If, as they say, the kitchen is the heart of the home, it is also the room voted most likely to attract clutter. Tables, counter tops and drawers attract the things we’re going to deal with “later” and limited cupboard space may become such a jumble that it’s hard to find smaller items like a bottle of nutmeg or cloves.
Here are three easy kitchen storage ideas to help you cure some of the trouble spots.
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Recommended Products:
- stackable spice containers
- spice jar labels
- 1-inch binder (find at any dollar store)
- clear page protectors
Use a Small Basket on the Table
To help organize the kitchen table, we filled this handled basket with oft-used items including a mug to hold spoons, napkins and a pair of salt and pepper shakers.
Any small storage basket from Dollar Tree will work. This idea makes it easy to transport these necessities for outdoor dining, as well.
Gather Your Recipes
We’ve all heard about the idea of using a photo album to house loose recipes so we set out to do it in dollar store style. Here we’ve used a one-inch binder from the stationery aisle at the dollar store. You can decorate it with food-related stickers, as I’ve done here or leave it plain and just add an office label to write the word “Recipes” on.
Glue recipes cut from magazines onto patterned (or plain) printer paper and insert them into clear page protectors, which come in packages of 15.
Those recipes printed from online can simply be slipped into the page protectors. Use both sides of the page protectors to make optimal use of them.
You could even make a section in your recipe book for kitchen tips like the one we found about 101 uses for vinegar.
At last! Less paper hanging from the fridge and clogging the kitchen drawer! We used two different patterned papers and two packages of page protectors for this recipe book.
Quick Tip:
A wide kitchen clip is useful to mark the page you’re using. This type of clip can be found in a variety of styles at any dollar store.
For recipe card-sized recipes, choose a 4 x 6-inch photo album and label it in the same way as your larger book.
A homemade recipe book makes a great gift idea, too.
A Spice Storage Option
Clear Plastic Spice Containers – Photo from Amazon
To organize your spices, how about these trim little containers? They come in a set of eight, open on both sides for sprinkling or scooping and are stackable.
We also found some clear labels for spices and other kitchen staples like flour and sugar. You can get them in a set of 124 pre-printed labels that that include 5 blank labels you can customize. Or, if you prefer, stick-on office labels work just as well for this purpose. Cover them with clear packing tape to make them more resistant to moisture.
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