12 ways to deal with the most annoying kitchen storage problems
Never fight with a pile of unwieldy pots again.
Never fight with a pile of unwieldy pots again.
Have you ever stacked your cookie, we mean, baking trays in a cabinet only to have them slide all over the place when you open the door? Use an office paper sorter to store them vertically and avoid future spillage.
When you can't fit all your attachments in your mixer's bowl, use small hooks to store them up and out of the way on a blank cabinet wall.
Create a platter rack
Few of us have a drawer big enough for those pretty platters we only take out for special occasions. A wall rack is a great way to utilise bare space in your kitchen or dining room – and the serve ware is so pretty that your collection can double as decor.
Divide a drawer for awkward utensils
While your garlic press and can opener are essential to whipping up supper, they're also awkwardly-shaped and might not fit into your standard utensil holder - so get crafty with some slim wooden boards (or find spring-loaded dividers at a home store) to create a custom home for the bulkiest offenders.
Dedicate a cabinet to countertop appliances
Your back will thank you for this appliance garage - it means you don't have to lift your standing mixer from our lower cabinets to your counters anymore. Just open the door and use 'em where they are. Bonus: This DIY is a super smart IKEA hack.
Use dividers vertically and horizontally
Baking dish storage doesn't have to feel like rocket science — they do make specific organisers for it, after all. But you do have to get clever with the arrangement. These bloggers solved their cabinet's puzzle by placing some dividers vertically, and others horizontally.
The handles on top of lids makes them the worst to stack. Instead, hang them on the back of your cabinet door with the help of adhesive hooks. This way, they'll no longer get nestled into hard-to-reach back corners.
Who wants to stack pans in a cabinet, then hunt through them (and inevitably knock a few over) to find the right size for your mac 'n' cheese? Hang all of your clunky items from a pegboard on a bare wall to add style and function. Cute chalk outlines making finding the right place for each piece a breeze.
Doesn't it seem like every time you need a quarter tablespoon of vanilla that spoon is always missing (oof). Hang your spoons on the door of your baking cabinet so you'll always know where you precise measuring utensils is when you need it.
The most annoying thing about these plastic containers? There are so many pieces. Here, a sliding drawer lets you pull out your entire collection at once, while wooden pegs keep items that are the same size in place.
Sure, you could hide these heavy boards in your cabinets, but we personally love the look of wood and white together, so why not store them on your counter? Here they double as decor when propped in a vintage box.
When stored under your sink, these rolls of plastic bags inevitably always end up unrolling and getting tangled in your cleaners. Use a paper towel roller to dispense them in an organised and streamlined fashion.
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