How's your kitchen? Does everything have its place? Well, this month, your challenge is to get your kitchen organized! I mean organized - not just cleared countertops.
First, go through the following Areas/Zones in your home and look at the areas with a fresh eye. Pretend you are a stranger who was staying in your home and wanted to make dinner. Will you be able to do those tasks easily? What struggles do you encounter? Then, ask your kids and partner to go through the kitchen and see if they can find other obstacles that stop them from finishing the task. Is there anything else they want to change?
From the task results above, write down the problem areas in your kitchen in order of importance to you and your family.
Now it's time to get down to business and organize this kitchen!
Below are my posts and fellow Professional Organizers' posts to help you organize these kitchen areas.
Feel free to come back and visit these posts while you are organizing. Remember to take your time. It's not important to go fast through the areas. It's more important to organize the area completely and effectively.
Click on the section below and jump to the areas you need to organize.
Jump to:
General Tips
These general tips help you organize the overall kitchen. Feel free to click through and get started.
10 Kitchen Organizing Essentials by SQ
7 Ways to Maximize Wasted Space in Kitchen by SQ
Adding Storage to Kitchen by SQ
Kitchen Clutter Culprits by Seana Turner from The Seana Method
Zones to Add to your kitchen by SQ
Baking Zone
These are baking zone tips that will help you organize this zone.
Tools Needed In Your Baking Zone by SQ
DIY Small Baking Cabinet Organization Idea by SQ
How to Create a Baking Zone with Baking Tools List by SQ
Prep Zone
These posts are for the everyday prep area. The area where you spend your most time each day.
Organizing Spices and Herbs by SQ
How to Make a Spice Drawer Organizer in a Small Space by SQ
How to Install a Pull-Out Spice Rack Organizer by SQ
Pantry Area
These posts will help you with pantry (Affiliate Link) area organization.
How To Keep Pantry Organized by SQ
How to Make a DIY Chalkboard Pantry Doors by SQ
6 Simple Tips to Spring Cleaning Your Pantry by Christine Stone from Neatly Designed
Pots and Pans Drawers
Pots and pans can be quite messy. This post helps with organizing them.
Tips for Organizing Deep Kitchen Drawers by Hilda M. Rodgers from Overwhelmed To Organized
Storage Containers Area
This is a DIY how-to post that will help you store different small things.
DIY Food Storage Bag Holder by SQ
Refrigerator /Freezer Drawers and Shelves
These posts will help you organize your refrigerator and freezer.
Cool product - Fridge Binz by Stacey A. Murray from Organized Artistry
How to Organize a Freezer like a Pro by SQ
How to Maximize Space in Your Refrigerator with Zones by SQ
How to Keep Your Refrigerator Organized by SQ
Command Zone
The Command area is the area that stores all your paperwork and other things that are immediately used often. This area can have a desk or just a part of the counter.
How To Keep A Family Command Station Organized by SQ
DIY Kitchen Paper Management System by SQ
Five Family Command Center Board Options to Organize a Kitchen by SQ
Junk Drawers
This post will help you organize the junk drawer.
What to Keep in Your Junk Drawer by SQ
Kids Snack Area
The snack area for kids is an important one to help them become independent.
Organizing Kitchen Tips For Back To School by SQ
Beverage Area
This post talks about beverage storage in the kitchen for easy access.
How to Organize a Kitchen Beverage Cabinet by SQ
How to Make a Fabulous Beverage Station that will amaze your entire family by SQ
I hope this helps you organize your kitchen area! Please comment below with any questions and how your process is going. I am here to help and will get back to you as quickly as possible. Good luck!
What area of the kitchen do you struggle with the most? Please leave a comment below.
Susan cooper says
You must have the neatest kitchen (house) ever! In going to go back and read some of those that pertain to my problem areas again.
Linda Samuels says
What a great collection of posts about kitchen organizing! Nice curating job. Kitchens are the hub of the home. So getting them "humming" makes living so much easier. I find that putting things close to areas of use helps tremendously along with taking away the unessentials.
Sabrina says
Thanks for commenting, Linda. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. The kitchen is my favorite area to organize. =)
Seana Turner says
Love this roundup of posts about the heart of the home! Thanks for including me:)
Janet Barclay says
Great list, Sabrina! I'd like to invite anyone who wants more refrigerator organizing tips to check out this Blog Carnival from a few years ago.
Sabrina says
That's great, Janet! Thanks for sharing.
Jill Robson says
Great line up of blog posts, thank you for including mine. Kitchens are my favourite place to organize.
Nancy Haworth says
Sabrina, this is a great collection of posts about kitchen organization. Thank you for including my "Organizing a Home Drop Zone" post!
Hilda Rodgers says
Thanks for including my deep drawers post Sabrina! I love your monthly challenges and I hope many people get their kitchens organized this month 🙂
Sabrina says
You are welcome, Hilda. It is a great post.
Hazel Thornton says
Sabrina, thanks for including my blog post, "Wanna see my kitchen pantry?" It includes a link to a free downloadable ebook -- a photo essay about the pantries of eight professional organizers!
Sabrina says
Great, Hazel. Thanks for letting my visitors know.