Kitchen Cupboard Organization Ideas?

I keep all my plasticware/tupperware stored in my corner lazy susan,works well. The lids are stored standing upright in a box and the containers are stored inside each other by size. I only use square or rectangular containers because they stack better and maximize space in fridge or pantry. Round containers are space wasters.

Alot of people store pots and pans by the stove. I would suggest storing frying pans there but pots that need water should be stored near the sink. No sense going to the oven area to grab a pot,then walking over to the sink to fill it,then walking back to the stove,right?

I keep mugs,glasses by the cabinet closest to the fridge and coffeemaker

What else??? Can't think. Hope it helps some.

Heidi

I can only tell you what I've done with mine! Left to right: Pantry-fridge-counter-stove-counter-sink-dishwasher.

I keep the home medicine chest and the rubbermaid storage above the dishwasher, the coffee stuff and mugs in the upper cabinet left of the sink (and over the coffee pot).

In the upper cabinet to the right of the stove: the herbs, spices, and kitchen appliances

In the lower cabinet round-a-bout by the sink: another pantry with all the canned goods, vinegars, olive oils, etc.

The narrow bottom cabinet to the right of the stove is used for shallow, oversized pans, cooling racks, colanders, and misc. cooking gadgets like my terra cotta garlic roaster and citrus juicer

Under the stove I keep the baking pans, over the stove I keep the toaster, the attachments to the kitchenaid, the handmixer.

To the left of the stove in the upper cabinets I have the large cooking spice jars, the baking powder, soda, salt, cocoa, teas.

The upper corner cabinet has the casserole dishes, the glass mixing bowls, the creamer/sugar/honey dishes, the nicer serving platters, and our old set of dishes in case we need more for company.

The upper cabinet next to the fridge is where we keep the dishes, glasses, wine glasses, and serving bowls.

The lower cabinet next to the fridge: pots, pans, pressure cooker, stock pots, dutch oven, rice cooker, etc.

The tiny cabinet over the fridge is where i put things we hardly ever use like the paper plates and cups.

DH grumps about not having the dishes right over the dishwasher no matter how many times I've told him how awkward that would be for me to try to reach over the dishwasher trays to put things away. A friend of mine had her kitchen that way and she hated it.

My one suggestion is that once you've rearranged things the way you want them, label every shelf-edge and the inside of every drawer. Whether you use those narrow tape-labels, paper and scotch tape, or write on the wood itself, at least whoever is putting away has no excuse.
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