Operation Kitchen!

Wow, it has been awhile since my last post. Between having a full time job and school, I have been a very busy lady.

Since my last post, I have focused on organizing my kitchen.

I had a couple goals before starting this project:

• Get a matching black crock to store kitchen utensils. 

           

• Organize our utensil drawer that we don't necessarily need instant access to:

• Get some shelves for the inside of cabinets. 
• Find a better storage solution for future husby's workout supplements and protein. Their original containers are so unattractive!
• Buy storage for glassware.

Unfortunately, I did not take "before" pictures of the last three pinpoints. But here are the after photos!

I bought another crock to match the one black crock for $4 at Walmart. 

Again here is a picture of before:

And after!

I learned this tip from the Barefoot Contessa: separate your wooden spoon and spatulas from your other plastic/metal utensils. It looks uniform and organized. She is my idol. A couple Christmas's ago, my mom got me an autographed picture of her!

She watches over me as I cook! I love her!

Okay, back to organizing stuff!

I also bought drawer organizers for our large utensil drawer.

Remember the before? 

And the after!

Nice and organized. The future hubs was very impressed with the new drawer set-up.

Some other areas I organized but neglected to take before photos of were: 

I also got shelves from Walmart to create extra storage for bowls and plates.

I put the future husby's protein and workout supplements in canisters. I never used the flour and sugar I stored in here. I feel I have better sealed containers for my flour and sugar which I need since I do not use these ingredients on a regular basis versus Chris' supplements that he takes everyday. 

And wine glass storage!

And here are a couple areas that I just rearranged:

These are our regular used appliances: crockpot, rice cooker, toaster, wafflemaker and so forth. 

 These are appliances we use less often. 

 Mixing bowls up top and baking pans and colanders on bottom. 

Storage for cooking pots. Unfortunately, one of the shelves broke off and we haven't gotten around to fixing it. Oops!

I am very happy with all the organization I have done so far in the kitchen. There are still a couple areas I need to focus some attention on. 

These are two very sad cabinets. =( These two areas would probably not be very hard to organize but they are both very high up and difficult to organize when you are 5'4''. One of these days I'll have to get off my lazy bum and crawl up here and organize them. I will have to add this to my list of household projects!

Organization has made such a difference in the feel of our home. Just by rearranging items and installing drawer containers, our kitchen has transformed! We created a flowing path in our kitchen versus the maze it was before! 

I hope you enjoyed this kitchen organization post. How do you organize your tiny kitchen? Do you have a famous chef or cook that inspires you? I want to know!

Amber