Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read
Great Ways To Squeeze More Storage Into A Tiny Kitchen
Tiny kitchens can be a bane on the homeowner’s existence! There’s a real lack of room to get anything done, what with your countertops taken over by jars, utensil pots, towel holders, and any baking equipment that doesn't fit inside your cupboards. No matter where you turn, there's mess and clutter, and a real lack of storage space for your family’s needs.
If that’s a situation that sounds very familiar to you, we’re here to help. You can squeeze more storage even into the smallest of kitchens; you've just got to be a bit creative in the way you go about it. But to take the pressure off, we’ve done the thinking for you! Here are a few ideas for maximizing on the space available in your own tiny kitchen.
Smaller appliances can work just as good as larger ones
Minimize Your Appliances
A refrigerator, an oven, and a stove are the three appliances every kitchen will have. They’re the basics you need to cook healthy meals for your household. But as we all know, no kitchen is complete without a microwave, toaster, dishwasher, blender, stand mixer, and various other appliances that make life so much easier.
Investing in equipment like this is essential for speeding up preparation and cooking times, and they usually mean far less washing up too! But in a tiny kitchen, there’s little to no room for these usual suspects. That’s why you have to buy smaller, more fitting versions that can be easily slotted away and stored. Yes, you can even get a tiny dishwasher that sits off to the side of a counter!
Custom drawers and cabinets can help you keep your small kitchen organized
Get Custom Cabinets Fitted
One of the worst things about living with a tiny kitchen is the lack of pre built cabinets. You might have only gotten two or three to use when you first moved in, and you knew from one look that that wouldn't cut it! But considering the room’s dimensions, getting more cabinets put in just wasn’t all that feasible.
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Thankfully though, there’s a way around this. You can order custom cabinets to the exact size and measurements of the kitchen you’re working with. This will ensure you get a good quantity of storage for the space, just without having to compromise on being able to walk around your kitchen without ducking.
Attaching organization racks to a wall can free up drawer space for other items
Attach Commonly Used Items to the Wall
Get them off the counter and out of the way! Pop some sticky back stuff up on your kitchen wall and attach utensil pots, pans/dishes, or just the utensils themselves to it. You can use command hooks, velcro patches, and even knock in nails for things to hang from.
In doing so, you provide a much more dynamic storage system for your tiny kitchen, and even create space within space. After all, you’ve now got a lot more room on the counter themselves, and just by storing upward with a method that won’t take you longer than 5 minutes.
Living with a tiny kitchen? You don’t have to be without storage for much longer!
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Carolyn J. Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.
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