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How to Organize Your Kitchen. You might cook more if your kitchen weren’t so cluttered.
Okay, maybe not. But, still—wouldn’t it be nice to have an organized cooking space?
You will need An ability to part with things you don’t need Baskets Compartmentalized
drawer organizers Plastic place mats A door-mounted caddy Tiered shelves A vase of flowers or
bowl of fruit An ability to part with things you don’t need Baskets Compartmentalized
drawer organizers Plastic place mats A door-mounted caddy Tiered shelves and a vase of flowers
or bowl of fruit. Step 1. Throw out long-expired food before it poses a national health threat,
and donate anything you dislike. If you’re unsure whether to throw out an item, ask yourself
if you’d trust it to use in a recipe, or if you’d go out and buy a new one. Step
2. Unless you’re Martha Stewart, chances are you don’t use your big roasting pan
or bread maker that often, so cover them and store them in the attic or basement. Step
3. Make use of the dead space between the tops of cabinets and the ceiling for storing
infrequently used items. Step 4. Bring order to your cupboards by grouping like items -- coffee
stuff, snack foods, condiments -- in baskets. Step 5. Use compartmentalized drawer organizers
to sort out your cutlery and junk drawers. Line your shelves with inexpensive plastic
place mats that can be washed and reused rather than difficult-to-remove sticky paper. Step
6. Install a multi-shelf, door-mounted caddy on a cabinet door for small items like spices.
Step 7. Put two-tiered organizers in cabinets that have lots of wasted space between short
food items, like soup cans, and the shelf above. Step 8. When you’re done organizing
your kitchen, put a vase of flowers or a bowl of fruit on your countertop. Research shows
it inspires us, subconsciously, to keep the area around it clean and uncluttered. Did
you know According to one survey, a whopping 97% of homeowners wish they could renovate
their kitchen.