Here’s a tour of my kitchen drawers, plus a number of concepts for organizing kitchen drawers you need to use in your personal area!
The kitchen is the hub of the house
Most individuals use theirs not less than as soon as a day, some households perhaps 10 instances a day! Individuals collect within the kitchen. Household dinners and bonding occur. Homework and artwork tasks are finished right here. The way in which you set up your kitchen can have a big impression on the way in which you spend time within the area.
What you’re feeling if you stroll within the room probably impacts your temper. That is very true for me, as I’ve a tough time specializing in the rest if I do know my kitchen is a cluttered mess. It’s additionally certainly one of my favourite areas to prepare (in my home and different folks’s). (Additionally try find out how to declutter your kitchen cupboards.)
And as you in all probability know, our kitchen bought a significant overhaul in 2023! We’ve far more drawer area than we want – as deliberate! We’ve superb deep and vast 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 high open, it’s simple to get issues out and in. We in all probability have too many drawers now, which you’ll see with a number of open area 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 now have the utensil and cookware drawers.
Utensil Drawer
That is our important kitchen utensils drawer that homes specialty objects 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 nicely collectively! Our different important cooking utensils are in a pot on the countertop (spatulas, picket spoons).
Cookware Drawers
Cookware drawers have been certainly one of my large requests for our new kitchen. They appear to be extremely popular nowadays as a result of the cookware is really easy to achieve. Within the center drawer we now have 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 largely for searing dinner meals, in order 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 possibility as a result of all of the knives have been in view. A knife drawer appeared to be the apparent resolution since we had a lot nice drawer area. I LOVE the knife organizers we bought. Whereas one can technically every match all of our knives, having two retains all of them going through 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 every thing 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 after I’m cooking a recipe with a number of steps or doing a little meal prep. I’ll typically 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 preserve 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 really 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 preserve them in right here. Since we now have the area, 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 wished them up high as a result of we use them most frequently, so getting one out or unloading the dishwasher (behind me) might be finished with out bending over to open and shut. We preserve three sizes of plates in right here: Pottery Barn traditional coupe dinner plates, traditional 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 may 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 with no grid. A grid could be good, however I’m at all times searching for methods to make do with what we now have!
Bowl Drawer
Underneath 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 not offered from what I can inform.) I even have some KERF bowls which might be smaller and excellent for yogurt, cereal, and many others.
I like that this drawer can be simply accessible from the dishwasher (we undergo a number of bowls) and I can shut the drawer with my thigh with somewhat nudge : )
Lunchbox Drawer
The underside giant drawer in our island is for lunchboxes. It’s wanting very empty right here as a result of the children had their lunchboxes with them in school after I took this picture! I put each the lunchbox inserts and the fabric outsides in right here on the weekends. You’ll be able to see we now have a couple of further lunchboxes, too.
You may 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 straightforward unloading. Since our dishwasher has a tray on the highest, which means there may be zero bending over. (You’ll be able to 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 totally different classes of items (mismatching KERF spoons, cheese knives, Birch measurement spoons).
Further Cutlery Drawer
The following 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 following 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-after-day. Plus a couple of baking objects for the KitchenAid and a rolling pin.
Wraps + Luggage Drawer
Shifting again to the island, we now have 4 extra stacked drawers which might 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 crammed with 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’ll be able to see we don’t actually use quart measurement proper now, in order that slot is empty, however I didn’t need to give it away!
Meals Storage Drawer
Underneath the luggage are our glass meals storage containers. Nonetheless love them!!!! We’ve simply two sizes – small and enormous. That simplifes issues so much! Most of our set was at present in use, however they stack neatly on high 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 in all probability nearly phased out of it at this level, however he nonetheless makes use of most of this stuff at present.
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 like our junk drawer due to its big measurement and these nice acrylic containers that I’m at all times raving about for any drawer in your own home! We’ve knick knacks that we use, a number of chargers, a cellphone cleaner, and many others. One other large request of mine was to have an outlet contained in the drawer – such an effective way to cover muddle.
Beverage Drawer
The ultimate cease on the drawer tour is our bev drawer underneath the espresso station. This drawer seems to be a bit messy as a result of number of classes inside, nevertheless it’s actually all “drinks.” From koozies to spoons for stirring honey and occasional, to tea and wine openers. Every thing we want 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 entire drawers, try this submit for my three-step course of: How To Arrange Something In Your Home. I haven’t at all times had such a spacious kitchen, so there are some suggestions from my smaller areas within the Dwelling Neat Dwelling archives.
Listed here are some suggestions for organizing the kitchen drawers particularly:
Step 1: Purchase some organizing containers
It is a new-to-me technique that I used to be offered on when Thomas’s aunt Layton got here to assist me set up our new walk-in pantry. Layton arrived with a automotive stuffed with containers (with the tags nonetheless on) that we have been capable of combine and match like a puzzle till we discovered the proper accent for every merchandise. After we have been finished, we returned those we didn’t use. I discover this technique so useful if you’re attempting to place collectively drawer organizers like a grid and aren’t fairly certain what you want. The additional step to return what you don’t use is unquestionably somewhat further time, nevertheless 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 every thing out of the drawers
Once you’re prepared to start out organizing, take every thing out. If doing it abruptly isn’t potential, 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 have the ability to see what is critical to remain and what can do. When you’ve got three rolling pins, perhaps you don’t want three?! (We do have three pizza cutters and we do use all three at instances when one is biking by way of the dishwasher!) Keep in mind to be ruthless about what you retain, particularly in case you are quick on area.
Step 3: Contemplate 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 additionally the place in your kitchen you utilize it. It was extraordinarily necessary to me that our on a regular basis dishes and flatware be as near the dishwasher as humanly potential. We put cooking issues subsequent to the range and meals storage issues the place we often are wrapping up leftovers. Much less used objects 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 additionally the scale and form of issues that may match nicely in a drawer (like how our mixing bowls and measuring cups match properly collectively). In the event you weren’t capable of purchase new equipment, store your property for instruments to retailer issues. I’ve lengthy liked storing issues in empty mason jars, baskets, or classic containers that I already owned.
Comfortable organizing!
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