Kitchen Organization: Drawers Instead of Cabinets

The right kitchen wants two issues: kind and performance. I wished our kitchen to not solely be stunning however to perform nicely for our household and life-style. Once I requested my Instagram followers what their necessities have been for a kitchen renovation, probably the most frequent solutions was drawers as a substitute of cupboards. And that’s precisely what we did!

KITCHEN ORGANIZATION IDEAS: DRAWERS

For all our decrease cabinetry and island cabinetry, we tried to include as many drawers as attainable. The primary purpose that drawers are the extra fashionable selection is that they’re simpler to retailer issues in. With cupboards, objects are way more vulnerable to get misplaced within the again by no means to be seen once more. However with drawers, you may pull them out and simply see all the things inside.

You’re additionally getting extra cubic storage. If in case you have house for one cupboard, you would simply exchange that with 2-3 drawers relying on the room you will have. And immediately you will have extra space for storing. Let’s take a look at a few of our favourite drawers and pull out cupboards we integrated into our kitchen!

BAG DRAWER ORGANIZER

That is one thing you don’t want a customized cupboard maker for. Simply buy this bag storage organizer on Amazon and plop it into considered one of your drawers. Even if you happen to don’t use all of the sizes of baggies, you may exchange it with no matter you utilize typically. We don’t use the snack dimension baggage a lot so I changed that with child wipes. One bundle suits completely in there and now I’ve quick access to my favourite fast and simple cleansing instrument 😉

KITCHEN SPICE DRAWER

I shared my kitchen spice drawer with you already, nevertheless it’s value mentioning once more. This was one thing our cupboard maker constructed into the drawer however you would simply purchase a spice drawer organizer your self and add it in. I by no means knew how a lot I wanted this in my life. Having all my spices available and VISIBLE so I can really see what I’m grabbing has been such a recreation changer!

UTENSIL PULL OUT WITH KNIFE BLOCK

I used to be a bit of hesitant about this due to having little kiddos, however we haven’t had any points in any respect! We had a small house to the left of our sink that was too small for drawers and would have been a bizarre cupboard so we determined to place in a utensil pull out with a knife block. It crammed the house completely and gave us the right spot to place all our knives, utensils and different random devices.

 I hate having stuff on our counters so eliminating a utensil holder and knife block with this made me very blissful. And the knife block has the good materials in it that permits you to simply plop your knife proper into it and it sinks down. It’s manner smaller than a knife block however holds WAY extra.

LARGE CABINET DRAWER FOR DISHES

This drawer is HUGE. I get nervous each time I open it that it’d break due to how deep it’s and all the load it holds. But it surely’s not going anyplace 😉 Having our dishes an bowls in a drawer as a substitute of sitting on a shelf has been such an incredible replace. It’s simple to see all the things, nothing will get misplaced and we’ve these cool dividers that assist preserve all the things in place.

Our island is big and we wished to verify we utilized as a lot storage as we may and we positively maxed it out with this drawer.

LARGE CABINET DRAWER FOR POTS AND PANS

Beneath our drawer with dishes and bowls is one other massive drawer for all our pots and pans. One other recreation changer and replace that I really like. By no means once more will I’ve a cupboard stuffed with pots and pans I can by no means attain that finally ends up unorganized each different day. It’s deep sufficient that we will stack issues and large sufficient to suit all of it – plus some. 

And naturally we wanted someplace for our lids! I really like this shallow little hidden drawer that matches all our lids in addition to another thinner profile objects!

TRASH CAN PULL OUT AND HIDDEN PAPER TOWEL HOLDER

This was an absolute should have for us and just about a typical now with new kitchens. We have now a toddler and canine who love the trash so having it hidden has been superb. Though our toddler nonetheless finds her manner in there. We have now two rubbish cans that pull out and the cool factor we did was additionally set up a no contact mechanism. So you probably have a giant messy pile of one thing in your fingers you must throw away and don’t wish to contact the deal with, you may simply push in opposition to the cupboard door together with your knee, elbow, again of your hand and many others. and it’ll open! And to shut, you merely simply firmly push it.

One other factor I knew I wanted to have off the counters was a paper towel holder. We have been capable of create a secret little drawer for them proper above the trash cans. It pulls out and has extra room in again for additional rolls in addition to our rubbish baggage!

HIDDEN TOE KICK STORAGE

Our cupboard maker prompt together with these and I’m so glad he did! Toe kicks are the right alternative to incorporate some sneaky storage. Whether or not you’re utilizing it for pie pans and casserole dishes or possibly you simply want a spot to cover your favourite treats from the remainder of your loved ones 😉 Both manner, the hidden toe kick storage is one other wonderful means to make use of up in any other case wasted house.

I’m so blissful we determined to decide on extra drawers as a substitute of cupboards in our kitchen. It feels a lot extra sensible and makes kitchen group a lot simpler to keep up. In case you’re preparing for a kitchen renovation of your individual, I extremely suggest together with as many drawers as you may! Inform me within the feedback, which one is your favourite??