Keeping your kitchen organized can seem like a daunting task. Organizing anything at all actually can seem like more work than it needs to be. I want to share with you though how I got excited about organizing my kitchen cabinets and what I purchased to keep them looking clean and clutter free!

Plates/Bowls/Glasses

This is a cabinet that is getting opened everyday! I made sure to keep what was in here a necessity, and the minimum of what we’d use. Plates and bowls are on the bottom, while glasses and everyday mugs are above. Since our cabinets are so high I picked up some organizing bins and in each one I have tumblers and water bottles.

Pots & Pans

In our kitchen it was kind of a challenge to store our pans and pots. There is really only the tall pantry and one small bottom cabinet that are deep enough for pots and pans to be placed. Purchasing this pan and lid organizer from Target though helped us maximize the one small cabinet. Those are the ones we use everyday, minus the lids kept towards the back, so all of our other bigger pans & pots could be stored in other areas.

Baking/Entertaining

These are my two favorite cabinets! In the first one I organized my baking pans and mixing bowls and then on the very top shelves of both cabinets I have entertaining dishes that aren’t used as often. The two wire racks we ordered are perfect for adding another shelf for stacking more things in the high cabinets. We ordered them here from Bed Bath and Beyond.

Silverware/Utensils

As you can see, two drawers are more organized than the other one. I knew for the bigger utensils, putting them in a drawer was fine, as long as it wasn’t too cluttered. I’m going to try and minimize what I put in this drawer. As for silverware, knives and some baking tools I picked up these drawer organizers from Costco. They aren’t hard to find at either Home Goods, TJ Maxx and even Target. Here are some similar ones. Any extra small things like chip clips I keep behind the organizers where I’m not needing to access those things as often.

Pantry Staples

Pantry organization is the number one cabinet or in some homes, ‘rooms’ that needs to be organized! I thankfully already had a few of the bins used to organize food, spices, and baking things, but they aren’t hard to find when needed. I’ve loved these Room Essential bins for organizing a lot of things in our apartment. Target has a ton of different sizes and colors in them. As you can see I used two big ones for snacks and grains, another one for extras and have more through my apartment used for things like cleaning supplies. I like to be able to pull a bin out and see what’s all inside. Rather than dig around a cabinet, it makes things easier! I do the same thing with my spices, and small baking items. Another storage bin I like using are these iDesign fridge and freezer bins from Amazon. I have 4 of them lined up in the pantry for granola bars, extra baking things and large peanut butter and honey jars. They’re great for keeping things separated yet together. You can also easily find these at other stores too! The first two I bought were from TJ Maxx. Last, but not least, are my OXO Pop containers helping me stay organized. I got these for a huge deal when I found a set at my local Tuesday Morning. I always see them around Home Goods and TJ Maxx though. You can customize the sizes more to what you need them for then. I mainly wanted 4 for flour, sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar. The extras I keep fun things in, like chocolate chips and popcorn kernels. Here on Amazon you can shop their collections.

If you would like to see this in a bigger ‘picture’, check out my kitchen tour video that I’ll be posting on my Instagram (@stylinglifebyg) in a couple of days. I even share more of my cabinets than what is pictured in the post. I hope you can check it out! XO, G