks at the level of the lower module and hang the boards on a string.

Any kitchen problems can be solved with the use of modern shelves, drawers and organizers, which are made to order or sold in already ready-made. Do you have a huge collection of dishes? Kitchen appliances occupied all the countertops? Is it difficult to immediately find the right jar of spices? With our selection modern ideas for storing kitchen utensils, you will understand that a large number of things dooms no one to a lack of free space.

Best Kitchen Storage Ideas

Here are 17 original kitchen ideas that have earned the most recognition in in social networks behind Last year. And which of these would you choose for yourself?

1. Kitchen pantry

Someone can afford to take a separate room for a pantry, but for someone more suitable option is a built-in wardrobe. In any case, a spacious pantry with many separate shelves and drawers allows you to conveniently store food and other items. kitchen utensils In one place.

2. Corner box

The original corner boxes are creative solution for awkward corners in the kitchen. Due to the diagonal installation in the corner, they are deeper than all other drawers and, therefore, allow you to fit more kitchen items.

3. Drawer for small dishes

A drawer with 5-6 deep bowls allows you to conveniently organize the storage of numerous serving items and cutlery. If you cannot yet purchase such a special box, then keep in mind that it is easy to make it yourself or even just put containers from of stainless steel into an empty deep box.

4. Drawer under the sink

A spacious cabinet under the sink sometimes turns into just a bottomless pit, so it's not surprising that many people today prefer such a simple solution for it. Drawer lets you keep everything detergents in plain sight, and besides, any owner can handle its installation on their own.

5. Retractable waste basket

6. Storage for baking sheets

One more useful idea for a kitchen that you can make yourself by adding wooden or metal dividers to any free shelf.

7. "Garage" for kitchen appliances

The presence of appliances on countertops often creates visual clutter and reduces the enjoyment of cooking. The idea shown in the photo below allows you to keep a blender, toaster, mixer and other appliances at hand, but at the same time out of sight.

8. Kitchen organizers

Kitchen organizers today are simply presented in a huge assortment: for drawers, shelves, walls and other parts of the kitchen. But especially the metal and wood pantry organizers, thanks to which you can store countless items on the closet doors and inside, keep it all in organized and within easy reach!

9. Movable locker

A wonderful sliding cabinet on wheels, among other things, can serve as an "island" in a small kitchen or work as a bar in any other room.

10. Organizers for spices

A must-have for seasoning lovers and just those of us who sometimes can't find the right jar on the shelf for a long time!

11. Box for plates

This amazingly roomy deep drawer with adjustable pegs keeps all your cymbals within easy reach for even the smallest members of the family.

12. Pet bowls

Have you ever had a bowl of dog food or water tucked under your foot inappropriately? Then this idea is just for you! In addition to a separate shelf for bowls, pet owners often find a place in their kitchen for a cat or dog bed.

13. Open shelves

We love these open shelves, not only for easy access to the items on them, but also for the beautiful display of kitchen decor.

14. Pull-out shelves

The system in the photo below allows for easy access to pots and pans and also works great in tight corners as the front tray lifts up vertically and allows the rear tray to slide deep to the right.

15. Organizers for knives

Storing these dangerous items requires a special approach, which is probably why the following kitchen ideas are so popular today:

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Every hostess has such a problem when not enough space in the kitchen for a new service or for vegetables. In this article, we will analyze original ideas for storage, and also consider their systems.

Exists many food storage options. For example, for fresh bread a breadbasket is needed. But it can take up a lot of space. Instead, you can make something with your own hands. For example, mount an additional wooden box on the table, make a convenient lid and store the bread there.

You can also make a drawer with a drawer glass board which is useful for cutting bread.

For fruits and vegetables, it is wrong to take away large boxes.

The original idea is vegetable corner on the wall. Put vegetables or fruits in cotton or linen bags and hang them on hooks.

Convenient way storage of vegetables - drawers near the cutting table.

Now consider original ideas and not only. It is worth noting that such "storage" can be made independently.

You can store vegetables and fruits not only in the refrigerator, but also in boxes, and in a conspicuous place. Consider the options:

• Hanging vegetables. For this, hanging mesh baskets are used. They are used to store vegetables and fruits.
• Convenience and order. To do this, you need to use dividers for boxes. In this case, maintaining order is much easier.
• Everything is in its place. A vertical drive is attached to the cabinet door. In this system, it is convenient to store different cereals in narrow jars.
• storage system when everything is within the reach of the kitchen. It is made on the principle of turntables in a store, on which various souvenirs and postcards are placed. It is quite possible to make it at your own “cook”. To do this, you need to add a few shelving to the closet. Then all the jars will be at hand.
• Convenience is when Everything's under control. If you are tired of removing crumbs from sweets, then you need to pinch the package with cookies with a regular clothespin.
• Do inscriptions on the lids of spices and cereals so as not to confuse the jars.
• Storage of small things on the shelves. Making them yourself is not difficult. It is enough to take small baskets, glue and magnets.
• Save space in the fridge with food containers. This will also help to avoid unnecessary cleaning in the refrigerator. Containers can be signed.

Kitchen storage options

We figured out the storage of products. But what to do with dishes, which are abundant in every kitchen?

There are open and closed systems.

DIY open storage options

This type is suitable for small kitchens and for large ones. They possess:

• Shelves. In small kitchens, this type of placement can replace a cabinet that takes up a lot of space. Shelves can be used in conjunction with built-in appliances. Below are wide open shelves. They store large utensils and small Appliances. On the upper shelves place plates, jars with cereals and spices. Shelves must be kept clean at all times. And in order for the composition to look beautiful, you need to choose kitchen utensils of the same color and style.
• niches. They help to place various cutlery if niches are equipped with additional shelves or cabinets. She will have more space.
• Open shelving and cabinets. open shelving and cabinets help keep miscellaneous utensils in sight. There are no doors in the design, it is light, great for small kitchens. It can be placed along the entire wall or above the door and window openings. Large shelving will help to accommodate everything.
• roof rails. Located on the apron of the kitchen. Such a system is installed along the shelves, one above the other. Small items can be placed on the railing - these are spices, detergents, towels. Roof rails can be placed in the most inconvenient places in the kitchen. If, then attach to the ceiling. In addition to conventional railing systems, magnetic strips can be used. Knives and spoons are well attached to them.
• baskets. They are used not only for storing dishes, but also for food. Such systems look great in country style. They will bring a sense of comfort to the room. Can be placed on open shelves or racks. Often found retractable structures. Ordinary plastic and cardboard boxes are also suitable for storage.
• Table-cabinet. It is more efficient to place it in a small kitchen. This small table, which has several drawers that slide out. You can store cutlery there. And the countertop can be used for cooking and for eating. At the bottom of the table there is an empty space that is quite useful for pots and pans.

Closed systems: boxes, convenient containers

Closed systems allow maximum use inner space. We will consider the most popular types of systems closed type:

Some kitchens have niches in the wall. They can become a real pantry. To realize the plan, you will need to calculate the number of shelves and consider their location.

Of course, everything will depend on the size of the niche. If the niche is small, then it is best to use retractable systems. You can also use folding boxes. Make open shelves at the top of the niche.

A shallow niche in the wall can be equipped with narrow shelves, sliding doors can be installed. This saves space in the room.

The pantry is done in the kitchen if the area allows it. In all other cases, you need to use the tips that we outlined above.

The kitchen, like any room in the house and apartment, must be clean. And sometimes it's not so easy to keep it clean. We will analyze a few ideas and tips on how to maintain order in it.

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When the work surface is busy household appliances and dishes, there is simply nowhere to cook. This picture is well known to the owners of small kitchens. We’ll talk more about how to unload the countertop, but you can also act on the contrary. For example, to complement the headset with a sliding panel instead of one of the upper drawers. The simplest scenario is to turn the box upside down, reinforce it with an additional panel and thus get a stationary cutting board.

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Bottom part kitchen set can work for you too. Take out decorative panel, order a narrow drawer for the width of the module and dispose of it as you like. A space 10-15 centimeters high is suitable for storing wide utensils ( holiday dish, baking sheet, massive lids) or useful to your pets. We know how tired you are of tripping over food bowls under your feet.

3. Cups at hand

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It is customary to put cups and plates in the upper sections of the headset, and pots in the lower ones. This has been proven over the years, but far from the only possible storage scenario. See how many cups and glasses fit in a regular drawer under the worktop. At the same time, all items are in plain sight - you no longer have to stand on tiptoe and painfully look for your favorite cup in the dark depths of the hanging cabinet.

4. What's under your sink?

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Let's try to guess: pipes, a trash can and an ominous warehouse household chemicals. Given the depth of the kitchen set, you most likely have long forgotten what is hiding against the wall, not to mention climbing under the sink with your head and cleaning in the corners. The simplest drawer with low walls comes to the rescue, as in the photo. The price of components is like for two lunches in a cafe, plus a minimum of labor costs.

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Cabinet doors are not only a barrier to dust, but also effective area for storage. Mount internal shelves to the depth of a jar of co, and you no longer have to wonder how convenient it is to arrange kitchen trifles.

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Ladles, skimmers and whisks, especially if there are a lot of them, do not always fit in a horizontal box. The way out is to organize storage vertically. Any narrow section of the headset will do, such as a bottle holder, if you don’t need it. To turn a narrow box into vertical system storage, it is enough to cut out circles in any panel according to the diameter of the glasses. So kitchenware will be at hand, and the glasses will be easy to remove and wash if necessary.

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Board with holes "like in a garage" or metal grid- quite worthy decorative element if applied correctly. Feel free to paint the board to match the color of the kitchen and hang it on an apron or wall that even the tiniest room can find. The storage possibilities of such a board are almost limitless: a couple of metal hooks from the home store, and you can hang pans, potholders and even a sponge section - that's enough imagination.

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Another useful idea with a perforated board is to lay it inside a deep drawer and complement it with vertical slats to fit the dishes. Now you can store not only pots, but also ceramics here: plates and saucers will not break even if you slam the drawer shut.

Dura Supreme Cabinetry, © Houzz

Pots and lids in the kitchen often have to be separated due to large diameter and large sizes. Everything would be fine, but at the very wrong moment the pair is often lost. To collect large utensils in one place, enclose the space for lids with a narrow pocket inside the common big box. With this arrangement, you will clearly see the diameter of the dishes.

10. We hang everything

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On the underside of a closed box or open shelf you can mount neat hooks and store on them coffee cups, brushes or spatulas. As practice shows, there are never too many hooks: in our example, several systems work at once in the photo.

11. Levitating spice jars

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Arranging seasonings on the countertop means subscribing to an eternal mess: the cans will fall from any random movement, and to make an elementary one, you will have to move the entire “battery” to a safe distance. Much easier to secure them under the top line kitchen cabinets: glue the lids and unscrew the jars themselves if necessary.

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The corner of a typical headset is perhaps the most mysterious place in the kitchen. Usually there are frying pans that you feel sorry for throwing away, although it's long overdue, or a duckling that you take out once a year. So that precious meters do not go to waste, add corner cupboard swivel basket or carousel shelf. Both can be built into ready kitchen, and components can be found from most manufacturers.

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The hallway and kitchen are the two areas that most often need to be cleaned. But I bet you didn't design a niche for your mop and other large accessories in your kitchen. It is not too late to correct the drawback: a very narrow end cabinet will solve the problem, which will organically close the kitchen line.

14. Knives in the countertop

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Experienced chefs advise: before you start cooking, get not only the ingredients, but also all the necessary utensils. But no matter how hard we try to follow smart recommendations, it turns out that right now we need a completely different knife and it lies in a drawer where we don’t want to go with dirty hands.

If the material of the countertop allows, make cuts in it. Small children will definitely not get to such a storage system, and knives will always be ready. If the countertop cannot be processed, a special wooden insert can be provided for the knives.

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If the refrigerator is not built into common system cabinets, then the space above it is most likely empty and this is a crime against ergonomics. Between the refrigerator and the ceiling, you can mount a full-fledged mezzanine with closed shelves or open sections for bottles, as in our example.

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How to organize storage in kitchen cabinets: 4 steps to order + ideas

Hello! Finally got around to this thread. Everyone was going to write a post, but something was putting off. In fact, the topic of organizing storage is very much in demand and popular among housewives. Everyone, including me, is interested in reading and learning something new for themselves from this area. So, I hope you will be interested in new ideas that you may take note of.

The kitchen is the office of any housewife. Here we spend enough time to prepare food for ourselves and our family, then put away the dirty dishes, and finally wash them. Every woman wants to be workplace it was organized and comfortable. In order to make it so, it is necessary to maintain a constant . There are problems with this. Trying to free ourselves as quickly as possible, we sometimes forget that every thing has its place. Over time, trash and clutter, like a snowball, accumulates in the kitchen. One solution - spring-cleaning so hated by many housewives.

But today I will tell you how to tidy up the work area in 4 steps and share a few ideas for organizing storage in kitchen cabinets.

How to clean up your kitchen cabinets

Step 1.

You have already taken the first step. We firmly decided to get rid of the mess, improve our kitchen, make it cozy and comfortable. Be patient, turn on your favorite music, prepare a trash can and three boxes.

Step 2

Before deciding how you will organize storage in kitchen cabinets, you need to clean all surfaces and. That's what those 3 boxes are for. Remove all dishes and food from all drawers and cabinets. Take an inventory of each item and divide them into three boxes. First add everything you can't do without. Secondly, completely unnecessary things that you do not use. At the same time, you should not feel sorry for this rubbish and not hope that you will ever use it. And in the third box, put the items you are in doubt about. Put it aside and assess the need for each item. How long have you not used it, will you still need it, can you do without it. The less you leave dishes, appliances, various kitchen trifles, the easier it will be to maintain order in the working area of ​​​​the kitchen.

Step 3

The third step involves sorting and organizing everything you pulled out. Place dishes, appliances, pots, everything else so that it is convenient to use them, get them out and put them away. If you have ideas to purchase any organizers, systems or other storage devices, be sure to write down all your desires. If possible, buy them, and in time your kitchen will become perfect.

Step 4

All steps completed. It would seem that there could still be. But in order not to get bogged down in a mess again and always keep your “office” clean, make a cleaning plan. working area. At a frequency convenient to you, you must throw away junk, which always tends to accumulate, wipe and clean surfaces, and so on. For example, every 2 weeks you can run your eyes over each locker, throw away everything that is superfluous, fold and sort the dishes. Trust me, it won't take long. But always your kitchen will be organized and clean.

Let's start with drawers. You can store anything there. For example, the same utensils, spices, vegetables and fruits, various kitchen bells and whistles, and so on.

Kitchen appliances also need to be stored properly. Most best option I think it's a shelving unit. It looks very impressive and neat. Do not accumulate a bunch of unnecessary equipment, leave only what you use constantly. Put the rest in a pantry or a distant drawer. On the working surface only the essentials should be placed.

Cereals and pasta require order. Whether they fall apart, creating extra work, is up to you. Great option is jars and containers.

Use every inch of space in your kitchen cabinets. It is permissible to use even doors for storage. Hang a special organizer for storing lids or cutting boards. Or hang your planner there.

There are not many options for storing cutlery in the kitchen. Here are examples that I think are very good.

Well, the last thing that is very important to provide in the kitchen is to organize the space under the sink. This is the most cluttered and messy place in the entire kitchen. Most often, various cleaning equipment is stored there. These are the ideas for storage under the sink that appealed to me.

That's all for today. I hope my post was useful for you, and you have become one more step closer to cleanliness and order in your home. Share your ideas on how you organize your kitchen storage. Share the article on social media networks. Leave comments, they always warm my soul!

Bye bye everyone!