How's your kitchen? Does everything have its place? Well, this month, your challenge is to get your kitchen organized! I mean really 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 that 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 at hand. Is there anything else they want to change?
From the results of the task 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.
General Tips
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
Baking Zone
Tools Needed In Your Baking Zone by SQ
Prep Zone
Organizing Spices and Herbs by SQ
Pantry Area
How To Keep Pantry Organized by SQ
6 Simple Tips to Spring Cleaning Your Pantry by Christine Stone from Neatly Designed
Pots and Pans Drawers
Tips for Organizing Deep Kitchen Drawers by Hilda M. Rodgers from Overwhelmed To Organized
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Storage containers Area
DIY Food Storage Bag Holder by SQ
Refrigerator drawers and shelves
Cool product - Fridge Binz by Stacey A. Murray from Organized Artistry
Command Zone
How To Keep A Family Command Station Organized by SQ
DIY Kitchen Paper Management System by SQ
Organizing a Home Drop Zone by Nancy Haworth from OnTask Organizing
Junk Drawers
What to Keep in Your Junk Drawer by SQ
Kids Snack Area
Organizing Kitchen Tips For Back To School by SQ
Please leave a 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
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
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
Thanks for commenting, Linda. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. The kitchen is my favorite area to organize. =)
Seana Turner
Love this roundup of posts about the heart of the home! Thanks for including me:)
Janet Barclay
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
That's great, Janet! Thanks for sharing.
Jill Robson
Great line up of blog posts, thank you for including mine. Kitchens are my favourite place to organize.
Nancy Haworth
Sabrina, this is a great collection of posts about kitchen organization. Thank you for including my "Organizing a Home Drop Zone" post!
Hilda Rodgers
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
You are welcome, Hilda. It is a great post.
Hazel Thornton
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
Great, Hazel. Thanks for letting my visitors know.