Here’s a tour of my kitchen drawers, plus plenty of concepts for organizing kitchen drawers you should utilize in your individual area!

The kitchen is the hub of the house

Most individuals use theirs not less than as soon as a day, some households perhaps 10 instances a day! Folks collect within the kitchen. Household dinners and bonding occur. Homework and artwork initiatives are performed right here. The way in which you arrange your kitchen can have a big influence on the best way you spend time within the area. 

What you are feeling whenever you stroll within the room possible impacts your temper. That is very true for me, as I’ve a tough time specializing in anything if I do know my kitchen is a cluttered mess. It’s additionally one in every of my favourite areas to prepare (in my home and different individuals’s). (Additionally try easy methods to declutter your kitchen cupboards.)

And as you most likely know, our kitchen bought a significant overhaul in 2023!  We’ve far more drawer area than we’d like – as deliberate! We’ve wonderful deep and broad kitchen drawer storage and that was my primary request. I informed our architect and cupboard maker “all of the drawers, please.” I discover drawers a lot simpler to make use of than cupboards. There’s much less leaning down or reaching up, and with the entire high open, it’s straightforward to get issues out and in. We most likely have too many drawers now, which you’ll see with plenty of open area within the photographs of our kitchen drawers beneath.

Right here we bought with a kitchen drawer tour of our dwelling and a few concepts for organizing your individual.  

Concepts For Organizing Kitchen Drawers

Beginning on the left aspect of our kitchen, within the “cooking zone,” we’ve got the utensil and cookware drawers. 

Utensil Drawer

That is our major kitchen utensils drawer that homes specialty objects like whisks, a garlic press, thermometers, pizza cutters, measuring cups and spoons, tongs, and huge serving spoons. In our earlier kitchen these took over two drawers, however on this new kitchen one massive drawer was the right dimension!  

The drawer organizers on this drawer are mesh steel, which I’ve owned for years and years. Whereas it was tempting to modify to bamboo (my favourite for drawers) I made a decision to be sensible and use what I had. Fortunately, they match properly and match nicely collectively! Our different major cooking utensils are in a pot on the countertop (spatulas, wood spoons). 

Cookware Drawers

Cookware drawers have been one in every of my large requests for our new kitchen. They appear to be very talked-about today as a result of the cookware is really easy to achieve. Within the center drawer we’ve got our on a regular basis pots and pans – a 2 quart sauce pan and 12″ frying pan by Demeyere and two nonstick Caraway minis. With the handles, they match properly inside with minimal crowding. 

The decrease of the 2 deep kitchen drawers homes our less-frequently-used however extra heavy-duty items: a skillet and Blanc Creatives carbon metal frying pan and a Lodge forged iron skillet. We use these largely for searing dinner meals, so that they get the underside drawer spot. Each time we get a chrome steel inventory pot, it’ll go down right here too. 

Knife Drawer

Transferring over to the fitting of the vary is our knife drawer. I’m obsessive about this drawer!! We debated between re-installing our magnetic strip for knives and even going for a knife block, however I didn’t actually like both choice as a result of all of the knives have been in view. A knife drawer appeared to be the apparent answer since we had a lot nice drawer area. I LOVE the knife organizers we bought. Whereas one can technically every match all of our knives, having two retains all of them going through out and simpler to seize. Oven mitts go within the center (love these with the silicone ideas). 

Mixing Bowl Drawer

Welcome to bowl world. I LOVE our OXO stainless mixing bowls for all the pieces from making meatballs to cookies to Hugh Jass salads (the center one is my favourite salad bowl). They’re so sturdy (I’ve had them for years and years). I additionally love having nesting mixing bowls of all sizes for once I’m cooking a recipe with numerous steps or performing some meal prep. I’ll usually use all of the sizes in a single recipe – the tiniest bowl for garlic and lemon juice and the large bowls for chopped potatoes or veggies. We additionally hold our measuring cups in right here! 

Lid Drawer

This lonely lid drawer wants some mates. Our earlier cookware set had extra lids, so we had a lid drawer earlier than. We might really simply retailer the lids with the cookware, however I don’t like the additional step of eradicating it when getting out a pot, so we simply hold them in right here. Since we’ve got the area, lid drawer stays for now!

Plate Drawer

Transferring on to the island!! The highest drawer is our plate drawer. When deciding the place to place our plates, I knew I needed them up high as a result of we use them most frequently, so getting one out or unloading the dishwasher (behind me) could possibly be performed with out bending over to open and shut. We hold three sizes of plates in right here: Pottery Barn basic coupe dinner plates, basic salad plates, and within the center a set of tiny appetizer plates that everybody wants for issues like a single cupcake or a couple of apple slices!

You would possibly marvel if the plates slide round with none drawer dividers. They do only a tiny bit. However for probably the most half they don’t (until you aggressively shut the drawer) so for now we’re going with no grid. A grid could be good, however I’m all the time searching for methods to make do with what we’ve got!

Bowl Drawer

Underneath the plates in a deep drawer are our bowls! We’ve some shallow pasta bowls (like these), dealt with bowls that we use for soups (like these) and deep cereal bowls (like these!). (Ours are from Pottery Barn however they’re not offered from what I can inform.) I even have some KERF bowls which are smaller and ideal for yogurt, cereal, and so forth.

I like that this drawer can also be simply accessible from the dishwasher (we undergo numerous bowls) and I can shut the drawer with my thigh with just a little nudge : )  

Lunchbox Drawer

The underside massive drawer in our island is for lunchboxes. It’s wanting very empty right here as a result of the children had their lunchboxes with them at college once I took this picture! I put each the lunchbox inserts and the fabric outsides in right here on the weekends. You’ll be able to see we’ve got a couple of additional lunchboxes, too. 

You would possibly know from Instagram that I additionally had all of our water bottles in right here at one level. I purchased a water bottle holder I bought on Amazon to maintain them from rolling left to proper, however they have been nonetheless shifting entrance to again rolling throughout the underside of the drawer. However fairly than purchase a drawer divider system, I made a decision to simply transfer them to the pantry. So now this drawer is lunchboxes solely! 

Silverware Drawer

Flipping round to the fitting of the dishwasher is our silverware drawer. I felt strongly that this be a single, smaller drawer actually proper subsequent to the dishwasher for simple unloading. Since our dishwasher has a tray on the highest, meaning there’s zero bending over. (You’ll be able to inform I really feel strongly about my hatred for bending over when planning group areas, haha.)

I bought this bamboo silverware holder final 12 months that matches your drawer to dimension as a result of it’s expandable. We’ve it located entrance to again fairly than aspect to aspect. After which acrylic containers from this set fill the again with totally different classes of items (mismatching KERF spoons, cheese knives, Birch dimension spoons). 

Further Cutlery Drawer

The subsequent drawer down has overflow silverware in a second smaller bamboo organizer. This golden set is one I take advantage of on particular events! We even have lids and chip clips in right here. 

Serving + Baking Drawer

The subsequent drawer down is our serving and grill drawer. These are all items I take advantage of on holidays / dinner events / or fancy events and never daily. Plus a couple of baking objects for the KitchenAid and a rolling pin.

Wraps + Luggage Drawer

Transferring again to the island, we’ve got 4 extra stacked drawers which are organized by precedence peak. Wraps and baggies are on the highest. I purchased this bamboo set to decant baggies and LOVE IT! They’re full of these compostable baggies that I discovered at Goal. We strive to not use baggies once we can use a reusable glass container, however we do use them generally. You’ll be able to see we don’t actually use quart dimension proper now, in order that slot is empty, however I didn’t wish to give it away!

Meals Storage Drawer

Underneath the baggage are our glass meals storage containers. Nonetheless love them!!!! We’ve simply two sizes – small and huge. That simplifes issues lots! Most of our set was at the moment in use, however they stack neatly on high with lids above like so:

Stasher Bag Drawer

We love Stasher bags for bagels and breads or different issues within the freezer, like our banana halves for smoothies. They get their very own drawer for when not in use. 

Child Drawer

And the underside drawer is the kiddo drawer for cups, bowls, and plates for Birch. He picked this drawer as a result of he can simply attain it. We’re most likely nearly phased out of it at this level, however he nonetheless makes use of most of this stuff at the moment. 

Linens Drawer

This drawer homes our cleansing garments, kitchen towel storage, and material and paper napkins. Nothing tremendous particular! Once more I might use dividers, however there’s actually no want since issues have a tendency to remain in place. 

Junk Drawer

I like our junk drawer because of its big dimension and these nice acrylic containers that I’m all the time raving about for any drawer in your home! We’ve knick knacks that we use, plenty of chargers, a cellphone cleaner, and so forth. One other large request of mine was to have an outlet contained in the drawer – such an effective way to cover litter. 

Beverage Drawer

The ultimate cease on the drawer tour is our bev drawer beneath the espresso station. This drawer appears to be like a bit messy because of the number of classes inside, but it surely’s actually all “drinks.” From koozies to spoons for stirring honey and low, to tea and wine openers. All the things we’d like for the espresso bar or drink fridge is correct right here. (Plus Thomas’s nutritional vitamins as a result of he takes them within the a.m.!) 

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How To Arrange Kitchen Drawers

In case your kitchen is feeling cluttered inside your entire drawers, try this submit for my three-step course of: How To Arrange Something In Your Home. I haven’t all the time had such a spacious kitchen, so there are some ideas from my smaller areas within the Dwelling Neat Dwelling archives.

Listed here are some ideas for organizing the kitchen drawers particularly:

Step 1: Purchase some organizing containers

This can be a new-to-me technique that I used to be offered on when Thomas’s aunt Layton got here to assist me arrange our new walk-in pantry. Layton arrived with a automobile stuffed with containers (with the tags nonetheless on) that we have been in a position to combine and match like a puzzle till we discovered the right accent for every merchandise. After we have been performed, we returned those we didn’t use. I discover this technique so useful whenever you’re attempting to place collectively drawer organizers like a grid and aren’t fairly positive what you want. The additional step to return what you don’t use is certainly just a little additional time, but it surely makes organizing a lot extra enjoyable! 

For extra kitchen organizing equipment, try these posts: Kitchen Group Equipment Favorites and Pantry Group Bins.

Step 2: Take all the pieces out of the drawers

Once you’re prepared to start out organizing, take all the pieces out. If doing it isn’t potential, simply do one drawer or class at a time. When you see what’s on the market (particularly these of you with deep, darkish holes for drawers) you’ll extra simply be capable to see what is critical to remain and what can do. When you have three rolling pins, perhaps you don’t want three?! (We do have three pizza cutters and we do use all three at instances when one is biking by means of the dishwasher!) Keep in mind to be ruthless about what you retain, particularly in case you are brief on area. 

Step 3: Contemplate the place and the way you employ issues

On the countertop, visualize the place issues will go. Group like issues with like and take into consideration not solely what you employ collectively (plates collectively, silverware collectively) but additionally the place in your kitchen you employ it. It was extraordinarily necessary to me that our on a regular basis dishes and flatware be as near the dishwasher as humanly potential. We put cooking issues subsequent to the range and meals storage issues the place we often are wrapping up leftovers. Much less used objects go within the backside drawers. 

Step 4: Place issues again in drawers utilizing containers and dividers

When you’ve made a plan, begin to put issues again. That is the enjoyable half! Take into consideration like with like but additionally the dimensions and form of issues that may match nicely in a drawer (like how our mixing bowls and measuring cups match properly collectively). In the event you weren’t in a position to purchase new equipment, store your own home for instruments to retailer issues. I’ve lengthy liked storing issues in empty mason jars, baskets, or classic packing containers that I already owned. 

Completely satisfied organizing! 

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