How to Organize Kitchen Cabinets & Drawers

Organize your kitchen cabinets and drawers.

The kitchen is the heart of the home. It is where you feed your family and where guests tend to gather when you entertain. Your kitchen is, most likely, the busiest room in your house.

Since you already spend so much time in your kitchen, why not make the most efficient use of that time? Knowing how to organize kitchen cabinets and drawers will allow you to accomplish all your kitchen tasks more efficiently.

Things You'll Need

• Adjustable drawer organizers
• Shelf organizers

Instructions

1. Ger rid of clutter in your kitchen. Discard any items that you no longer want, need or use.

2. Designate a home for the remaining items that you need to store in your kitchen cabinets and drawers.

3. Insert adjustable drawer organizers and shelf organizers to suit your needs and create easier access to the items that will be stored in each drawer and cabinet.

4. Arrange items in your cabinets and drawers with the most frequently used items in front and less frequently used items toward the back.

Tips & Warnings

• When designating homes for the items in your kitchen, keep functionality in mind. Store like items together and store them nearest to where they will be used. For example, store cooking utensils near the stove, place coffee mugs in the cabinet nearest the coffee pot and arrange serving dishes as close as possible to the kitchen table or dining room.

• Do not overfill your spaces, as this will defeat the purpose of your efforts to get organized and could result in more difficulty finding the items you need.

References

• Organize.com: Cabinet & Shelf Organizers