5 Ways to Find Space in Your Kitchen

OMG!  I want one of these!  This kitchen is amazing; lots of countertop space, guest space, lots of BIG drawers, lots of drawers in general, ample cabinets, incredible natural light, beautiful range/hood/backsplash and wood floors.  Sign me up.

This kitchen can hold just about every major kitchen appliance, serving pieces & then some.  And if you don’t like the traditional style, there’s a modern kitchen out there for you just like this one…..but modern.  Anyway, most everyone covets a glorious kitchen like this.  What if you don’t have one or duh duh duuuuhhhhh you have to downsize?  A dear friend’s mother is downsizing right now as I write this & doesn’t have room for everything she relies on & is used to having in her kitchen.

Let me just take a moment for those of you who do have a kitchen like this to say, please don’t tell the rest of us & certainly don’t tell us you don’t have room for everything.   We might not have empathy.

For the rest of us, there are 5  ways to make more space in your kitchen cabinets & drawers.

1. MULTI-PURPOSE APPLIANCES  Stop buying an appliance for a single task.  Find ones that do 2 or more tasks eliminating one or more appliances.
   

2. SEASONAL IS OUT  Pack seasonal serving pieces/utensils that can handle the attic heat away with that season. Why work around the huge turkey platter all year?

3. USE SERVING PIECES FOR EVERYDAY STORAGE  Instead of storing non-seasonal trays, platters, bowls, etc you typically only use for company, put them to work in their “off” time holding the mail, magazines, etc.
   

4. BE GOURMET  If you have the space, hang your pots & pans because it will make you look like a chef & they’re easier to retrieve.  The latter is really the main reason.
   

5. NEST, NEST, NEST  The birds do it so why shouldn’t your kitchen items when possible.  Especially for rarely used items.
   

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