Clever Storage Ideas for A Stylish Clutter Free Kitchen
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The kitchen is often the hardest working room in the home. It can serve as a workspace, a gathering spot, a place to eat, and even somewhere to do homework or pay bills. As a result, it’s also the room that tends to collect the most clutter. In a space where so much happens on a daily basis, disorganization can reduce functionality and create extra work, stress, and frustrations.
By redesigning the kitchen with custom solutions that solve your everyday storage and organization problems, we can create a more functional and enjoyable space to work. These smart storage ideas can help you achieve a beautiful and clutter-free kitchen.
Plan for What You Really Need
If your current kitchen isn’t working as well for you as it should, that’s likely because it wasn’t designed with your specific needs in mind. Every family has different priorities and different storage requirements. By examining how you use your kitchen, we can come up with a plan that ensures everything has a place and the things you use most are always within reach.
Better Built-Ins
When it comes to kitchen organization, you’re no longer limited to standard cabinets and empty drawers. Custom storage solutions that cater to your lifestyle are changing the way we approach cabinet design.
Built-in dividers that keep baking sheets and cutting boards upright and orderly make these awkward items easy to store. Elevate your cutlery drawer with a custom tray designed to keep a full set of cutlery organized that also lifts out for additional storage underneath. And regain valuable counter space by replacing bulky knife blocks with built-in knife storage.
Drawers That Do More
Drawers offer a whole world of hidden storage that we rarely use to its full potential. Incorporating solutions that address your specific needs can transform a messy and disorganized drawer into an orderly and efficient storage space.
Regain control of the utensil drawer with built-in cannisters that keep utensils upright and organized. Never again will you have to dig for a serving spoon or fight to get the potato masher out of the drawer. Keep spices at your fingertips with a spice rack drawer and eliminate a major source of household clutter by including a charging station drawer.
Hidden Solutions Create Less Clutter
We don’t always want our everyday items to be on display. And sometimes the things that we need to use every day can end up in the way. Minimal design looks at all the areas of your life where clutter occurs and aims to eliminate these problems with smart storage solutions. For wine connoisseurs, incorporating hidden wine storage in cabinets or drawers creates a clean look without having to sacrifice convenience.
If you’re a pet owner, you’re likely all too aware of the tripping hazards that come along with pet bowls in the kitchen. Hidden solutions such as toe kick pet bowl storage remove clutter by relocating bowls to the unused space under the kitchen cabinets. With just the tap of a foot, you can tuck them away out of sight or open them up for feeding time.
Open Storage for Easy Access
A cluttered home can be a stressful home. But despite our best intentions, frequently used items often get left out because it’s easier than putting them away every day. But custom storage solutions that make it easy to put things in their place, can greatly reduce clutter and free up valuable counter space.
Replacing cabinets with open shelving at easy-to-reach heights creates easy-access storage for frequently used items. Incorporating a built-in dish rack along with open shelving near the sink provides a home for dishes you use every day and helps keeps counters clear.
Clean Lines Reduce Visual Clutter
Sometimes the things we can’t put away can also add to the feeling of clutter. A mix of different lighting can distract the eye and take away from an open space. Replacing hanging lights with low profile pot lights creates an open line of sight and improves task lighting right where you need it.
The materials and finishes we use in the kitchen can also have a huge impact on how cluttered the space feels. Choosing smooth cabinet faces and integrated drawer pulls provides a clean and distraction-free aesthetic. Likewise, large stone slab backsplashes reduce distracting grout lines and the maintenance that goes along with them.
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