Kitchen Storage - Optimizing Your Existing Space
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Erica_A_Brooks]Erica A Brooks
Looking at those cluttered countertops and that jumbled pantry it's hard to imagine any reasonable way of gaining back that control you once maintained and somehow surrendered slowly over time to the likes of a canister here, that sandwich maker there, the one that you just "had to have". We could go on and on, but the issue here is not the cause of the dilemma. Your focus needs to be on the remedy.
Any approach towards taming the beast that your kitchen has become needs to be measured, both figuratively, do not go overboard with your ideas, simplicity is better and primary to our equation, literally measure the existing space. After all, you can't fit a bowling ball into a marble pouch. When measuring the existing storage space available in your kitchen, focus more on the empty areas.
Above your cabinets:
By doing something as simple as installing dish rail to the forward edge of the upper cabinet tops, you provide a defined, aesthetically pleasing storage area for the likes of that fancy dinnerware you have used once in the last year, the larger pieces of cookware that also have not seen action since the last holiday. Storing larger, seldom used pieces overhead clears more concealed storage space for some of the items that clutter your counter space. Remember that sandwich maker; there you go, out of sight. (Note, keep a balanced and visually appealing amount of items overhead, don't defeat your progress by simply shuffling the jumble from below overhead.)
Behind doors:
The vertical space behind doors, whether it's the door to the basement, to a closet or mudroom, any interior door off the kitchen can become an ideal source for kitchen storage. With the wide variety of easily customizable over the door organizers available today you can turn almost any door into a mini pantry. Providing an organized place for that cluttered pile of food wraps and trash bags you thought would forever reside there beside the bread box, and don't forget those jumbled cleaning supplies. Well, you can take it from there.
While the examples above give you a good foothold in your efforts to reclaim control of the clutter in your kitchen, they are by no means the only ones. Proceeding with simplicity of concept and optimized use of "forgotten" space the clutter that was will become order as you become a master of kitchen storage.
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