Organizing Kitchen Drawers – Do It Right

A clean and well-decorated kitchen is a strong indication that you are concerned about health, hygiene and proper organizing. Let me put it straight that you should start kitchen decoration with cleaning the drawers and keeping those organized. No matter how much you try to put things in place and clean your kitchen, dust will build up in hidden places over time. Furthermore, it may so happen that you cannot remember where you have put the lesser-used items. Therefore, even if your kitchen is neat and clean, regular redecoration is important to give it a new look and find out what you may need and what needs to be thrown out.

Whether you have a spacious or a small kitchen, organizing kitchen drawers is an annoying task for every housewife. But as I have said it is important to do for your convenience and also make your guests feel at home, I will show you some easy and simple tricks to complete the task in little time. So, let us join hands to clean the drawers and organize these. But before that, here are some important reminders only for you.

 Accurate measurement of each drawer is important. You should go with the organizers that match with your requirements. Preferences, needs and pockets vary from one family to another and therefore, you should start with evaluating what you actually require. However, the basic principles of organizing kitchen drawers will remain same for everyone.

 Every household uses more or less same ingredients and spices for cooking. However, the kind of utensils used differs widely. Some prefer ceramic-coated cooking utensils whereas some are in favour of brass materials. If you have a mix of several types, choosing the right drawer for each type is crucial and challenging.

 Acrylic organizers are my favourite. Design, quality and prices are the strong factors for deciding which to purchase. These organizers are durable. Make your decision only after assessing the size of the drawer and utensils you use. You can buy it at swanky shopping malls and even from any reputed online store. Visiting Amazon is a good idea in this regard. If you ask me, a ‘mix and match’ option worked fine for me. I really love different shapes, sizes and colours in my kitchen.

How to Do It?

Step 1
Start cleaning and organizing from left to right. Remove the contents from each drawer, clean it and put the items back into the place. Never work on all drawers at a time as it will leave things in a chaotic condition and make you puzzled.

Step 2
Don’t stuff only one drawer with utensils. Instead, organize the utensils in more than one drawer. Don’t put the plates, bowls, glasses, cups and spoons with the knives, scissors and the likes. Having a tiny drawer just right above the oven is a good idea as you can put towels and potholders in it.

Step 3
Use a couple of drawers for the spice jars. Alternatively, you can go with open shelves or spice racks for the same purpose. It will leave a few drawers for storing other important items. If it comes to kitchen drawers, I organized neatly in half an hour. I do hope you can do it more quickly and efficiently.