3 Tips For Kitchen Cabinet Storage: Space Utilization + Convenience + Durability

Many people have this experience. Every time after cooking a sumptuous meal, the table is filled with bottles and cans, the floor is splashed with water stains and oil stains, and even the place to place the cut vegetables cannot be found.

The kitchen space is limited, and various stains occur every day. If the storage work is not done well, the entire kitchen can easily become messy.

In fact, as long as the storage system is clearly planned, the kitchen can be kept clean and the mood will be much happier when cooking.

Below I will share with you some practical kitchen storage experiences, so you can follow them correctly.

Make good use of walls and utilize vertical space

The most overlooked thing in the kitchen is wall space.

Many people only focus on countertops and cabinets. In fact, tools such as wall hanging rods, magnetic knife holders, and storage racks are particularly useful.

On the wall above the sink, install a stainless steel hanging rod, coupled with a few small hooks, so that commonly used shovels, colanders and pot brushes can all be hung on it, and it is also extremely convenient for draining.

You can install a spice rack on the wall next to the stove to store all the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar on it, so that the countertop will immediately become refreshing.

You need to pay attention to choosing high-quality hardware. In view of the relatively high humidity in the kitchen and the heavy smoke, if the hardware is of poor quality, it will soon become rusty and loose.

Hang the most commonly used items closest to the place of use. This is the core principle of wall storage. It is easy to pick up and put back easily.

Make partitions inside the drawer to prevent small things from running around

Several people opened the drawer, and chopsticks, spoons, and bottle openers were mixed with each other. It took a long time to search for a certain item.

In fact, I only need to make it for drawers Partitioned storage , this problem is solved.

Buy a few drawer dividers and you can freely adjust the grid according to the size of the drawers.

One compartment for chopsticks, one compartment for spoons, and one compartment for knives, clearly.

Deeper drawers can hold two layers of storage boxes. The lower layer is used to store large bowls and small pots, and the upper layer is used to store small items such as crispers and egg beaters.

When storing drawers, the key is to "store them vertically." For flat items such as pot lids, baking sheets, and chopping boards, insert the dividers into the drawer vertically. Compared with the flat stacking mode, they are easier to hold by hand.

After each use, put it back to its original position. The entire process will not take more than five seconds, but it can save more than ten minutes of time spent looking for things every day.

Don’t waste the corner cabinet, install a little monster pull basket

The kitchen corner cabinet is recognized as a storage difficulty. When the cabinet door is opened, it is extremely difficult to reach the things placed inside. As a result, it gradually evolves into a place where idle items are piled.

In fact, there is an extremely mature solution at this stage. This method is the corner basket, which is also called the little monster basket.

This kind of pull basket is installed inside the corner cabinet. When the cabinet door is opened, the pull basket, which can clearly see the whole thing at a glance, can be rotated out in one piece.

When installing, pay attention to measuring the size of the cabinet and choosing a pull basket of appropriate specifications.

If you don’t want to install a pull basket, you can directly place the rotating storage tray and place the seasoning bottles on it. You can also place cans on it. When you need to pick up items in a deeper position, just turn the tray.

The cabinet at the corner is recommended to store pots and pans that are not used frequently, as well as spare tableware and stored spices. If you need to take things several times a day, don't put them here.

Leave space under the base cabinet for trash cans and low carts

In some people's homes, the floor cabinets are directly on the floor, or are sealed with skirting lines. In fact, the floor cabinets near the sink can be completely left empty.

The height of this position is about 30 cm to 40 cm, which is just enough to push a narrow trash can. The garbage generated when washing and chopping vegetables can be easily thrown into it without having to bend down to pick up the trash can placed far away.

If the trash can does not occupy the entire space, then a shorter storage trolley can still be placed next to it to place frequently used items such as sinks and drain baskets that take up space on the countertop.

Pay attention to the depth of the empty area and measure the size in advance before buying a cart or trash can.

This kind of design is already very common among many families in Beijing and Shanghai that have just completed decoration. Anyone who has used it knows clearly how convenient it is.

Put a telescopic rack in the sink cabinet and keep cleaning supplies neatly in place

The cabinet under the sink has an irregular space due to the presence of drain pipes. Many people think it is inconvenient to use, so they simply pile up a pile of debris.

In fact, as long as it matches Telescopic storage rack Or a U-shaped basket, this space can store a lot of things.

The small retractable shelf can bypass the drain pipe, place dishwashing liquid, cleaning brushes and scouring pads on it, and place spare dishwashing liquid and kitchen cleaner below it.

Be careful not to place items that are susceptible to moisture, such as flour and dry goods, because moisture occasionally exists under the sink.

Every time you clean the kitchen, you need to take out the cleaning supplies from the sink cabinet. After using them, rinse them and put them back to their original positions. You can reach them with just a hand. The whole process is extremely smooth.

Cabinet interiors are stratified by frequency of use

Each layer of cabinets, floor cabinets and wall cabinets must be reasonably allocated.

Place the most frequently used items at eye level. Specifically, the location mentioned here is the topmost set of drawers in the base cabinet, or the bottommost layer in the wall cabinet.

For example, woks and soup pots can be placed in the upper area of ​​​​the base cabinet, and there is no need to bend down when taking them; plates and bowls are placed in the drawer closest to the dishwasher or sink, and can be stored directly after washing.

Items that are rarely used can be placed upward or downward. For example, large soup bowls and barbecue plates that are only used during festivals can be placed on the top layer of the wall cabinet or the bottom layer of the base cabinet.

This arrangement has the advantage that when cooking every day, 90% of the movements are completed in the most convenient position, which greatly reduces the number of bending and stepping.

In fact, there are not many fancy and complicated techniques for kitchen storage. The key points are to follow the "proximity principle" and make vertical space utilization.

Keep commonly used items at hand, hide items that are rarely used deep in cabinets, and try to make use of walls and corners that are easily overlooked.

Use the above methods to organize the cabinets and kitchen space again, and you will find that cooking becomes much easier and cleaning is no longer such a headache.

On the weekend, take half an hour to try it out, and it is actually not difficult to get a neat and tidy kitchen.