15 unexpected kitchen storage ideas

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

One and a half dozen solutions that will allow you to find a balance between convenience and aesthetics and make any kitchen more convenient without renovation.

1. Pull-out table top

When the work surface is densely occupied with household appliances and utensils, there is simply nowhere to cook. This picture is well known to owners of small kitchens. We'll talk more about how to unload the countertop, but you can also act on the contrary. For example, complement the headset with a pull-out panel instead of one of the top drawers. The simplest scenario is to turn the box upside down, reinforce it with an additional panel and thus get a stationary cutting board.

2. Basement drawer

The underside of the kitchen unit can work for you, too. Take out the decorative panel, order a narrow drawer for the width of the module and dispose of it as you like. The space 10-15 centimeters high is suitable for storing wide utensils (festive dishes, baking sheets, massive lids) or useful for your pets. We know how tired you are of tripping over food bowls under your feet.

3. Cups at hand

It is customary to put cups and plates in the upper sections of the headset, and pots in the lower ones. This has been proven over the years, but far from the only possible storage scenario. See how many cups and glasses fit in a conventional drawer under the countertop. At the same time, all objects are in plain sight - you no longer have to stand on tiptoe and painfully search for your favorite cup in the dark depths of the hanging cabinet.

4. What's under your sink?

Let's try to guess: pipes, a trash can and an ominous warehouse of household chemicals. Given the depth of the kitchen unit, you probably have long forgotten what is hidden by the wall, not to mention crawling under the sink with your head and cleaning the corners. The simplest drawer with low walls comes to the rescue, as in the photo. The price of the components is like two lunches in a cafe plus a minimum of labor costs.

5. Shelves on the doors

Cabinet doors are not only a dust barrier, but also a useful storage area. Mount the internal shelves to the depth of the spice jar, and you no longer have to wonder how to conveniently arrange kitchen trifles.

6. Inner glasses for ladys

Ladles, skimmers and whisks, especially if there are many, do not always fit in a horizontal box. The way out is to organize storage vertically. Any narrow section of the headset, such as a bottle holder, will do if you don't need it. To turn a narrow drawer into a vertical storage system, it is enough to cut out circles in any panel along the diameter of the glasses. This will keep your kitchen utensils close at hand, and the glasses will be easy to remove and wash when needed.

7. Perforated panel for vertical storage

A plank with holes "like in a garage" or a metal mesh is quite a worthy decorative element, if presented correctly. Feel free to paint the board the same color as the kitchen and hang it on an apron or partition that can be found in even the tiniest room. The storage possibilities for such a board are almost endless: a couple of metal hooks from a home store, and you can hang pans, potholders and even a sponge section - for which you have enough imagination.

8. Organizer with slats

Another useful idea with a perforated board is to lay it inside a deep drawer and complement it with vertical slats to suit the size of the dish. Now you can store here not only pots, but also ceramics: plates and saucers will not break, even if you slam the drawer shut.

9. Pocket for lids

Pots and lids in the kitchen often have to come apart due to their large diameter and large dimensions. Everything would be fine, but at the most inopportune moment, the pair is often lost. To collect large items in one place, enclose the lid space with a narrow pocket inside the shared large drawer. With this arrangement, the diameter of the dish will be clearly visible to you.

10. We hang everything

On the underside of a closed drawer or open shelf, you can mount neat hooks and store coffee cups, brushes or spatulas on them. As practice shows, there are never many hooks: in our example, several systems are working in the photo at once.

11. Levitating spice jars

Placing spices on the countertop means subscribing to an eternal mess: cans will fall from any random movement, and to do basic cleaning, you will have to move the entire "battery" at a safe distance. It is much easier to fix them under the top line of kitchen cabinets: glue the lids and unscrew the cans themselves, if necessary.

12. Corner structures

The corner of a typical headset is perhaps the most mysterious place in the kitchen. Usually there are pans that you feel sorry for throwing away, although it's high time, or a duck, which you take out once a year. To prevent precious meters from being wasted, complement the corner cabinet with a swing-out basket or a carousel shelf. Both can be built into a finished kitchen, and components can be found from most manufacturers.

13. End cabinet

The hallway and kitchen are two areas that most often need cleaning. But we bet you didn't design a niche in the kitchen for a mop and other large accessories. It's not too late to fix the flaw: the problem will be solved by a very narrow end cabinet, which will organically close the kitchen line.

14. Knives in the countertop

Experienced chefs advise: before you start cooking, get not only the ingredients, but also all the necessary utensils. But no matter how we try to follow smart recommendations, it necessarily turns out that right now we need a completely different knife and it lies in a drawer where you don't want to climb with dirty hands.

If the material of the table top allows, make cuts in it. Small children will definitely not get to such a storage system, and knives will always be at the ready. If the tabletop cannot be processed, a special wooden insert can be provided for the knives.

15. Mezzanine above the refrigerator

If the refrigerator is not built into the overall system of cabinets, then the space above it is most likely empty and this is a crime against the ergonomics of a small kitchen. A full-fledged mezzanine with closed shelves or open sections for bottles can be mounted between the refrigerator and the ceiling, as in our example.