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Get that Kitchen Organized

When you first moved in to your home, I am sure you spent some time organizing your kitchen. Setting things up in the "right" places. Certain to pack as much into your kitchen as possible. Over the years you likely have re-organized your kitchen several times. However, you may not have truly re-organized your kitchen. If you pull everything out of the a cupboard, clean it out, and then replace the items, that is cleaning. Re-organizing is making y our kitchen set up as efficient as possible. Here are a few ideas for you to think about. If your kitchen doesn't meet some of these efficiency standards, take a peak and see if you can't re-organize to better utilize your space and time.

• Where are your small applainces located? Small appliances should be stored according to usage frequency. If you use your crockpot once a week, storing it on the top shelf of a cupboard would likely be a good usage of space. However, storing the food processor you use daily on that same shel fin that same cupboard, would not be an efficient use of space and time. You would spend too much time retrieving and replacing the unit. Daily used small appliances can be stored on the countertop, a lower shelf in an upper cupboard, or in a bottom cupboard. As long as it is easily accesible, you are using your time and space wisely.
• Do you have a silerware drawer? Of course you do. Everyone does. Why? Well, because that's how our mothers, grandmothers, and great grandmothers stored the flatware. However, if you have a kitchen, and you need the drawer space, conside a large pitcher or taller basket in which to store your silverware. In a previous home, kitchen drawer space was a rare commodity, so I used a taller rectangular basket that had sections, kind of like what you would see in a dishwasher. This housed our silverware, didn't take up much counter space, and gave me the use of an entire drawer! If you want to keep the cost down, go to a thrift store or yard sale and purchase one of the little basket inserts from an old dishwasher. They are the perfect size and has a nifty handle!
• How about those pots?  Don't you just love those wonderful and fancy ceiling pot racks? I know I do. However I live down here in the south, where EVERY room has a ceiling fan. No questions asked! So, no room for a rack. However, you can use a painted peg board, secured to a wall to hang your pots. The hardware for hooks is inexpensive. This will free up an abundance of valuable cupboard space, and still keep your cookware accessible. Not only that, but you will save time retrieving and replacing your cookware by simply hanging it!

It's that simple.