Kitchen Storage & Organisation

More about Kitchen Storage & Organisation

Some of us love to have a kitchen brimming with pots and pans, cooking utensils, cookie jars, bread bins, spice racks, fancy knives, cookbooks, and half a pot of whatever delicious concoction we’d recently whipped up. Others want theirs to look like a showroom, a slick landscape with barely anything showing beneath the surface, shiny counters and an empty sink, maybe a few of the nice glasses on show. Whichever one you are, we all know how important kitchen storage is when you’re trying to make sure you’ve got everything you need without it looking like there’s been an explosion in a cutlery factory.

How to maximise storage

These days there’s plenty of brilliant storage options to make sure that however you want your kitchen to look, you can get as much of your prized possessions in there and still keep it organised. We’ve got stylish wine bottle racks to show off your collection, canisters of all shapes and sizes for pasta, cereal or let’s face it, fairy lights if you’re not a culinary genius and you’re more of a ‘Uses the kitchen for parties’ type. Waste disposal doesn’t need to look like the back of a pub either, with sleek recycling and rubbish bins that will blend in with the rest of your aesthetic. Ensure your mugs, tea, coffee and sugar canisters look good, as the chances are they’ll be on show the most and used frequently, whereas jars, utensil holders and ice cube trays can be hidden most of the time and used primarily to free up space.

Don’t forget to make use of levels in your cooking space as well, shelves for spice racks, canisters and smaller items can free up counter space, whereas storage crates can be stored in cupboards, under tables or in pantries etc for items you may only rarely use. Cake stands, cookie jars and bread bins are more attractive items that you can display to add to the overall homely feel of your kitchen, even a rack with mugs you use every day can contribute to that lived in feeling of home.