Clear Your Clutter with Kitchen Organizing Ideas

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We could all use some kitchen organizing ideas. Time to clear our clutter from the kitchen! I have some easy tips and tricks below that is sure to help you get organized and stay that way in your kitchen.

Kitchen Organizing Ideas

Tip #1

My first tip is the picture below. Using a plate stand by your kitchen sink keeps your sink nice and clean looking. Check out this pin for where I got my inspiration. While you are there you can follow our organization ideas Pinterest board for tons of ideas!

Tip #2

My next tips involves those dreaded baking pans…
BEFORE

First of all, this cabinet is UNDER the built in oven. Every night I would have to get on my hands and knees to get to my pans. The second tip is to store your most used items where they can be easily accessed. I moved things that I only use a few times a year to this cabinet and moved OUT my pans. Then I stalked Pinterest and every other outlet for a solution that would work with MY cabinets. You know what…I found a simple baking sheet rack at The Home Depot for less than $10!! Check out that organization…

AFTER

Tip #3

My next tip is for drawers. We all have one of these drawers…right? Tell me you have one of these drawers…pretty please…sugar on top…

BEFORE

I found the coolest thing ever…at Big Lots even! This drawer organizer snaps into different configurations and was only $6…six bucks!

And check out what a difference it made! Yes no person in their right mind should have that many batteries. Would you believe that they were hiding in my clutter and I had NO CLUE I had that many. Think of all the things that are hiding in your clutter that you don’t even know you have!

AFTER

Tip #4

Now let’s talk pots and pans. More importantly the LIDS to those pots and pans. They don’t stack and they end up making my cabinets look like this…

BEFORE

Again, every set of cabinets is different. The solution that I ended up going with….mug hooks…

Screw a mug hook into the side of your cabinet and just hang your pot lids…

Now my cabinet looks oh so much better….

AFTER

Tip #5

Now let’s talk about the kitchen command center. Our kitchen is a dropping spot for so many things. Back last year I got a paper organizer to try and keep everything organized. Welll…the paper was organized but so many things got dropped AROUND it…

BEFORE

I straightened everything up and cleared the clutter. The tip would be to create a “drop zone” for things like paper, mail, etc, etc, etc. It is easily staightened up occasionnally and things are {almost} always where I can find them. I also created this recipe organizer for some of this paper clutter.

AFTER

I also took some recycled containers and made these great storage boxes. You can find a tutorial on how to make these by clicking here.

Tip #6

One last tip before I go, this one if for those pesky plastic containers and lids. Last year around this time I implemented a storage system and it has worked….for an entire year. You can find all the details on that one here. I feel like if something has worked that long, it is tested and approved!

I hope you have enjoyed these kitchen organizing ideas and maybe they will help you to clear the clutter and get your kitchen organized!

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Comments

Colleen Jorgensen says
January 18, 2012 at 10:43 am
Awesome tips, Angie! And ONE junk drawer? Oh no. I have more than a few 🙂 I need to do our kitchen SO badly. Now I’ve got some inspiration!
Riitta Sinikka says
January 19, 2012 at 1:07 pm
So fina tips! Have a nice day!
Attempting Aloha says
January 19, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Great job, Angie!! Doesn’t it feel so good to have some of those “little” things organized? It makes such a big difference!Aloha,Charlie