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How To Organize Kitchen Drawers – Step by Step Guide On Kitchen Drawers Organization

It always takes a bit of time to figure out how to use our kitchen, here are some tried-and-true tips to get perfectly organized kitchen drawers in your kitchen!

How To Organize Kitchen Drawers

What do you store in kitchen drawers?

Lower drawers should be reserved for your least-frequently used items like BBQ essentials or entertaining pieces.

What do you store in kitchen drawers?

Spices and knives should be stored near prep areas. And dish towels should be stored near the sink or prep area.

What do you store in kitchen drawers?

How to organize your drawers?

TIP #1: GET RID OF THE JUNK. TAKE EVERYTHING OUT!

It doesn’t make sense to organize your kitchen drawer if you’re filled with a great number of stuff you don’t need.  

GET RID OF THE JUNK
drawer with a lot of personal items and junk piled up in disarray
GET RID OF THE JUNK

It important to make a decision on each item in each drawer: If you want to keep it and if it’s in the right place. Sort your stuff into things you want to keep in the drawer and be sure to toss or recycle anything that is broken.

TIP #2: Measure & Line Your Drawer

This will help you determine whether to use expandable, modular or stacking organizers. Line it.

Measure & Line Your Drawer
Measure & Line Your Drawer

TIP #3: USE THE RIGHT DRAWER ORGANIZERS

Choose the one that fits your personality and drawer the best. Modular organizers with a variety of sections are a great choice.

Modular organizers
Modular organizers
Modular organizers

Two-Tier Organizers is also a nice option you can use. If you’re visual, it may looks more vivid when it’s all colorful. I love the kitchen drawer organizer from. You can diy your kitchen drawer organizer as well.

Two-Tier Organizers
Two-Tier Organizers

TIP #4: USE EVERY SINGLE INCH YOU CAN

First, rotate your organizers in every possibility to find out a way that uses the most amount of space.

USE EVERY SINGLE INCH YOU CAN

Then see if you can add in other organizers, boxes, or containers to fill up empty space and make it functional and easy to use.

TIP #5: HAVE A SPOT FOR EVERYTHING

You’d better put all of your items together by type or color. Then, figure out the best spot for things. For example, this way when you do a baking job, you don’t have to search for similar ingredients or utensils.

HAVE A SPOT FOR EVERYTHING
HAVE A SPOT FOR EVERYTHING

TIP #6: KEEP ITEMS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE USED

Organizing a drawer by splitting it into zones based on activity and close to where they’re used makes it a lot easier to finish kitchen job. 🙂

KEEP ITEMS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE USED

TIP #7: THINK ABOUT THE KIDS

That’s it.

How To Organize Deep Kitchen Drawers

There’s a step by step on how to organize the deep kitchen drawers.

Step 1: Stack like items in your deep kitchen drawers. Heavy dishes and bowls fit great in the large drawers.

Stack like items in your deep kitchen drawers.
Stack like items in your deep kitchen drawers.

Step 2: Use drawer dividers to keep your deep kitchen drawer organized. You can choose  adjustable dividers for a better use.

drawer dividers

Step 3: Stack items vertically. Make everything in drawers on spot.

Stack items vertically
Stack items vertically

How to organize silverware drawers?

Checklist here.

  • Hang them in buckets.
  • Layer your organizer trays.
  • Store them upright.
  • DIY your dividers.
  • Set up a cubby on your counter.
  • Make a portable caddy.

If you’d like to learn more organized tips, hacks, and advice, these posts can help:

Marie Kondo folding tips advocate KonMari folding techniques – that is, folding clothes, towels, and sheets so they can stack in drawers vertically. 

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