9 Designer Kitchen Organisation Ideas That Experts Use For Small Spaces
Having a huge kitchen with a ton of storage is the dream of everyone who wants to spend some time cooking and socialising with family members over dinner at home. However, kitchen space has become quite premium, and it is important to remember that sometimes you will have to resort to implementing clever solutions. In the following guide, we will check out what some of them may be:
Double-duty shelf – shelves can be more than just a place to keep your kitchen inventory. On the top part, you can use the shelf as usual. However, if you put pins and hooks on the bottom side, you can use that space to hang oven mitts, cutting boards, pans and whatever else you deem fit for keeping at the underside of the shelf.
Making the most of drawers – if you take the time to implement drawer organisers, you will find that you can fit a lot more into your
drawers. Contrary to keeping everything in a disorganized mess, drawer organisers allow for extra convenience for keeping essentials within easy reach.
Use clear canisters – if you do it right, all of your pantry staples can contribute to the visual appeal of the kitchen. Move all of the nuts, cereals, baking ingredients and pasta into jars, and mark each one of them with a chalkboard label. You will get a unified look that allows you to browse ingredients quickly.
Use a pegboard wall – if you want to have a little accent on your kitchen, you can use a pegboard wall. Paint a pegboard a nice bright colour and place it in a convenient spot. You can then use it to store things like mugs, utensils, measuring tools and whatever else you can put on hooks there.
Hang a towel bar over your sink – the space immediately above the sink oftentimes remains empty, but in a small kitchen, you may have to be more creative about it. A metal bar on the blank area immediately above your kitchen sink allows for a convenient spot to keep spoons, graters, spices and more.
Inserts provide more space – stacking all of the platters and dishes one over the other consumes free space in the kitchen rather quickly. That is why expert designers recommend drawer dividers. This kind of solution may seem like it takes up precious space, but it allows you to organise the contents into the dividers in a way that is hard to achieve without such a solution.
Make two shelves out of one – wire shelf risers are a very clever solution, which enables you to practically multiply the vertical storage space of your shelves. Insert the wire shelf risers anywhere
and get space underneath, as well as over them, for dishes and anything else you like to keep stored there.
Deep cabinets have space for ‘drawers’ – not literal drawers, although you can get plastic bins to serve the same purpose. If there are deep cabinets, you can easily place a few basket-like bins, and keep your tablecloth linens, towels or anything else you use in the kitchen.
A pull-out shelf wall – sometimes, you may have a narrow space left between your fridge and the wall. That is where you can install a sliding shelf, which is ideal for storing canned goods and other products in mason jars.
All of these practical solutions work wonders for any kitchen that is on the small side. Make sure to use them, if you too need to address a confined space. © K&I Kitchens