Get Organized in 2012: 10 Ways to Organize a Small Kitchen — Without a Pantry!
A small kitchen can be cozy. A small kitchen can make it easy to cook without a lot of reaching around. But a small kitchen, no matter how well-equipped, can mean it’s hard to store your food. No case-lot sales for you … unless you try some of these efficient and brilliant tips for making the most of smaller kitchens. You don’t need a spacious pantry to store everything you need: you just need some great ideas … here are a few that might help — after the break!
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Use drawer organizers to store more
Use kitchen drawers to store food using dividers that you can find at Ikea or other similar stores. More organized means you can fit more.
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Use can organizers -- really!
Fit more into your small cabinet space with can organizers.
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Use glass jars on your counters for oft-used items
Keep often-used items in attractive glass jars on your counters for easy access.
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Use space-saving containers
Group like items together in kitchen cupboards with easy access containers
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Try under-shelf baskets
Double your shelves and store twice as much in your cabinets with under-shelf baskets.
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Turn a bookshelf into a pantry
Use all available shelves -- even those in a hutch or bookshelf. This is a cute idea ... like a cold cellar on the bottom shelf.
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Make a Morning Coffee Station
Mount a shelf above your counter to store items for a Morning Coffee Station.
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Custom-tailor your shelves with DIY organizers
Make some DIY Kitchen Cabinet Organizers to make the most of your cupboard space.
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Make cabinet doors magnetic
Add magnetic sheeting to the inside of cabinets and hang pots of spices or small kitchen items.
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Try a pull-out pantry organizer
If you have space between your fridge and cabinets, install this pull-out pantry organizer.
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This is SO needed in my house! While my kitchen isn’t exactly tiny, I have next to NO cabinets and one of those god-awful over the steps “pantries” that is too deep!!
Hi! Wow, thanks for showing my coffee station. Our homestead is really shaping up and as we continue to get organized, check back on our site http://www.highdesertchronicles.com to see more kitchen organization to come.
While my recent post doesn’t deal with the missing pantry, it does deal with maximizing storage in a kitchn. I just designed and built my own drawer dividers using plastic corrugated board (used for signs) in order to maximize storage space in a traditional drawer. Increased it by over 1/3. Makes a difference. I posted a tutorial yesterday at Ashbee design here.. Going to do it other drawers as well.