Kitchen drawers often become catch-alls for utensils, spices and all manner of odds and ends. Trying to find space in kitchen drawers can be a challenge, particularly when only a few drawers are available. When your kitchen space is limited, try alternative storage solutions to save space in your kitchen drawers.
Make use of kitchen organizers. Organize boxes of aluminum foil, plastic wrap and plastic sandwich bags in specialized racks that fasten onto the back of the pantry or cupboard door.
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Put napkins in a napkin holder on the kitchen table, or store them in a basket on a kitchen shelf or on top of the refrigerator.
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Stack kitchen towels on a shelf, or in a basket on top of the refrigerator.
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Put cooking utensils an a crockery pot next to the stove. Keep silverware in smaller crockery pots, or in vintage ceramic flower pots, on the counter or even on the table. This looks especially trendy if the silverware is an eclectic mix that does not match.
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Mount a magnetic strip on the wall above the countertop to hold your knives.
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Mount a wire rack or peg board with hooks on a bare wall and hang kitchen utensils, such as stainless steel spoons, ladles, measuring spoons and wire whisks.
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Use drawer organizers to categorize what is left after you have moved everything possible from the drawers.
Tips & Warnings
Look for various ways to hang things on the walls. Use flowerpots or baskets that hang on the wall to hold napkins or silverware.
Imagine ways to hang things from the ceiling. Tiered hanging baskets can hold linens near the sink and napkins and silverware near the table.
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