Separate waste collection is necessary for effective recycling and reduction of environmental pollution. However, organizing this process in an apartment is quite labor-intensive: garbage containers take up a lot of space and look unaesthetic. There are several ways and devices to organize separate waste collection in the kitchen.
Basic principles of organizing a storage system in the kitchen
Kitchen set in a small room
There will always be order in the kitchen if you adhere to simple principles of organizing a storage system when arranging kitchen utensils.
Organization of space in the kitchen - main points:
- properly arrange the work area;
- sort things into categories;
- use trays and containers to store small items;
- install drawers and cabinets;
- throw away or sell unnecessary things;
- use empty corners in the room;
- use walls and apron;
- organize the space above the sink;
- purchase furniture with built-in wardrobes.
When arranging dishes and other household items, you can conditionally divide them into two categories. Things that are used constantly and things that are rarely used. The first category should be placed so that it is convenient to get the dishes. The second category can be placed in more distant boxes.
Vertical storage systems
As practice has shown, many items take up much less space when placed vertically, so by installing special organizers and containers, you can use the available space more efficiently.
Storage areas in the kitchen: how to organize the room
Kitchen organization is the first place to start when rearranging or renovating a given room.
Storage location in the work area
You will be in this part of the room most often, so you need to organize the kitchen space from there. Ideally, the work area should be located between the sink and the stove. Its optimal length is no more than 90 cm. All dishes that are used most often should be placed in this area.
Sorting and storing things/products by category
A great way to create a convenient storage system is to organize things and products into categories. To do this, you need to separate the dishes for every day from the holiday service, arrange cereals, pasta and spices into categories. You should also separate forks, table and tea spoons, knives, ladles and spatulas.
Sorting spices by category
Storing things in trays and containers
Storing spices and cutlery in one drawer all together is not the best idea. It will be more convenient if you buy several containers, put them in a closet, and put items from the same category in each. For example, fill each tray separately with spices, sugar, salt, make a container for baking (baking powder, powdered sugar, yeast). For convenience, category names can be pasted on the trays.
You need to sort fruits and vegetables. But before that, study what is best stored in the refrigerator and what at room temperature. It is also important to know which foods can be stored next to each other.
100% use of kitchen corners
Another way to save space is to use corners. If there is a free corner in the room, you can install a column cabinet in it almost to the ceiling. Bottles, small items, cleaning products, and bags are stored here.
About storing food and items in kitchen cabinets: life hacks
With proper kitchen arrangement, every thing has its place
And since there is always a lot of dishes, various accessories and products, it is important to use the kitchen space with maximum rationality
A few simple solutions will make this task easier:
- Packages of cookies, groceries, bottles, jars, foil, towels and much more can be conveniently stored vertically. For this purpose, drawers and boxes with dividers are suitable, which you can make yourself from thick cardboard or buy in a store. With this method of storing necessary things, clutter will leave your kitchen forever.
- The space between furniture and household appliances can be filled with narrow, one-can-wide, pull-out shelving or racks on wheels. By pulling out such a rack, you can immediately find the thing you need, since thanks to the special design, disorder in it is impossible.
- Square or rectangular jars and trays save space, unlike round and oval ones. Glass containers speed up the process of finding the right item.
Organizer for pans and pots
Before you put your cooking utensils in the organizer, get rid of old damaged frying pans and pots with chips, dents, and no handles.
Modern sets, as a rule, are equipped with a special system for storing pots and pans, for example, a cabinet with retractable mounts with hooks on which up to 14 pans can be hung. In the absence of such furniture, pans are placed on rails, wall panels with hooks, shelves with hooks and lid holders.
Pots are placed in drawers with dividers. There are organizers that do not need to be attached to the closet; they are simply placed on a shelf. Convenient storage systems with an internal structure similar to a dishwasher. The mesh shelves slide out completely from the cabinet and are very convenient to use.
Life hack for a small kitchen: cabinets up to the ceiling
Cabinets up to the ceiling are the most functional option for a small kitchen. The discreet and laconic design of the set with a minimum number of open shelves is suitable for high-tech, modern, minimalism and classic styles. To prevent such cabinets from overhanging and visually reducing the already small space, it is better to make them light, with smooth facades without unnecessary details.
Small items and textiles are stored in wall cabinets. Inside you can place a large number of compartments and shelves. Household appliances are placed in column cabinets from floor to ceiling, a microwave or oven is installed in the middle part of three-section floor cabinets, and kitchen utensils and food are stored in the upper and lower parts.
What kind of furniture exists for storing various items in the kitchen?
For the convenience of housekeeping, most brands that produce furniture and other kitchen accessories try to create models in which it will be convenient to store kitchen utensils. It is also important that it can be taken out of cabinets without difficulty. In addition, there are devices that help organize dishes and cutlery in the kitchen.
Railings
A rail is a metal pipe with hooks that is attached to the top of the wall. Shelves or holders can be attached to the railing. Typically this fixture is mounted on a backsplash, under wall cabinets, or on the edge of a countertop. You can place spices, kitchen accessories, cutlery or towels on it. You can also hang cups here.
Railing in the kitchen
It is not recommended to get too carried away with such devices. Otherwise, the room will look too cluttered and cluttered.
Wall pockets
Fabric wall pockets are usually placed on an unoccupied portion of the wall. Pockets allow you to unload cabinets from small items and cutlery, while they will always be at hand, and there will be no clutter in the kitchen. You can sew a fabric organizer yourself from thick fabric.
Hidden storage systems
Often this type of storage system is organized under the windowsill. It is ideal for owners of small kitchens. Under the window sill you can place a cabinet or a small cabinet with drawers. However, this idea will have to be abandoned if there is a battery under the window.
Kitchen set
The choice of kitchen furniture plays an important role. What to pay attention to when purchasing it:
- capacity;
- design;
- internal filling of cabinets;
- sizes.
The cabinets should have a large number of shelves. It would be nice if there were hooks attached to the doors of the lower cabinets. It is better to store flat plates in hanging cabinets in drying racks. There must be a tray under the dryer for water to drain onto.
Wardrobe up to the ceiling
If you decide to make radical changes and want to completely replace your kitchen unit, then it is best to choose a model in which the upper cabinets will reach the ceiling. Since many people have a bad habit of putting unused things on the closet. Over time, it turns into a small garbage bin.
Using closed tall cabinets will allow you to hide everything unnecessary. In addition, you will have additional storage space.
If buying a cabinet is not part of your plans, then you can put matching boxes or designer baskets on the cabinets.
How to organize space in the kitchen - storage ideas
Organizing the kitchen space is important not only from the point of view of saving space in the room, but also for quickly finding the necessary thing. Interesting ideas will help you use your kitchen in the best possible way.
Reconsider storage methods in lockers
When storing cutlery and utensils in cabinets in a vertical position, it quickly becomes cluttered because you often have to remove items from the back rows. It is better to put things in piles in the dining room.
Install drawers in the basement of the room
It is recommended to make as many cabinets and drawers as possible in the lower tier of the room. They will help you place everything you need, and there will be no need for additional wall cabinets.
Buy a column cabinet
You can organize your kitchen cupboards by installing a pull-out bottle holder. It may look like a tall column cabinet. Often bottles of wine, glasses for wine or other drinks, butter, jars of jam or sauces are stored in a bottle holder.
Pull-out bottle holder
Buy small household appliances
When space is limited, something has to be sacrificed. One method to save space is to buy smaller appliances. Nowadays there are a lot of compact household appliances in online stores, so there shouldn’t be a problem with choosing.
Use a perforated panel
To store items that are hung on the walls, you can install a special panel with holes and attach hooks to the holes. Using this trick, you can hang towels, aprons, ladles or spatulas on the walls. You can also install small shelves for spices, vases with flowers, and plastic containers with products (for example, nuts or loose leaf tea) in the holes.
A panel with perforations will look especially good under corner cabinets.
Install an organizer with slats
The organizer with slats is installed in the closet. This system allows you to store cutlery by category and not confuse them. This is an excellent solution to always keep your cupboard tidy and not have to spend a long time looking for a teaspoon among large spoons and forks. You can also store knives and other small kitchen utensils in the organizer. You can buy such an organizer in stores like Fix Price for a budget price.
Make a mezzanine above the refrigerator
If the footage allows, you can build a mezzanine above the refrigerator and put things there that are rarely used, but cannot be thrown away.
Use magnetic strips
Magnetic strips are ideal for storing knives. They can be hung on the wall so that they do not take up space on the table or in the closet.
Magnetic strips with knives
Use walls and apron
Food cutting boards, knives, towels, ladles and other cutlery sets can be hung on a hook that is attached to the apron. You can also nail a shelf to the wall where glasses, mugs and cans of cereal can be stored.
Devices for storing sugar, salt and spices are often attached to the apron. This is an effective way to quickly find what you need to have on hand while cooking.
Buy a special container for sponges and brushes
Sponges, dish brushes, and detergents are often scattered chaotically in the kitchen. To avoid such clutter, you can purchase an organizer, place it next to the sink and put small items there for cleaning.
Buy a kitchen set with insert drawers
Another useful idea for creating order in the kitchen is to buy furniture with built-in drawers. Such shelves in the closet are suitable for storing bulk products in the kitchen in jars, organizing pots and pans.
Buy whatnots and shelves that can be inserted
Shelf for storing dishes
This type of shelves and shelves (or racks) are suitable if there is no pantry in the house. Even if there is no free space in the room, bookcases can be placed near the window. It is easy to put things in order in such furniture, because the shelves are open, and there is no need to go deep into it.
Shelving is usually made of wood, but you can find a budget option by purchasing plastic furniture.
Leave the freezer and refrigerator 30% empty
You should always leave some space in your refrigerator and freezer. If after going to the store you end up with too many products, you won’t have to hide them on the shelves.
Use multi-tiered structures
Multi-tiered structures in the kitchen
To store pots and pans in the kitchen, you can install multi-tiered structures.
It would be nice if they had hooks for hanging pans and ladles. Such designs are also suitable for storing plates and mugs.
How to arrange dishes in a kitchen set
Most of the space in the kitchen is occupied by dishes. You have to constantly take it out and put it away, because of this the room needs to be constantly cleaned. You can solve the problem once and for all if you correctly arrange everything in the kitchen set.
How to store pans
How to arrange dishes so that there is no mess:
- Install perforations with holes in the bottom cabinet door and secure hooks in them. You can hang frying pans, saucepans, and small jars on the hooks.
- If there is no place to put the lids, you can also use the doors. To do this, metal suspension modules are installed on them.
- In the cabinets you can install a spacious container organizer that can be easily pulled out. Fill each compartment with dishes by category. If you need to take something out, you won’t have to take out all the dishes, just pull out the container.
- It is better to store glasses hanging separately from cups and glasses for juice.
- It is better to stack flat plates and soup bowls separately.
It is also important to throw away any damaged dishes that are cluttering the space. In almost every home there are things that no one uses, but for some reason it’s a pity to throw them away. In this case, you need to adhere to the following rule: if no one uses the item for more than 6 months, then you can get rid of it. If you follow this principle, only the essentials will remain in the room.
Features of storing dishes in a kitchen set
Putting things in order in the kitchen and, as far as possible, maintaining it at all times is problematic if there are no storage systems organized in the room. They can be either hidden (drawers, column cabinets) or open (shelves). The main thing is to place kitchen utensils so that everything you need is always at hand.
