How to Arrange Kitchen Cupboards
Professional organizers are often hired to organize living spaces including kitchen cupboards. These professional organizers also come at a hefty price, which leaves you to the big question. Why pay someone such a hefty price to do something that you could do for free?
- Large storage totes
- Cleanser
- Dishcloths
- Organizer
- Hanging rack
- Remove everything you do not need. Look through each of your kitchen cupboards and remove each item you never use and place it in a large storage tote. Unless these items are your fine china or a family heirloom it is time to get rid of it as it is just taking up space and collecting dust.
- Scrub out your kitchen cupboards with cleanser using a dishcloth. Chances are you will need more than one unless you scrub out your kitchen cupboards often.
- Determine which dishes are used least often. Stack these dishes neatly in the top kitchen cupboards according to what they are.
- Determine in which area of your kitchen you use your seasonings and spices the most. Position your seasonings and spices in alphabetical order within the kitchen cupboard closest to this area. Create neat rows with the labels facing outward.
- Place your plates and dessert dishes in the kitchen cupboard closest to your table or your dining room. Stack them according to size.
- Place your coffee cups and saucers side-by-side in the kitchen cupboard that is closest to your coffee maker. Place all of your coffee supplies neatly next to your coffee cups.
- Place canned and boxed foods into a kitchen cupboard close to your stove. Stack the cans two high with the labels outward. Place boxes sideways with labels also outward.
- Place your cups and glasses in a kitchen cupboard close to the refrigerator. Stack plastic cups whenever possible and place glassware where it is easily accessible to prevent potential accidents.
- Stack Tupperware style bowls one inside the other with lids on. Stack other bowls neatly inside the cabinet.
- Purchase a hanging rack for your pots and pans. With these hanging racks you have a few options. You could hang it over a bar near the stove or you could mount it onto a nearby wall. Hang all of your saucepans and non-glass cookware onto this rack.
- Place all glass cookware into a lower kitchen cupboard. If the glass cookware is stackable then place one inside the other with the lids turned upside down until you reach the largest lid. Place the largest lid right side up.
- Use a lower kitchen cupboard for your small appliances such as mixers and blenders. Unless you use these appliances daily you should store them away neatly in the kitchen cupboard.
- Place all silverware into an organizer if you haven't already. These organizers are relatively cheap and you could buy them at Wal-Mart for as little as $3.