Hands up who watched The Home Edit on Netlfix and got inspired to organize their life! Me too! This week, I tackled my kitchen cabinets. I am going to share how to organize your kitchen cabinets and create more space within them. As always, I have put together a YouTube video to give you some inspiration.
Over a year ago, I decluttered my kitchen presses. I have a habit of hoarding items I do not need. After having a good declutter last year, I noticed some of the cabinets were starting to overflow.
The 1st thing I do when I am organizing a space is to declutter. I go through all of the items in each cabinet. Any items I do not use, I recycle or donate. Be brutal! I thinned down on the number of cups and glasses that I had as I noticed I never used all of them, so I decided to keep the ones I used the most.
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One of the reasons I loved watching The Home Edit was all of the containers they used for storage. I just loved how tidy and organized they made everything look. I purchased a few different sized basket and containers. My kitchen cabinets are not deep, so I had to choose storage containers that would fit. Once I was happy with my decluttering, I organized the items I kept by using different sized baskets and storage containers.
If your cabinets have more space, or you have the luxury of a pantry, you can use these clear containers for storing your cereals or kinds of pasta.
Short on space? See if you can create space in another area of the home to store items you don’t use every day. I keep my large bag of pet food in a nook as it takes up too much space in my cabinets.You can also take pots and pans out of your drawers and hang them, this frees up valuable storage space and creates a display too. Use the free space on the sides of your cabinets to hang some hooks and use this space for storage.Hang mugs from hooks on the underside of shelves to free up cabinet space.
How To Organize Kitchen Cabinets
My junk drawer tends to be a home for the most random but also the most important items in the house. I found my passport, batteries and garden seeds in my junk drawer. I added baskets to my junk drawer and divided up my items to store like with like. I removed anything that was life admin or bills to my office. I made a folder for those items and, I now keep these in my office.
I put together a YouTube video where I share how to organize your kitchen cabinets. I also have a decluttering playlist full of videos, where I have tackled the messy corners of my home. I find watching cleaning and organizing videos on Youtube so motivating. Click here for the playlist. Please hit the subscribe button of you enjoy my channel and a cheeky share and thumbs up.Learn how to organize kitchen cabinets with these simple tips and tricks. A step by step plan to help get your started on designing your perfect kitchen organization system.
For most households, the kitchen is one of the busiest rooms in the whole house. With all of the traffic and multi-users, it can be a difficult space to keep organized. With a good organization system in place, however, it is possible to get and keep your kitchen organized.
How To Organize Kitchen Cabinets: A Step By Step Guide
Here’s my step by step plan to help you organize your kitchen cabinets. Remember that it will take a little time and some trial and error before you have it set up just the way you’d like. Once you have it all organized, however, it should be relatively easy to maintain and will be well worth your effort!
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There are basically two ways that you can work on organizing the cabinets. The first option is to just jump right in there and do it all at once. This works best if you have a smaller kitchen, plan on doing a lot of cabinet reshuffling , or really need to do a lot of decluttering. Depending on the current state of your cabinets and how many you have to organize, this could take anywhere from a couple of hours to a full day . Be patient with yourself – things WILL get worse before they look better. lol!
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The second option is to work on a few cabinets at a time. This works best if you don’t plan on doing a lot of shuffling items around, are just going to swapping items between two cabinets, or tend to get overwhelmed easily with organizing. Since I now have my cupboards set up the way I like them, this is usually the method that I use. if you have a large kitchen but would like to switch up your storage spaces, you could also do a hybrid model of the two, and divide the kitchen up into half. They key is to not make things too overwhelming for yourself.
I can’t say this enough, but it’s SO important to declutter any space before organizing it. First of all, a good decluttering lets you know what you actually have deep within those cupboards. Secondly, your cupboards will be so much easer to keep organized and clean when you have less stuff. {It’s kind of ironic, but I also find that I use my items
When I have less.} And lastly, there is no point wasting your time and energy organizing and maintaining items that you don’t really love or need. For help with the decluttering process, check out this post on how to declutter any space and this post with 20 items to declutter from the kitchen.
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The first step with decluttering is to always completely empty out the space. Now I know that it can sometimes be hard to get rid of things, but you really do need to be ruthless when you purge. Obviously, anything that is broken or you no longer love or use needs to go. As a rough rule of thumb, donate or sell non-seasonal items that have not been used in the past 6 months or seasonal items that were not used during the past season. For items that you use only once or twice per year, think if you could just borrow a similar one from a friend or family member rather than keep it around your own home.
If you’re not sure if you should keep it or not, set the item aside until the very end and see if there is even space left. For me, seeing how nice my organized cupboards look is enough motivation to part with those so-so items that are left. 😉
Once you have everything emptied out of your cabinets, make sure you do a good cleaning of the space. Be sure to clean all surfaces of the cupboards and get right into those corners
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This is totally optional, but lining your drawers can provide a few extra benefits. Firstly, if your cupboard or drawer bottoms have seen better days, liners will cover up any stains or chips. I used a simple white liner for our kitchen, but you can also find many colorful or patterned options or make your own from wrapping paper and clear contact paper. Secondly, if you want to protect your surfaces from any damage or spills in the future, the liner provides an extra barrier of protection. I didn’t line all of my cupboards and drawers but did end up doing most of them.
For most projects, I do recommend choosing a non-adhesive liner as it can be removed for washing when needed and won’t be difficult to switch out if you change your mind in the future. If you need to secure the edges you can always use a bit of double sided tape or small Command strips so it doesn’t slide.
Organizing by zones means that you try to group all similar items together and closest to the area that you will be using them. If you’re just starting out organizing this way, it may mean moving some of your kitchen storage around from cabinets that you currently use. Depending on your kitchen layout and cupboard storage options, you may have to make a few exceptions, but this is generally the most functional way to organize the space.
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The first step to organize kitchen cabinets by zone is to take a few minutes to think about where you want to store your items and how you want your kitchen to function. Here are some ideas for zones that you may want to think about…
Depending on your needs, you can come up with other zones that make your space more functional. For example, we have a little smoothie/health bar in one corner of our kitchen for our
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