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15 Quick Kitchen Organizing Solutions

Is the clutter in your kitchen building up and preventing you from getting anything done?

(Manfred Koh for the Time Inc. Digital Studio)
Containers, Storage Systems

#1. Store flour, sugar, and more in OXO Pop containers (shown). Press the lid's button an airtight seal. To buy: from $8 each, Oxo.com.

#2. Rather than splurge on a pricey spice rack, label the tops of spice jars and place them in a drawer to easily find what you're looking for.  

#3. The SmartSpin Storage System comes with 24 plastic containers in three sizes, with one-size-fits-all lids. A carousel keeps the sets together. To buy: $16, Target.com.

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Cutlery Drainers, Cabinet Organizers, Soda Storage

#4. Place the cheery Avant Garde cutlery drainer (shown) in the sink to drain and organize utensils as you wash them. To buy: $16, ConranUSA.com.

#5. Access pot lids stowed in the back on a cabinet with the nine-inch slide-out Cabinet Organizer. To buy: from $40, SimpleHuman.com.

#6. Never rummage through the refrigerator looking for a Diet Coke again. The 12 can dispenser, made of easy-to-clean plastic, fits inside most refrigerators and holds ten 12-ounce cans with ease. To buy: $8, Organize.com.

READ: Why You Should Buy Your Beer in Cans

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Menu Organizers and Cutlery Trays

#7. Tuck all your takeout menus- arranges by type of cuisine-inside the handy takeout menu organizer (shown). To buy: $20, UncommonGoods.com

#8. The plastic Expand-a-Drawer cutlery tray maximizes usable space by adjusting to fit the width of your drawers. To buy: $20, ContainerStore.com.

#9. Mark the contents of plastic food-storage containers with a dry-erase pen. The "labels" will come off when you wash the items. 

 

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Cupboard and Cabinet Organizers

#10. Attach the Rationell Variera rack (shown) to the inside of a cupboard door to keep lids in order. To buy: Unfortunately, this exact item is no longer available, but find similar products at Amazon.com.

#11. Store sets of place mats and napkins together in zippered plastic bags and label how many are in each set. 

#12. No more moving the bowls to get to the plates. The Corner Dinnerware Cabinet Organizer separates tableware and maximizes vertical space in even the tightest of cabinets. To buy: $11.50, Organize.com.

READ: How to Organize Your Refrigerator

(Manfred Koh for the Time Inc. Digital Studio)
Storage Trays, Candle Holders

#13. Find a place for soaps, sponges, and even your wedding ring while you do the dishes with the space-saving acrylic Pivo storage tray (shown). To buy: $20, Umbra.com.

#14. Fill empty votive candle holders with small things that tend to get misplaced, such as paper clips, bobby pins, rubber bands and pieces of ribbon, and keep them on a desk or inside a drawer.

#15. Eggs stay freshest when they are kept in the carton they came in, so don't bother housing them in your refrigerator's plastic egg compartment. 


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