Maximize Pantry Space in Your Kitchen
Getting your pantry organized and making small improvements lets you stock more of the items you need without using up valuable cabinet space in your kitchen. Using air tight, stackable containers for storage is a good start. To really maximize your available space, you need to create unique shelving solutions.
Screw small wire organizer shelves (the kind with a lip to keep things from falling off) onto the inside of the pantry door. Or, install a hook. Here, you can hang your fly swatter or a plastic grocery bag holder. Since the door will swing opened and closed, don’t use this space to store anything breakable. Also be careful not to add too much weight.
Pantry with Unused Space
Use a lazy Susan for areas that are difficult to reach. This round, turning storage mechanism can give you easy access to items that you keep on high shelves. Instead of having to climb up a stepstool to see which jars or boxes are tucked in the shelf corners, you can simply turn the lazy Susan to present one item after another until you find what you need.
Install custom sliding or pull out shelving in other strategic places in your pantry. Often there is wasted space between items that are stored on one shelf and those on the next shelf above. This approach will help eliminate these unused areas.
One of the biggest dead spaces in a pantry is the center. This space needs to be open so you can walk in and out easily. However, you can hang baskets, dried herbs, and ropes of onions from the ceiling taking care to place them where you won’t bump your head.
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