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This Is the One Thing You Should Always Do Before Freezing Meat
It's one of the best freezer tips I picked up from my mom.
Jul 1, 2020
This Smart, Stylish Storage Tool is What Your Kitchen Pantry is Missing
Borrow this idea from the laundry room, and your back will thank you.
Jun 17, 2020
Marie Kondo’s Method for Storing Kitchen Towels Is the Only Way to Store Kitchen Towels
Here's how to get that leaning stack under control.
May 12, 2020
This One Small Change Instantly Decluttered My Kitchen
If you’re sick of staring at your countertops and feeling like there’s just too much stuff, here's a fix that takes just two minutes of your day.
Apr 28, 2020
This Stackable Set of Acrylic Organizers Will Organize Your Fridge for $35
This swanky starter set will keep your fridge nice and tidy for a fraction of what it would cost to buy acrylic bins individually.
Apr 26, 2020
If You Have a Door and $48, You Can Have a Pantry
Transform the inside of a door into ample storage for less than the price of your weekly groceries.
Apr 22, 2020
Here’s How Hidden Cabinet Hacks Dramatically Increased My Kitchen Storage
Behind-the-doors ways to make the most of your current kitchen.
Apr 21, 2020
Before & After: I Organized My Parents' Cabinets From Cluttered to Streamlined
I’ve taken mental notes of projects that can be tackled in my parent's home—one of them being the kitchen cabinets.
Apr 21, 2020
Best Wine Racks for the Home 2010
I’ve been compiling a list of the best new wine racks for the past two years, and this year I thought I’d do something a little different and highlight vintage designs (in addition to an expanded list of new and easily available racks). Some of these older pieces are no longer in production and you have to hunt for them, but it’s a thrill when you find the perfect piece. Here’s a mix of vintage, new, and DIY options — Enjoy!
Apr 9, 2020
Get Ready for Spring Cleaning: Everything (!) is On Sale at OXO Right Now
Including some of our favorite tools for organizing and cleaning.
Apr 8, 2020
The $3 Solution for My Most Annoying Kitchen Drawer Problem
If your silverware organizer slides around every time you open or close the drawer, you need this tip.
Mar 25, 2020
We Love These Food Containers — and They’re on Sale Right Now on Amazon
Bonus: They take up very little space!
Mar 20, 2020
I Stole a Storage Idea From Emily Henderson and My Kitchen Has Never Looked Better
Emily's kitchen provided an "Aha!" moment for how I could get my kitchen counters looking cleaner.
Mar 3, 2020
The $20 Kitchen Organizer That 4,000 Amazon Shoppers Are Obsessed With
It's the perfect solution to the Canned Good Shuffle (you know the one).
Mar 3, 2020
This Space-Saving Kitchen Solution Is So Much Better Than a Knife Block
And it's currently 30% off!
Feb 24, 2020
17 Smart and Beautiful Ways to Organize Your Kitchen Shelves & Cabinets
Here are some of the sharpest ideas for arranging your kitchen—straight from real homes.
Feb 3, 2020
This Top-Reviewed Amazon Find Is About to Change the Way You Store Spices
"It's a sanity saver!"
Jan 29, 2020
29 Things Nobody Should Keep in Their Under-Sink Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen cabinets tend to get messy. But the cabinet under the sink has its own unique way of becoming a cluttered cave of castoffs.
Jan 26, 2020
16 Ways to Squeeze a Little Extra Storage Out of a Small Kitchen
Kitchen bursting at the seams? If you’re going a little crazy trying to fit all your cooking accoutrements in your teeny-tiny kitchen, this is the post for you. Here are 20+ ideas for ways to squeeze a little extra storage out of a small kitchen. 1. Get the most out of the cabinets you do have with stackable shelves (like these from Store).2. Don’t neglect the space above your cabinets. You could stash extra stuff up there in baskets.3.
Jan 21, 2020
This Editor-Approved Brand Makes Game-Changing Storage Solutions for Kitchens (and Many Are on Sale)
Number 3 is a massive upgrade of an all-time favorite organizational hack!
Jan 7, 2020
Weekend Chores: Flowers, Kitchen Organizing & Cleaning, Make a Meal
Day 7: Friday, January 10 and the Weekend of January 11 & 12 Assignments: Bring Home Flowers, Kitchen Organizing & Cleaning, Find a Recipe and Make Yourself a Meal It’s time to get tough. Pull on your superhero tights and get ready for a weekend of saving the world, one kitchen at a time. There’s lots to do and it’s focused on a room which many of us find challenging to keep ahead of in terms of clutter and cleaning.
Dec 19, 2019
The Very Best Ideas from Super Small, Stylish & Smart Kitchens
The smaller the kitchen = the smarter the storage and style solutions.
Dec 16, 2019
Tara’s Cure: Tackling the Tupperware
The past couple of days I’ve been held captive in bed, trying to recover from a touch of the flu, most likely brought on by a cocktail of holiday exhaustion and polar vortex. Needless to say, I hardly had the energy for a full top-to-bottom kitchen clean. But, I did tackle a problem that plagues many a kitchen: the Overflowing Tupperware Cabinet of Doom.
Dec 16, 2019
16 Kitchen Shelf Ideas That Will Double Your Storage Space
Express your shelf in the kitchen with these smart decorating ideas.
Dec 14, 2019
4 “Just in Case” Entertaining Pieces Nobody Should Be Storing in Their Kitchens
Free up some space by decluttering your collection of servingware while it's in rotation for the holidays.
Dec 13, 2019
Try This Pro Organizer’s 6-Step Plan for Decluttering Your Kitchen
You don't need to hire an expert or spend a bunch of cash on fancy containers to get your kitchen in working order.
Dec 10, 2019
The First 3 Things You Need to Do to Declutter Your Kitchen
If you can't declutter your entire kitchen all at once (who can?), here are the most crucial places, the areas you should start with first.
Nov 25, 2019
9 Ways to Instantly Create Kitchen Storage—Out of Thin Air
We've uncovered some clever ways to create more kitchen storage in places you probably never considered.
Nov 22, 2019
12 Things You Should Get Out of Your Fridge Right Now
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, which falls on Nov. 15 this year, is appropriately timed for a pre-Thanksgiving refrigerator refresh so you can make space for all the green bean casserole and pumpkin pie you'll be whipping up.
Nov 15, 2019
The 10 Commandments of Every Minimalist Kitchen
For a kitchen to run smoothly, you can't suffer through chock-full cabinets or overflowing drawers.
Nov 9, 2019
4 Steps for Decluttering the Messiest Spot in Everyone’s Kitchen
Weekend Projects
This weekend, rather than ignoring that jumble of clutter, we're going to make it presentable and functional.
Nov 8, 2019
5 Things You Should Never Store In Your Lower Kitchen Cabinets
Lower kitchen cabinets are pretty prime real estate.
Oct 27, 2019
8 Genius Kitchen Storage Solutions Amazon Shoppers Love—and They’re Under $20
Seriously, these are genius!
Oct 22, 2019
The $8 Hack That’ll Make Storing Your Foil and Parchment Paper a Million Times Better
This hack frees up storage space, makes it easier to rip off a piece of foil, and makes your friends think you're a creative genius.
Sep 23, 2019
Use This List to Declutter Your Kitchen in 20 Minutes
No matter how many cabinets you have, or whether your countertop is better measured in inches or acres, I guarantee that if you've been living in your space for a while, your kitchen storage is full.
Sep 18, 2019
These Food Containers Pro Chefs Love Just Got a Makeover—and We Think It’s Genius
Your pantry is about to get a glow-up.
Aug 19, 2019
This Fridge Organization Hack Has Me Cooking More, Wasting Less, and Feeling Better About My Kitchen
As an added bonus, I no longer have to deal with weeks-old kale I find in the bottom of a fridge drawer or smelly cheese in the deepest, darkest part of the fridge.
Aug 19, 2019
5 Things in Your Kitchen You Should Throw Away This Summer
To clear my head—and my space—for a season of carefree entertaining, here are five things I'm throwing away (or giving away) this summer.
Jul 9, 2019
8 Things You Should Never Store on Your Countertops
Banish these things from your counters and not only will you have the room you need to do your thing, but you'll also end up reducing visual clutter.
Jun 11, 2019
15 Perfect Pegboards That Will Inspire You to Get Organized
A good pegboard setup can do more than get you organized—it might help you free up some space at home, too.
Jun 4, 2019
21 Things to Clean, Organize, and Declutter While You’re Waiting for the Microwave to Beep
Use this time wisely and it will add up to a clean home, instead of just being caught up on Instagram.
May 19, 2019
These Classic $10 Organizers Will Double Your Cabinet Space
They offer next-level organization, save me time, and preserve my mental balance
May 19, 2019
Before & After: A Pretty Pantry With Serious Storage
Having a food storage area or pantry is a true thing of luxury. But for many it can also be a real headache. But an organized space not only leads to better shopping and food use, it can also add value to your home for very little money. Check out what this pantry looks like now, after the jump!At first glance this just looked like another pretty pantry.
May 7, 2019
IKEA Kitchen Cabinets: Pros, Cons & Real Life Owner Reviews
A beautiful, functional, new kitchen is a wonderful thing. The act of renovating a kitchen, maybe not so much. It’s a job that causes even the calmest heads to get a little stressed over the decisions that need to be made. To help ease the strain for all the brave planners, I gathered some of our best real-life info on a item that most every renovator considers due to their reputation, availability and price: IKEA kitchen cabinets.
May 4, 2019
Small Space Kitchen Tip: Use a Double Magnetic Knife Holder
I recently hung some shelves in my small kitchen and they displaced the magnetic knife rack we had mounted to the wall. Instead of finding another space on a wall, I decided to investigate double magnetic racks to utilize space on the refrigerator. This seems like a pretty simple idea and I expected to find lots of options – not the case! I searched high and low and only found a few options. See what I found, plus a few good DIY ideas… 1.
May 4, 2019
Before & After: Organizing the Kitchen “Sad Drawer”
Almost every kitchen’s got one. They go by different names: my old flatmate and I called ours the Drawer of Doom, and with my current one, The Sad Drawer. It’s that one place in a kitchen, be it drawer, pantry shelf, or simply an unfortunate corner, that attracts random debris like nobody’s business. From the actually useful (tupperware, kitchen foil) to the barely-used (madeleine pan, anyone?), the Sad Drawer is where things that don’t go anywhere else find themselves.
May 4, 2019
5 Easy Yet Dramatic Ways To Organize Your Kitchen Food Storage
Any space can be a dream pantry with these easy upgrades.
May 3, 2019
Say Goodbye to Overstuffed Drawers & Hello to This 6-Tool Kitchen Capsule
Tight on space in the kitchen? Your storage problem might actually be a “stuff” problem. It’s all too easy to overfill your kitchen drawers and countertop crocks with pretty uni-tasking tools when you’re walking down the aisles of Barrel, Barn & Beyond with a gift card (or worse — a registry gun) burning a hole in your pocket.
May 3, 2019
The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Kitchen Under $100 This Year
Do you love your kitchen 100% and not want to change a thing? If so, you might be one of the lucky few. Most of us have a least something that drives us bonkers, and that something is usually storage. If you could address this one thing and spend under $100, do you know what it would be? We have a suggestion for you. If you are concerned about kitchen storage, turns out, you are not alone. According to the Houzz 2018 Kitchen and Bath Study, clutter is at the forefront of our minds.
May 3, 2019
Fridge Always a Mess? This Common Reason May Be the Cause
My problem isn’t the physical act of cleaning my fridge out; I do that every now and then without trouble. The real issue is keeping my fridge organized and functional for more than a week or two at a time. The whole beautiful array of fresh veggies and lined up condiments will slowly turn into a jumbled clutter that hides almost-expired products and allows dishes of leftovers to grow their own ecosystems in the back.
May 3, 2019
This Is the Worst Storage Mistake You Can Make
I have friends who renovated their home recently, and they put together this gorgeous, open-plan kitchen with The Works: white marble countertops on top of crisp black base cabinets with pull-out drawers, floating open shelves instead of upper cabinets, and an enormous farmhouse sink. Basically everything I’ve ever pinned. Not surprisingly, it looked amazing when it was finished!
May 3, 2019
Here’s How Antoni Porowski Keeps His Tiny Kitchen Organized
Antoni might be best known for slinging guac and upping folks’ culinary games on the hit Netflix reboot of Queer Eye, but he’s also an expert at working within a small space. The food guru recently chatted with Architectural Digest on how he makes due with his tiny studio kitchen. “My kitchen is limited at best,” he tells AD. “I have one drawer.
May 3, 2019
Get Rid of These Things in Your Kitchen Right Now
The kitchen is the biggest workhorse room in almost every household. It’s not only the place where we store our food and prepare our meals, but especially in the age of the open concept home, it’s also a hangout spot and maybe even a homework or work area. With so many things going on in the kitchen, and so many people in and out of it constantly, it’s easy for our kitchens to become cluttered, and fast.
May 3, 2019
5 Big Organizing Lessons We Learned from This 160-Square-Foot Tiny House
This adorable House Tour has been called “the most livable tiny house” ever seen. It’s not an exaggeration. The whole space is only 160 square feet, and yet it actually seems like something we might all be able to live in (not together, obviously). It feels so possible because the place is very thoughtfully laid out and organized — especially the kitchen. Here are five smart organizing tips we got just by looking at the photos.
May 3, 2019
20 Things in Your Kitchen You Can Purge Right Now
Kitchen clutter is like a gas: It’ll expand to fit the space allowed. If you have a small kitchen, you probably feel like there’s never enough space for your stuff. Well guess what? Big kitchen people have that same problem, too. No matter how many cabinets you have, or whether your countertop is better measured in inches or acres, your kitchen can probably use a little slimdown. So that’s what we’re going to do today. Do a 20-minute decluttering sweep of your kitchen.
May 3, 2019
3 Important Spaces You Can Declutter in Just 20 Minutes
Decluttering isn’t just about clearing the coffee table or retiring some seasonal clothes. It’s about making sure your spaces—especially your storage spaces—are staying streamlined and working efficiently to help you live your life (and, you know, find the things you need when you need them). With today’s September Sweep assignment, we’re targeting three such spaces that don’t always get a ton of attention when it’s time to declutter.
May 3, 2019
Here’s What Changes in Your Kitchen When You Move in with a Significant Other
Moving in with your significant other can be a weighty next step in your relationship (or one taken lightly to save on rent), but no matter how seriously you take it, it’s going to affect how you work in the kitchen. If you were living solo before, it could be a bit of a shock to the system to share this busy space with another being. And even if you’re used to roommates, it’s a totally different animal to share the kitchen with someone you love romantically.
May 3, 2019
This Is the Best Drawer Organizer You Can Buy for $35
There are two types of chefs in the kitchen: One that has their measuring cups tumbling with their kitchen shears and graters all in one drawer, and one that needs every tool in its own specific, neat home. If you can cook a beef bourguignon while blindly rooting around a drawer for a peeler and cutting board then good on you.
May 3, 2019
A Smart and Frugal Way to Make Your Cast Iron Skillet Last Longer (With Just a Paper Towel)
The first time I cooked with my now-husband, I was surprised to learn he had a collection of cast iron pans in an array of sizes. What impressed me most wasn’t that he had a larger (and more well-seasoned) set of cast iron than me, but the smart way he stored his cast iron pans. Instead of simply nesting cast iron pans one inside another, metal on metal, he used a single paper towel to separate each piece of cookware to prevent friction.
May 3, 2019
5 Storage & Design Hacks Every Stand Mixer Owner Should Know
A stand mixer is a staple of many home cooks’ kitchens—and it can also be an amazing focal point. It’s sculptural! It’s industrial! It comes in so many different colors! On the flip side, a stand mixer can be big and bulky and presents a fair share of other problems you might not have anticipated before you decided to spring for one. But don’t fret—there’s probably a hack for whatever it is that’s ruining your stand mixer state of bliss.
May 3, 2019
3 Reasons You Should Label Everything at Home
Here's why labeling is key to a well-maintaned organizational system
Apr 28, 2019
6 Common Things That Make Your Kitchen Look Messier than It Is
Whether you’re sprucing up for company or just trying to maintain a tidy home on the reg, there are several things that can hinder your efforts. Kitchens are a notoriously tough room; no matter how often you scrub, sweep, and organize, if you do any of these six things, it will still look messy. This one may be obvious, but too much stuff on your countertops is a total no-no.
Mar 26, 2019
8 Mistakes You’re Making When It Comes to Organizing Your Freezer
Your freezer is a magical place. It’s a place for pints of ice cream (to devour while binge-watching whatever is new on Netflix); for giant ice cubes (to make adult cocktails); and, most importantly, for nourishing meals (to sustain you when you think your only option is takeout). Obviously, you don’t have to be a wizard in order to take care of this magical place. But you—and your freezer!—will be better off if you know to avoid these common organizing mistakes.
Mar 20, 2019
5 Kitchen-Organizing Ideas to Steal from Savvy Dollar Store Shoppers
It's easy to think you need to spend a lot of money to get a well-organized pantry—but you'd be wrong.
Mar 17, 2019
Tips for Keeping a Clutter-Free Kitchen
With the rise in open space floorplans, having a neat and tidy kitchen has become increasingly important. If not kept in check, kitchen clutter can soon take over the entire space. And a cluttered kitchen is a sure fire path to frequent take-out ordering. Here are tips for keeping your kitchen clutter-free and ready for meal prep.• Keep the countertops clear – Coffee maker, toaster, mixer, blender … so many little appliances, so little space.
Mar 12, 2019
10 Amazingly Brilliant Kitchen Organizers for $10 or Less
A place for everything and everything in its place. We love that saying — especially when you think of it in terms of kitchens. See, kitchens stock a lot of stuff. Probably more than most rooms. And things can get unwieldy, quickly. So we are pro organizers—just not the expensive ones. There’s no reason to spend a boatload of money on fancy bins or containers. Spend just a little bit and you can create the most perfect homes for all the odds and ends in your kitchens.
Feb 20, 2019
One Small Push You Can Make Towards a Less Cluttered Kitchen
The January Cure is all about refreshing and organizing your home for 2019. We tackle one assignment each weekday throughout the entire month. It’s not too late to sign up, and you can visit the Cure page to catch up with the assignments so far. It doesn’t matter if you cook every day or once in a blue moon. You might have a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kitchen, or one with more cabinets than you know what to do with.
Jan 28, 2019
This Inside/Out Plan Makes Cleaning the Kitchen a Breeze
The January Cure is all about refreshing and organizing your home for 2019. We tackle one assignment each weekday throughout the entire month. It’s not too late to sign up, and you can visit the Cure page to catch up with the assignments so far. We’re at the end of week two of the Cure! How are you doing? We say it all the time, but I’ll go ahead and say it again: This whole Cure thing is about progress, not perfection.
Jan 11, 2019