Concepts For Organizing Kitchen Drawers • Kath Eats

Here’s a tour of my kitchen drawers, plus numerous concepts for organizing kitchen drawers you should utilize in your personal house!

The kitchen is the hub of the house

Most individuals use theirs at the very least as soon as a day, some households perhaps 10 occasions a day! Folks collect within the kitchen. Household dinners and bonding occur. Homework and artwork tasks are accomplished right here. The way in which you arrange your kitchen can have a major influence on the best way you spend time within the house. 

What you are feeling once you stroll within the room seemingly impacts your temper. That is very true for me, as I’ve a tough time specializing in anything if I do know my kitchen is a cluttered mess. It’s additionally considered one of my favourite areas to arrange (in my home and different folks’s). (Additionally try the right way to declutter your kitchen cupboards.)

And as you most likely know, our kitchen bought a serious overhaul in 2023!  We’ve far more drawer house than we’d like – as deliberate! We’ve wonderful deep and huge kitchen drawer storage and that was my primary request. I informed our architect and cupboard maker “all of the drawers, please.” I discover drawers a lot simpler to make use of than cupboards. There may be much less leaning down or reaching up, and with the entire prime open, it’s straightforward to get issues out and in. We most likely have too many drawers now, which you’ll see with numerous open house within the pictures of our kitchen drawers under.

Right here we bought with a kitchen drawer tour of our dwelling and a few concepts for organizing your personal.  

Concepts For Organizing Kitchen Drawers

Beginning on the left aspect of our kitchen, within the “cooking zone,” we’ve the utensil and cookware drawers. 

Utensil Drawer

That is our foremost kitchen utensils drawer that homes specialty gadgets like whisks, a garlic press, thermometers, pizza cutters, measuring cups and spoons, tongs, and enormous serving spoons. In our earlier kitchen these took over two drawers, however on this new kitchen one giant drawer was the proper measurement!  

The drawer organizers on this drawer are mesh metallic, which I’ve owned for years and years. Whereas it was tempting to change to bamboo (my favourite for drawers) I made a decision to be sensible and use what I had. Fortunately, they match properly and match effectively collectively! Our different foremost cooking utensils are in a pot on the countertop (spatulas, picket spoons). 

Cookware Drawers

Cookware drawers have been considered one of my large requests for our new kitchen. They appear to be highly regarded lately as a result of the cookware is really easy to succeed in. Within the center drawer we’ve our on a regular basis pots and pans – a 2 quart sauce pan and 12″ frying pan by Demeyere and two nonstick Caraway minis. With the handles, they match properly inside with minimal crowding. 

The decrease of the 2 deep kitchen drawers homes our less-frequently-used however extra heavy-duty items: a skillet and Blanc Creatives carbon metal frying pan and a Lodge forged iron skillet. We use these principally for searing dinner meals, so that they get the underside drawer spot. Each time we get a stainless-steel inventory pot, it is going to go down right here too. 

Knife Drawer

Shifting over to the best of the vary is our knife drawer. I’m obsessive about this drawer!! We debated between re-installing our magnetic strip for knives and even going for a knife block, however I didn’t actually like both choice as a result of all of the knives have been in view. A knife drawer appeared to be the plain resolution since we had a lot nice drawer house. I LOVE the knife organizers we bought. Whereas one can technically every match all of our knives, having two retains all of them dealing with out and simpler to seize. Oven mitts go within the center (love these with the silicone suggestions). 

Mixing Bowl Drawer

Welcome to bowl world. I LOVE our OXO stainless mixing bowls for all the things from making meatballs to cookies to Hugh Jass salads (the center one is my favourite salad bowl). They’re so sturdy (I’ve had them for years and years). I additionally love having nesting mixing bowls of all sizes for once I’m cooking a recipe with numerous steps or performing some meal prep. I’ll usually use all of the sizes in a single recipe – the tiniest bowl for garlic and lemon juice and the massive bowls for chopped potatoes or veggies. We additionally hold our measuring cups in right here! 

Lid Drawer

This lonely lid drawer wants some associates. Our earlier cookware set had extra lids, so we had a lid drawer earlier than. We may truly simply retailer the lids with the cookware, however I don’t like the additional step of eradicating it when getting out a pot, so we simply hold them in right here. Since we’ve the house, lid drawer stays for now!

Plate Drawer

Shifting on to the island!! The highest drawer is our plate drawer. When deciding the place to place our plates, I knew I needed them up prime as a result of we use them most frequently, so getting one out or unloading the dishwasher (behind me) may very well be accomplished with out bending over to open and shut. We hold three sizes of plates in right here: Pottery Barn basic coupe dinner plates, basic salad plates, and within the center a set of tiny appetizer plates that everybody wants for issues like a single cupcake or a couple of apple slices!

You would possibly marvel if the plates slide round with none drawer dividers. They do only a tiny bit. However for probably the most half they don’t (until you aggressively shut the drawer) so for now we’re going and not using a grid. A grid can be good, however I’m all the time on the lookout for methods to make do with what we’ve!

Bowl Drawer

Below the plates in a deep drawer are our bowls! We’ve some shallow pasta bowls (like these), dealt with bowls that we use for soups (like these) and deep cereal bowls (like these!). (Ours are from Pottery Barn however they’re now not offered from what I can inform.) I even have some KERF bowls which can be smaller and excellent for yogurt, cereal, and so forth.

I really like that this drawer can also be simply accessible from the dishwasher (we undergo numerous bowls) and I can shut the drawer with my thigh with a bit of nudge : )  

Lunchbox Drawer

The underside giant drawer in our island is for lunchboxes. It’s trying very empty right here as a result of the children had their lunchboxes with them in school once I took this picture! I put each the lunchbox inserts and the fabric outsides in right here on the weekends. You possibly can see we’ve a couple of further lunchboxes, too. 

You would possibly know from Instagram that I additionally had all of our water bottles in right here at one level. I purchased a water bottle holder I bought on Amazon to maintain them from rolling left to proper, however they have been nonetheless shifting entrance to again rolling throughout the underside of the drawer. However moderately than purchase a drawer divider system, I made a decision to only transfer them to the pantry. So now this drawer is lunchboxes solely! 

Silverware Drawer

Flipping round to the best of the dishwasher is our silverware drawer. I felt strongly that this be a single, smaller drawer actually proper subsequent to the dishwasher for simple unloading. Since our dishwasher has a tray on the highest, which means there’s zero bending over. (You possibly can inform I really feel strongly about my hatred for bending over when planning group areas, haha.)

I bought this bamboo silverware holder final yr that matches your drawer to measurement as a result of it’s expandable. We’ve it located entrance to again moderately than aspect to aspect. After which acrylic containers from this set fill the again with completely different classes of items (mismatching KERF spoons, cheese knives, Birch measurement spoons). 

Further Cutlery Drawer

The subsequent drawer down has overflow silverware in a second smaller bamboo organizer. This golden set is one I take advantage of on particular events! We even have lids and chip clips in right here. 

Serving + Baking Drawer

The subsequent drawer down is our serving and grill drawer. These are all items I take advantage of on holidays / dinner events / or fancy events and never day by day. Plus a couple of baking gadgets for the KitchenAid and a rolling pin.

Wraps + Luggage Drawer

Shifting again to the island, we’ve 4 extra stacked drawers which can be organized by precedence peak. Wraps and baggies are on the highest. I purchased this bamboo set to decant baggies and LOVE IT! They’re full of these compostable baggies that I discovered at Goal. We strive to not use baggies once we can use a reusable glass container, however we do use them generally. You possibly can see we don’t actually use quart measurement proper now, in order that slot is empty, however I didn’t wish to give it away!

Meals Storage Drawer

Below the baggage are our glass meals storage containers. Nonetheless love them!!!! We’ve simply two sizes – small and enormous. That simplifes issues quite a bit! Most of our set was presently in use, however they stack neatly on prime with lids above like so:

Stasher Bag Drawer

We love Stasher bags for bagels and breads or different issues within the freezer, like our banana halves for smoothies. They get their very own drawer for when not in use. 

Child Drawer

And the underside drawer is the kiddo drawer for cups, bowls, and plates for Birch. He picked this drawer as a result of he can simply attain it. We’re most likely virtually phased out of it at this level, however he nonetheless makes use of most of these items presently. 

Linens Drawer

This drawer homes our cleansing garments, kitchen towel storage, and material and paper napkins. Nothing tremendous particular! Once more I may use dividers, however there’s actually no want since issues have a tendency to remain in place. 

Junk Drawer

I really like our junk drawer due to its large measurement and these nice acrylic containers that I’m all the time raving about for any drawer in your own home! We’ve knick knacks that we use, numerous chargers, a cellphone cleaner, and so forth. One other large request of mine was to have an outlet contained in the drawer – such an effective way to cover litter. 

Beverage Drawer

The ultimate cease on the drawer tour is our bev drawer beneath the espresso station. This drawer seems a bit messy as a result of number of classes inside, however it’s actually all “drinks.” From koozies to spoons for stirring honey and low, to tea and wine openers. All the things we’d like for the espresso bar or drink fridge is true right here. (Plus Thomas’s nutritional vitamins as a result of he takes them within the a.m.!) 

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How To Arrange Kitchen Drawers

In case your kitchen is feeling cluttered inside your whole drawers, try this submit for my three-step course of: How To Arrange Something In Your Home. I haven’t all the time had such a spacious kitchen, so there are some suggestions from my smaller areas within the Dwelling Neat Dwelling archives.

Listed below are some suggestions for organizing the kitchen drawers particularly:

Step 1: Purchase some organizing containers

It is a new-to-me methodology that I used to be offered on when Thomas’s aunt Layton got here to assist me arrange our new walk-in pantry. Layton arrived with a automotive stuffed with containers (with the tags nonetheless on) that we have been in a position to combine and match like a puzzle till we discovered the proper accent for every merchandise. After we have been accomplished, we returned those we didn’t use. I discover this methodology so useful once you’re attempting to place collectively drawer organizers like a grid and aren’t fairly positive what you want. The additional step to return what you don’t use is certainly a bit of further time, however it makes organizing a lot extra enjoyable! 

For extra kitchen organizing equipment, try these posts: Kitchen Group Equipment Favorites and Pantry Group Bins.

Step 2: Take all the things out of the drawers

Once you’re prepared to begin organizing, take all the things out. If doing it all of sudden isn’t attainable, simply do one drawer or class at a time. When you see what’s on the market (particularly these of you with deep, darkish holes for drawers) you’ll extra simply be capable of see what is important to remain and what can do. When you have three rolling pins, perhaps you don’t want three?! (We do have three pizza cutters and we do use all three at occasions when one is biking by means of the dishwasher!) Keep in mind to be ruthless about what you retain, particularly in case you are brief on house. 

Step 3: Think about the place and the way you utilize issues

On the countertop, visualize the place issues will go. Group like issues with like and take into consideration not solely what you utilize collectively (plates collectively, silverware collectively) but in addition the place in your kitchen you utilize it. It was extraordinarily vital to me that our on a regular basis dishes and flatware be as near the dishwasher as humanly attainable. We put cooking issues subsequent to the range and meals storage issues the place we normally are wrapping up leftovers. Much less used gadgets go within the backside drawers. 

Step 4: Place issues again in drawers utilizing containers and dividers

When you’ve made a plan, begin to put issues again. That is the enjoyable half! Take into consideration like with like but in addition the scale and form of issues which may match effectively in a drawer (like how our mixing bowls and measuring cups match properly collectively). In case you weren’t in a position to purchase new equipment, store your private home for instruments to retailer issues. I’ve lengthy liked storing issues in empty mason jars, baskets, or classic containers that I already owned. 

Blissful organizing! 

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