Home improvement

2019 is well under way at this point in the year, and you’ve likely cast aside all resolutions for the new year (don’t worry, we have too). Perhaps you had a few resolutions about getting in better shape. Maybe you said you were going to eat healthier.

What about home improvement tasks? You may have had a few larger projects listed but they’re just too daunting, time consuming, and expensive to tackle all in a single weekend. We totally understand that.

So, how about some organization instead? It would help to keep your life and home in order this year, which only helps out in other aspects of your life. Whether you’re introducing new items into your house (which we have suggestions for) or just updating your frame of mind, organization builds better avenues to success.

Use ottomans and storage benches to your advantage.

These are both criminally underrated pieces of furniture in helping with storage and organization. We’ve always thrown extra blankets and pillows in our ottomans and we use our storage bench as a shoe rack. The bonus is that both function doubly as actual furniture to sit on or put your feet up on. We absolutely love versatility and both of these win in that department.

USE WHITEBOARDS.

I never knew the magic of whiteboards until this year. My goodness has it helped us to be more organized, better scheduled, and we never, ever forget certain grocery items when heading to the store thanks to our “Buy these items immediately” section on our whiteboard.

Find a spice rack that fits your personality.

Again, this is a criminally underrated piece for your home. It’s the king of cool kitchen ware, especially if you have something unique and yet easy to access. So often I see spice racks that are too cluttered and it’s hard to find the exact spice you’re in search of. Make sure you get one that’s very well organized, open so that you can easily pick a specific bottle out, and that it’s wood. Wood spice racks are the only way to go, in my opinion. Having a spice rack is, simply put, an invaluable commodity. Everything is visible and in its rightful place when you go to search for something you specifically need for that new recipe you’re trying out.

Get a nice bookshelf.

These look best on either side of your home entertainment system if they’re taller. And if they’re smaller bookracks that sit low to the floor, I absolutely adore placing them beneath my windows. It presents a beautiful juxtaposition of nature and knowledge.

Ideas to Organize Kitchen Storage

For most of the people, kitchen is the most difficult place to organize because it is the home of majority of home appliances. Countless accessories, lots of food cans and utensils can be pretty messy if not organized, especially in the small kitchens. In that case, using pots and bowls to enhance the storage can do the trick. Furthermore, some structural changes using hammers and nails can also help creating sufficient storage for kitchen items.

 Below, we are going to discuss some ‘worked upon’ ideas that would definitely help in solving kitchen storage dilemma.

1. Creating a pantry that would be attached to the kitchen is an amazing idea to enhance kitchen storage. A walk-in pantry is ideally a hidden storage area which can hold the bulk of your kitchen appliances and accessories. You can add as many shelves in this area as you want at any time later.
2. Some of kitchen corners are built in such a way that they do not allow the drawers to be created near them. But what about making drawers right into those corners. Opening those drawers might seem a bit awkward but there is nothing better than a contributing place to store items of a kitchen that deals with countless accessories and a lot of appliances.
3. Utensil drawer is another great idea to store sharp edges silverware which can be dangerous if placed openly. The same open air storing technique can be applied to contain these utensils in the drawer.
4. The areas under sinks are usually not considered for any kind of use. If you take a brief look, it wouldn’t take a second for you to realize that this big space can be made useful by making it a storage place. An under-sink drawer is an ideal place to store chemical cleaners that only belong to the kitchen but they can’t be placed among other kitchen items.
5. Exposed trash cans can be hazardous and unhygienic, and placing them under any shelf makes them difficult to reach. To counter this issue, you can make a drawer in the place where these cans are kept. These pullout drawers will provide quicker accessibility and you can immediately hide the cans after use.
6. The part of the kitchen shelf that comes under the upper wall cabinets is usually a free space in most of the kitchens. You can make a use of this space by making a little garage to store appliances. The biggest benefit of keeping appliances in this tiny garage is that they remain safe and you don’t have to make adjustments in others cabinets and shelves to store appliances.
7. If you don’t want your kitchen to look like a storage place, you can build drawers in the walls. To conceal those drawers, you can use wall panels made of faux stone. These real-like stone panels would easily hide the storage drawers from any one coming in your kitchen.