Ideas for Kitchen Organization in an Organized Home
A dozen ideas for kitchen organization in an organized home. Getting organized means
more than just cleaning up a messy kitchen.
It means that everyone in the family is involved in the one room that represents nurturing and
family togetherness.
Get the kids involved in the kitchen chores of meal preparation and clean up so they can develop personal organization and
planning skills. As a result your organized home will run more smoothly.
You need to organize your kitchen if 80% of the time:
you have no visible real estate on your counters.
you have to move one item in order to gain access to another item.
there is equipment in your drawers or cupboards that have not been used in 6 months.
someone in the family asks "where do we keep the ..." at least once per day.
And probably the best reason you want ideas for organizing your kitchen is because it is the center
or the hub of an organized home.
This is the place where the entire family should be able to count on
order and stability not chaos.
Kids Can Learn Important Personal Organization Skills in the Kitchen
The kitchen is the place where families gather for one of the most basic and fundamental activities of
family life - preparing and eating meals.
Including children in this activity can contribute to the development of
personal organization and planning skills.
In the kitchen kids learn about the basics of kitchen hygiene and food safety. They learn about menu planning,
food preparation and nutrition. They can even learn how to create a grocery list.
What are your kids learning in your kitchen?
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A Dozen Ideas for Kitchen Organization To Create An Organized Home
Kitchen Organization Matters
A survey of professional organizers reveals that the top areas in a home where professional
organizing services are most often requested include the:
get rid of duplicates - Clean out your drawers and cupboards and keep only one of each item.
The only exception to this is for knives as you will need different types of knives for different purposes. Place all the duplicates in a box and label the box with a date six months from today.
Every time you need an item from that box use it and then return it to its designated spot in the kitchen.
After six months from the date on the box if there is anything still in the box you do not need it so get rid of it!
end kitchen drawer clutter by using
kitchen drawer organizers.
Not only will you get improved kitchen organization but
you will prolong the life of some of your kitchen utensils particularly knives.
keep bulk vegetables in drawers. Things like onions, garlic and potatoes should be stored
in a dry place not a moist place. Use
plastic storage baskets inside the drawer to keep them from rolling around.
keep the mail off the counter - use a
mail organizer. Bring the mail in, sort it into the
mail organizer and you are done. If you collect your mail at the end of your workday try to to this sorting
BEFORE you take your coat off and you will have an added incentive to sort quickly.
Make use of empty vertical space over the sink with an over the sink shelf -
you will have room to put the detergent, the pot scrubbers and other dish washing supplies right where you need them.
Use good kitchen knife storage solutions to
protect your good kitchen knives. You can go with slotted storage units that fit inside a drawer or mount
a magnetic knife
holder on the wall so your knives are ready to use and close at hand when you need them.
When your good kitchen knives rattle around in a drawer every time it is opened or closed they can get damaged and dull.
Good knife storage not only helps with kitchen organization but will prolong the life of your knives.
Reduce the number of plastic bags that come into your home. Use
a
reusable shopping bag instead. Keep a good supply of these bags in the trunk of the car for quick grocery stops on the way home from work.
Nothing screams messy house or cluttered home louder than plastic bags jamming drawers and
cupboards and spilling out onto the floor!
If you must store the few plastic bags that will inevitably find their way into your home use a
plastic bag storage container to keep them under control.
Do not store plastic bags under the sink as they make a good hiding place for cockroaches.
put kitchen chores on the kid's chore charts - in an organized home everybody does their part. Doing kitchen chores helps
children to learn the skills necessary to create some kitchen organization in their own home and builds self reliance so they can manage when they are home alone.
get rid of cookbooks - especially if you are short of space. Take those often used recipes
(you know the ones on those pages that are falling out of the book and are stained?) and slip the page into a page protector. Keep a binder of your much loved recipes.
There is no need to keep an entire book of recipes if you only use a few. Keep the recipes and not the book.
Set up a family communication center - With the kitchen as the hub or center of your home a family communication center
will be essential in providing family members with a way to be involved in and informed about individual
and family activities. The family communication center can serve as a the main message relay center as well as a planning center and is
an excellent place to keep the ongoing
grocery list.
One of the best ideas for kitchen organization is to expand your counter and storage space with a
movable kitchen island.
I promised a dozen ideas and you got a baker's dozen!
Here are some unique kitchen storage organizers to tame some of that hard to store stuff in your kitchen and get more storage from the space you already have.
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