Kitchen Organizing Ideas

Simple and practical Kitchen Organizing Ideas.  Real life tips that work to help you keep your kitchen organized!

If you’re looking for simple ideas and practical ways to get your kitchen organized and keep it that way, here are some great tips for you.  Covers everything including organizing your fridge and freezer, organizing kitchen drawers, to pantry storage ideas, linen storage and more.

Organizing Kitchen Linens

One of my favourite ways to organize in my kitchen, is with a chest of drawers. I use it to store all my kitchen linens, towels, napkins, napkin rings and various small kitchen knick knacks that I don’t know where to store.  I keep this set of drawers in the nook of our eating area so it’s easy to access.

Plastic Bins for Storage

Plastic storage bins are a great way to organize and separate different pantry items.  I have separate bins for pasta, rice, soup packets, muffin liners, baking chips…you get the idea.  I also use large plastic bins to store flour, sugar and rolled oats. I also like to keep measuring and levelling tools in these bins, making it handy for measuring right in the container. 

Mason Jars for Pantry Storage

I love using mason jars to store pantry items like cocoa, corn starch, oat bran, salt and flavoured sugars.  The clear jars make it easy to find things. And for easy organizing and identification, I like to label my jars with chalkboard stickers.

Keeping Drawers Organized

Every once in a while I will tackle all the messes in my kitchen drawers.  To do this I will clean and organize one drawer at a time so I don’t get overwhelmed.  I start by taking everything out of the drawer and throwing out or donating anything I don’t need, then I separate items into different little storage inserts.  You can read more details about my kitchen drawer organizing here.

Keeping the Fridge and Freezer Organized

Keeping the fridge and freezer organized is such a big part of keeping a kitchen organized and running smoothly.  If you know what you have, and can see what you have in an organized way, dinner planning is so much easier.   You can read in more detail how I keep my Fridge Organized here, and my Freezer Organized here.

Tips for Organizing a Spice Cabinet

Spice cabinets can get very messy and out of control quickly!  And it’s hard to keep them organized because real life happens and we cook and bake and things get messy.  So I try to keep my cabinet as organized as possible, and I do this will small storage bins.  I bought the white bin at Ikea and I use it to hold almost all of my spices…I just pull it out when I need something, and push it back in.  Simple, and everything stays in place. For my most used spices I used another bin that I can slide in and out as needed.  Mason jars are great too for holding measuring spoons.

Lazy Susan’s or Turntables are great in pantries

A cabinet Lazy Susan turntable in the pantry is very handy.  Having jars or spices on a rotating table makes it very easy to find things in the pantry. I also like to keep these in my cupboard for easy access to things like salt and pepper, syrup, honey, most used spices…etc. I like these ones from Bed, Bath & Beyond (this is an affiliate link).

Plastic Bins for Storage

Plastic storage bins are a great way to organize and separate different pantry items.  Use one for pasta, one for rices, one for soup packets…you get the idea.  I also use these bins to store my potatoes and onions…did you know that potatoes and onions should be kept in separate bins or your potatoes will turn green?  Good to know.

Organizing a Baking Cupboard

To keep my baking cupboard tidy I installed wire dividers to separate my baking sheets.  Saved my life.  Ok, maybe not that dramatic, but seriously, these dividers are very helpful.  No more pans flying out when the cupboard doors open! I bought this one at Bed, Bath & Beyond (this is an affiliate link).

Organizing Recipes

To keep all my recipe cards and magazine clippings organized, I use a this recipe filing system that I made with scrapbook paper and shipping envelopes. It keeps all my treasured recipes safely tucked away.

There is so much more that I could do, but organizing is an ever evolving and changing task.  I will clean and organize something one day, and the next day it’s crazy again.  But that’s life, and I do what works for our little family of 5!

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Happy Organizing!