How do you sort your Kitchen Cupboards

Linda32

Okay, this is how ours is arranged.

Double cupboard with tins, packets etc
Double cupboard with mugs, pasta, cooking stuff - not much all in a plastic box. Stick Mixer and hand mixer, wine.

Two under sink cupboards, one has (quick look) shoe laces, Swarfega,dustpan and brush, watering can, floor cloths.
The other one has cleaning stuff, light bulbs and food and bin bag, pegs.

Next one, plates, bowls, food boxes, drinks.

Next One baking trays and Knifes, forks etc.

Next one, Colander, mixing bowls and glasses.

Hope that helps.

Manxcottageonthehill

Oh thank you everyone! I didn't realize this was a personal question. I've never had to do this whole house thing before and quiet hilariously "adulting" is really really hard, they should give you lesson in school instead of the stuff you never use ever again!!

Everyone has really helped, I will be making notes and moving items around I think I just really need to sort out my cupboards more as I have the space!

Again thank you!

tori.k

Maybe the issue isn't with your arrangent but that you have to much stuff to start with especially if it's non kitchen items that are being housed in your kitchen cupboards.

suki1964

You need to work out how you use your kitchen

I have a floor to ceiling larder with pull out shelves next to my oven which is next to my hob. The lower half is my day to day used foods, bread, spices, sauces, etc. Basically if it's open it goes there. The top half is my baking stuff, flours, sugars, tin liners, icing/decorating etc

Above my oven are the baking tins and pressure cooker, large pan, griddle

Below its roasting tins, cooling racks, Colenders

Under the hob I have deep drawers for crockery and pie dishes

Cupboard between washing machine and sink is soap powders, dishwashing stuff, kitchen cleaning stuff

Corner has pull/swing out shelves, that's for slow cooker, mixing bowls, Tupperware etc

Pans hang from a rack near the sink

Drawers have cutlery and utensils, tea towels and foil, cling film etc

Another corner cupboard with turntables is tins and spares

Another cupboard is veg on pull out shelves

Top cupboards, above the kettle is the tea/coffee etc

Then cups, then glassware, then small electrical items like sandwich toaster, blender etc

The top shelves of the top cupboards are used for items not used often, the tea/coffee service, the posh dinner set etc

Bottom shelves are for the things always used and the middle are occasional use ( I'm only 5ft )

Cupboard on top the f/freezer has the Kenwood and attachments

I'm pretty strict with what's allowed in the kitchen The only cupboard that contains non kitchen stuff is a thin one that houses mops and brooms etc. Hubby stashes spray paint there, and the food for the birds. I don't mind as I can't reach the top shelves so he's welcome to them

i think we all have problems with the kitchen becoming a dumping ground, you just have to be ruthless and either find Somewhere else for the bits you don't want in the kitchen or find them a new home

rosie383

Please be aware that if you have little ones, or even little ones who visit, you shouldn't keep your cleaning products under the sink! It is dangerous! Either put a decent lock on it, or move them up to a high cupboard.
As someone who ate soda crystals as a child, as my grandma thought it was a great idea to store them in a sugar bowl, I am well aware that some kids will eat stuff even if it tastes awful, just because they think they are getting some stolen sugar!
My MIL thought it was a great idea to keep the bleach in a squash bottle under the sink. Thought I was making a fuss when bringing her first grandchildren to visit. She did change it after I insisted, and is now much more aware thankfully, as there are many GCs around there often.

kathrynha

I have a small kitchen, so space is at a premium. What works for me is working left to right round my kitchen:


Low cupboards:
Narrow cupboard - tins and jars - handy for the cooker if you decide you want to add something extra to bulk out during cooking
Cooker
Corner cupboard - pans, baking trays, roasting tin, grater, mixing bowl all handy, cake tins and occasionally used non-electric equipment shoved to the back
Washing machine
Under sink - bins, washing powder, cleaning stuff
5 drawers, top to bottom - Cutlery, utensils and sandwich bags, more utensils, t-towels and dishcloths, tinfoil and cling
Fridge freezer


Top cupboards:
Narrow cupboard - herbs, spices, stock cubes, salt for path(it's next to back door), matches, drinks bottles
Extractor fan
Cupboard 1 - Plates, bowls, glasses, mugs
Cupboard 2 - not as accessible - Casserole dishes, egg cups, measuring jugs, cup measures, ramekins, fancy serving dishes that only get used occasionally
Window
Cupboard 3 - not as accessible - Unopened items such as spare tea bags, next jar of coffee, and those not needed as often like custard powder, stuff for making puddings, biscuits
Cupboard 4 - sauces, pasta, rice, noodles, lentils, open marmite/ketchup/vinegar/etc
Cupboard 5 - half height over fridge freezer - baking ingredients


Also I have a cupboard under the stairs with cereal and crisps as they wont fit in kitchen cupboards, pop, squash, and anything else not opened yet. Also all my big gadgets like food processor, bread maker, etc

viv0147

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Slinky

One thing that may be of use to you, a lot of kitchen units have rows of holes up the inside so that you can alter the heights of the shelves by pulling the supporting pegs out and moving the shelf up or down. This can help make storage an awful lot easier to bring down the upper shelves which a lot of us struggle to reach.

LameWolf

OK well, for a start, non-kitchen stuff needs to be firmly re-directed back to where it's supposed to be.

I got my kitchen refitted a while ago (having put it off for a decade) and I now have :

• 1-door bottom cupboard housing 3 x dinner sets, 1 x fruit bowl set + other miscellaneous chinaware
• 2-door under-sink cupboard housing ALL cleaning stuff, some plastic kitchenware (bowls, freezer containers etc) also potato basket and rolls of black bin liners and pink recycling sacks (peculiar to MK council)
• Single door bottom cupboard housing lock'n'lock boxes of flour (x 4), sugar, cereal, dried fruit, bottles of oil, cider vinegar, fruit squash etc
• Bottom corner unit housing electric kitchenware eg food processor, ice cream maker, electric tin opener, electric whisk, etc also glass mixing bowls and basins (stacked together) and microwave steamer
• Bottom drawer unit housing saucepans and cake baking tins etc also work-a-day cutlery, kitchen knives etc
• 2nd bottom drawer unit housing cooling racks, baking trays, bun tins, plastic storage boxes for the freezer, cling film/greaseproof paper, also decent cutlery, bottle openers etc
• 2-door top cupboard housing non-perishable foodstuffs other than in the bottom cupboard already detailed - herbs and seeds, tins, jars, seasonings, packets etc.
• 1 door top cupboard housing drinks - coffee beans, tea (we have several types), hot chocolate, also my supply of Oramorph (morphine) syrup and accoutrements for making drinks
• 1-door top cupboard housing glassware; we had to seriously cull this because we had a myriad of glasses from various beer festivals!

Anyways, that's how we arranged it; hope it gives you some ideas to work from.

Smodlet

It really is what works for you... OH keeps his power tools in the pantry, since we now have no garage and there is no room in the shed. There is nothing food-related in there, you better believe.

Cupboard over small worktop where kettle is has mugs/glasses/tea/coffee/sugar. Bottom cupboard has water filters/medicines/vases/stuff we never use (sprog-free zone) Other side of cooker is long stretch of only lower cupboards as wide window over worktop. Casserole dishes/some pans in one, next three large drawers; first has cloths/sponges/takeaway menus/instruction manuals for appliances/god knows what, next most of the pans, bottom one has extra tea/coffee and loads of crisps

Next cupboard along has tins on top and cat food on bottom shelf. Next has the veg racks in it (airbrick at back so cool)

Short wall of appliances with cleaning stuff in cupboard under sink.

Other long wall has pantry, then worktop with all appliances at bottom so only two double cupboards at top. One has dry goods on top shelf and condiments, gravy browning/stock cubes and jars on bottom, other has all the crockery (two shelves) Then three small drawers, first with cutlery, second with utensils, cling film, tinfoil, sandwich bags, third with candles, electrical stuff like batteries and fuses and bits of OH's stuff whose purpose is not clear to me... Then fridge/freezer more or less opposite cooker (kitchen is quite wide, thankfully)

I don't mind the walk to put stuff away when unloading the D/W... it's loading it I find a pain.