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Whether you have a big or small kitchen, kitchen organization tools are a great idea.
They help organize your cabinets, counters, small spaces, and drawers. Being organized gives you easy access to kitchen tools, appliances, and gadgets.
The kitchen is the heart of the home, and you want it to be organized and easy to find everything you need.
Benefits of an Organized Kitchen
Having an organized kitchen space is not only helpful, it will help reduce your stress level while in the kitchen and make it more simple for you to cook and find what you need.
Everything needs to be organized and have a place, From small to small appliances to large items and appliances.
This will allow you to move seamlessly throughout your kitchen because you know where everything is.
How Do I Start Organizing My Kitchen?
The first thing I like to do before organizing any area of my home is to go through it. We usually end up with way too much stuff in our homes that we don’t need.
Clean off the counter space and clean out the cabinets, drawers, and pantry. Get rid of items you no longer use, throw away anything that is trash, and make a pile for things that need a new home.
Once you have left the kitchen essentials you want to keep, you can start to organize.
It will make the organization process much easier once you’ve cleaned it out! If it’s overwhelming to go through and organize the kitchen all at once, start small.
Start with one kitchen drawer. Go through the drawer and organize it, then choose another drawer or cabinet. You can go at whatever pace you feel comfortable with!
What Tools Do I Need to Organize My Kitchen?
First, grab your cleaning supplies! You will want to deep clean your kitchen as you are cleaning out and organizing. It’s the best time to clean your drawer space, kitchen cabinet space, and pantry area.
Depending on the space you have and the types of kitchen items you need to organize will determine the types of organizational tools you’ll need.
I’m going to share some tools below that will help you get the organized kitchen you dream of!
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21 Tools for a More Organized Kitchen
1. Lazy Susan
A lazy Susan is a great way to utilize the space in the corner cabinets. You can spin the lazy Susan and have access to everything on it.
It’s a great solution to use all the space in your cabinets, even those tricky corner spots!
2. Shelf Risers
Shelf risers are perfect for using the vertical space in your kitchen cabinets. I like to use these to stack bowls and cups in my cabinets. They are also great for spices or other items.
The idea is to not leave any space unused in your cabinets.
3. Drawer Dividers
Drawer dividers are perfect to keep your small kitchen tools organized. From cutlery to whisks and spatulas, you can keep the cooking tools in your pull-out drawers organized.
The drawer dividers ensure that everything has a place.
4. Clear Bins
Clear bins are great to use in your drawers, cabinets, or pantry. These can help organize the junk drawer but are also perfect for organizing small utensils in the drawers.
It can help you keep similar items together!
These clear bins are the perfect storage hack. They can also go beyond storage in the kitchen and can be used almost anywhere in the home!
5. Utensil Holder
A utensil holder is perfect for sitting on the kitchen countertop and putting your larger cooking utensils in. This saves space in the drawers for other smaller kitchen utensils.
6. Pot Rack
A few different types of pot racks can help you keep your pots and pans organized. This pot rack is my favorite. It’s a good option if your kitchen has unused wall space.
There are also options for organizing your pots in the cabinet and hanging racks that would be perfect to go over a kitchen island.
7. Stackable Water Bottle Organizer
If you’re like me, you have way too many water bottles. But it can be hard to part with any of them! If that’s you, this tool is perfect for organizing your reusable water bottles.
Instead of throwing them in a random drawer organize them with this stackable rack.
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8. Airtight Clear Containers
For all of your pantry staples and dry goods, you need food storage containers! I love to have clear containers so I can tell what is in them, but you can also label the containers to keep them more organized.
The airtight containers will help keep your pantry items fresh and ready to use.
9. Knife Strip
If you have the space, a knife strip is the perfect way to store your knives in one place. A magnetic strip that goes on the wall, keeps your knives organized and out of the drawers.
It’s also the perfect way to keep knives out of reach of the littles.
10. Door Racks
Door racks are a great idea for utilizing the space on your cabinet doors. It is a great place to store flat items. I love to store cutting boards, a cookie sheet, and other flat cookie tools in my door rack.
11. Hook on the Door
This is a very simple solution to creating more storage space in your kitchen. You may already have some hooks you can use!
I like to hang flat items like cutting boards or splatter guards on the back of cabinets on hooks.
12. Sink Countertop Organizer
These organizers are amazing to have for your kitchen sink. You can keep soap, scrubbers, and everything you like to have on hand next to the sink.
It’s great to keep things that are in plain sight organized and put together.
13. Under Sink Organizer
How many times have you looked in the cabinet under your sink to find something, and it’s been such a mess? It’s hard to find what you’re looking for because stuff is scattered everywhere!
These under-cabinet organizers are a lifesaver. They allow you to store items neat and organized, which makes it a breeze to find what you are looking for!
14. Lid Organizer
This is probably one of my favorite kitchen storage and organizational tools! Keeping lids of different sizes together can be a challenge. This lid organizer allows you to keep lids of the same size together, and with this expandable organizer, you can store as many as you need to.
It keeps lids from falling all over the cabinet and also keeps them from getting lost. You will be glad you added this organizing tool to your kitchen.
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15. Under Cabinet Pots and Pans Organizer
This is a great organizational tool for your pots and pans (plus the lids) if you like storing them under the cabinet. It can help cut down on visual clutter if you normally keep these stored on the wall or space outside the cabinet.
It’s great for those lower cabinets that usually get messy (I know mine do).
16. bOX oRGANIZER
We all have products that come in cardboard boxes like aluminum foil, wax paper, parchment paper, sandwich bags, and more!
This organizer keeps your boxes from being a cluttered mess and it’s cute!
17. Mug Holder
I think mug holders are so cute! It gives you somewhere to store your coffee mugs so they aren’t taking up space in your cabinets.
This mug holder hooks under the cabinet so it doesn’t take up cooking space on your counter.
18. Pull Down Cabinets
Pull-down cabinets are a great way to make it easier to utilize the top cabinets in your kitchen.
If it’s been a long time since you’ve used or even seen what’s in those cabinets, this is the perfect addition to your kitchen.
19. Canned Good Organizer
A canned goods organizer is a great organizational tool. It helps to organize your canned goods so you can see them better, and put more in your cabinet!
I like to organize mine by putting all the same types of canned goods in one row. It creates more space in your cabinet because they are stacked vertically, but you can still see what you have.
20. Moveable Backsplash
Moveable backsplash is a great kitchen organization idea for someone building a new home or space.
It allows you to hide larger appliances sitting on your kitchen counters like a coffee maker, toaster oven, air fryer, and more behind a beautiful backsplash wall.
21. Stackable Produce COntainers
These stackable produce containers are great because they stack! You can keep your produce organized and your countertops clutter-free.
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You don’t need a professional organizer to have an organized kitchen. It’s easy when you have the proper organizational tools to have an organized kitchen. This allows you to have an appropriate place for all your kitchen items, making time in your kitchen simpler.
You know where all your tools should be and it’s a breeze to unload the dishwasher or drying rack and put your kitchen tools away.
I hope this information helps you organize your kitchen with the right tools. I would love to know what your favorite organizational tools are!
Until next time,
Catherine
I use many of these ideas – the under-the-sink organizer and plastic bag organizer were additions this year and both are winners. Great list.
Thank you! I’m glad you are utilizing organization tools. It makes my life much less stressful when things are organized.
These are all awesome ideas. My kitchen is probably the most cluttered room in the house (including the pantry!). Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks for reading! I struggle with keeping my pantry organized. It’s so easy to clutter!
This is a great resource for getting an organized kitchen. I recently moved, so I have an entire kitchen that needs serious organizing. I’ll be referencing this quite a bit as I work on the kitchen.
I hope it helps you get organized! Sometimes I would love to start over with my kitchen and have a blank slate. Good luck!
Such a great list! I live in a pretty small apartment. I do have a decent-sized kitchen, but there is just never enough space, lol! I definitely plan to check some of these out for my kitchen. I do not have it organized all that well, it functions but it could be better. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you for reading! Many of these products are great for smaller areas. They will help you get organized and create more space.
I love a well organised kitchen, I’m not a working Chef anymore- I am a fully qualified chef- a bad set up in a kitchen can still wind me up! lol!
I’m sure it can! It winds me up sometimes and I’m just a mediocre chef! Lol
I can confirm that shelf risers are great! I use them to organize my makeup palettes which are placed in trays and then placed no top of shelf risers. Great recs.
That’s another great idea for using them!
I love an organised kitchen and these are great space-saving ideas!
Thank you! I love an organized kitchen as well.
Great ideas! I love organizing a kitchen, it’s a hardworking space. Thanks for sharing this list with links.
Thanks for reading!