21 - Creative Kitchen Storage Organization Ideas

Discover the best kitchen storage organization ideas that will help you make the most of your kitchen storage space and even create more. Try out these genius tricks to corral clutter and store cooking essentials to make your kitchen more functional and less chaotic.

1- Keep Spices in Drawers

If you have plenty of drawers, using one to store spices can be extremely helpful. It clears space in upper cabinets and keeps your countertops free of clutter.

Plus, storing your spices in a drawer and away from heat and light can prolong their freshness and protect flavor.

2 - Use expandable utensil organizer

If you want to keep your utensils all together in your kitchen drawer without creating a mess of it, the best way to organize these utensils is by using an expandable utensil organizer, this utensil organizer has different dividers for you to be able to organize the utensils according to their type or their use.

The dividers can easily be adjusted to be able to accommodate utensils of different sizes and shapes

3 - Organize pot lids

It’s quite challenging to look for a space to keep lids where they won’t easily break or get damaged, especially if they are made of glass, you can’t just stack them up inside a cabinet because they are bulky and they won’t balance inside a cabinet, you can either hang them on wall rails, organize them carefully inside a cabinet organizer set, or you can use an over-the-cabinet lid organizer which is a good option to make the most of your kitchen storage space.

4- Try Hanging Dish Drying Rack

You can place it over the sink, not only does it save on space, but the water will also just fall into the sink while the dishes are drying, it is easy to clean and easy to set up.

5 - Fix the cleaning supplies cabinet

One problem that many homeowners encounter is fixing the cleaning supplies cabinet usually found under the kitchen sink, the solution is to put a rod underneath the sink where you can hang spray bottles by the nozzle, this trick reduces the number of items on the bottom of the cabinet and makes items easier to sort.

6 - Create a Slide-Out Prep Station

Here’s a clever solution for a kitchen short on counter space: Build a butcher blockboard into a drawer. With a hole right over the trash can, it’s easy to dump peels and pits as you go, using a scrapper-chopper.

7 - "Toe kick” Drawers For Pans And Platters

If you’re short on kitchen storage space, consider adding toe-kick drawers also called under cabinet drawers.
These “toe-kick” drawers are hidden in a typically wasted space.
The baseboard under your kitchen counters and their slim design are ideal for storing baking sheets, platters, and other thin items. Plus, the best part is that they’re push-activated, so you can open them with your feet!

8 - Mount a Double-Duty Shelf

One shelf gives you two smart ways to store your kitchen essentials.
Stick seasonal platters and pretty dishes on the top shelf for all to see, and hang cutting boards and oven mitts on the lower hooks.

9 - Add a Built-in Storage Block

Build a knife block into a narrow drawer to keep your knives sharp and secure — and your hands safe.

10 - Arrange Utensils on a Pegboard Wall

When pegboards are painted in a bold accent color, they become a functional focal point.
Screw in a range of angled, straight, and curved hooks to hang mugs, measuring cups, and other cookware.

11 - Designate a Drawer for Dishes

Keep your dishes protected and in place with adjustable plate holders, perfect for deeper drawers.
Opt for holders with carrying handles, so you can lift them out of the drawer when it’s time to set the table.

12 - Hang a Towel Bar Over the Sink

Nail a metal bar to the blank wall above your sink and use it to store whatever you need to keep within arm’s reach: soup spoons, Towel, Pot Pan, and so much more.

13 - Build a Bench With Storage

A breakfast nook bench takes up less space than dining chairs and works double-duty with storage under the seats.

14 - Cabinet For Awkward-Shaped Utensils

Everything in the kitchen has to fit somewhere but what about those other kitchen products that don’t have a specific place

Try a Pull-Out Pantry

This cool slide-out cabinet would solve your utensil-storage problems. It takes the place of that skinny cabinet beside the oven and features several containers to hold cooking spoons, spatulas, whisks, and other awkward cooking implements that don’t lend themselves to flat storage.

15 - Make False Drawers Functional

To maximize your kitchen storage, put unused areas to work. Typically, the “drawer” in front of the kitchen sink is just a false front, but with the addition of cleverly hidden hinges and a stainless steel tray, it becomes out-of-sight storage for wet sponges and scrubs brushes.

16 - Rock a Rolling Cart

If your kitchen storage is tight, consider investing in a rolling cart or island. Something thin like this would fit neatly against the side of your fridge or stove, and give you a little extra room for bottles of olive oil or bags of produce.

17 - Create a Kid-Friendly Cabinet

On that note, designate a spot in a lower cabinet for lunchboxes, plastic cups, and stackable food storage containers. Keeping like items together makes it easy to get everyone out the door in the morning. Plus, kids will always know where to stash their school lunch supplies at the end of the day, which is a win-win for everyone.

18 - Use a wall rail

If you don’t have enough space in the cabinets to store all your pots and pans, you can use a wall rail to hang your pots and pans, this is especially good if you have small kitchen storage and you want to save space.

19 - Rack stands

Rack stands are useful for a lot of things and they are also great for storing mugs in the kitchen, a stylish and durable tree rack stand goes well in the countertop, coffee table, or also for storing inside cabinets.

20 - Display fruits in a basket

Displaying fruits in a basket makes your kitchen look more colorful and lovely, instead of using the traditional fruit basket that can only hold so many fruits, why not try using a three-tiered fruit basket
This basket can hold a lot of fruits with its three tiers, plus this is perfect for those who want the fruits to be organized per type of fruit, it can also be used to hold vegetables, garlic, and onions.

21 - Beverages organizer

It is designed to store soda, or other beverages like bottled water or drinks, it allows you to store up to 9 cans and the top is removable so you can store more cans as you wish to maximize the kitchen storage space inside the refrigerator.