Kitchen Drawer Organizer
Welcome to the “Kitchen Organization” series part 1: How to organize your kitchen drawers. I’m so excited about this post, I have been working on organizing my kitchen for a while now and I can’t believe I’m almost done.
You can find my kitchen on this post Kitchen Before and After and for the kitchen renovation cost, please see the Kitchen Renovation Cost post.
There are still some drawers that I need to go through. But the most used ones are all organized and looking good! Next, I will share how to declutter and organize your pantry and under the sink. So stay tuned for more!
1- How to Declutter Your Kitchen:
how to organize kitchen drawers
Purge, purge and more purging…. The first step into decluttering your kitchen is to go through all your kitchen drawers and cabinets, sort out what is too old, broken or mismatched.
Get rid of things you never use, old stuff that are in bad shape, mismatched utensils and colors that don’t go with the rest of your kitchen. As you can see, I like gold flatware, brass or copper (well, I love gold!).
When buying small gadgets, measuring spools etc, I kept it all in the gold family. Also, I got rid of all old and mismatched kitchen utensils. I upgraded my utensils and my gadget set to match my flatware.
When it comes to bowls or food storage containers, I’m naturally drawn to pastel colors (as opposed to red/orange). So when buying new kitchen accessories I always look for these colors to ensure it will coordinate with what I already have.
2- Silverware Drawer Organizer
Gold Flatware | Clear Shallow Drawer Organizer| Brass Clips | Pastel Kids Flatware
Use drawer organizers to separate your utensils and flatware. I went with the clear shallow drawer organizer from The Container Store, but the bamboo storage bins looks really good as well. Before you begin, make sure to measure your drawers to calculate how many drawer organizers you are going to need. Make a template if needed, you can draw the sizes in paper/cardboard to map it out your drawer.
Gold Flatware | Clear Shallow Drawer Organizer| Brass Clips | Pastel Kids Flatware
In my flatware drawer I used a mix of flatware drawer organizer and square ones to accommodate all my gold flatware, measuring cups and food storage clips.
A coordinating gold kitchen gadget set and utensils give the drawers a more uniform look and keep things looking organized. Try to keep the colors in the same family to ensure an uniform look.
3- Tupperware & Food Containers Organizer
Next on my list to organize was my Tupperware’s and food container drawer. I did a major clean up and threw out all the containers that had no lids or where in bad shape.
I like glass containers better for food storage, but I still have some plastic ones for when the kids need to take fruit or food somewhere. Lastly, I used an adjustable drawer divider to keep the lids separated from the containers.
Clear Expandable Drawer divider | OXO Snap Container Set| Mixing Nesting Bowls | Ekobo bamboo Colander
Clear Expandable Drawer divider | OXO Snap Container Set| Mixing Nesting Bowls | Ekobo bamboo Colander | Zebra Self Adhesive Liner
4- How to Organize Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups
Deep Drawer Binz (4X16 Deep) | Pastel Kids Plates | Pastel Kids Bowls
The kids drawer was the one that I hated the most and the one I attacked first! Without any drawer dividers, this drawer was a disaster. I use deep drawer dividers to keep sippy cups and bottles contained.
Again, I always try to buy things that go with the rest of my stuff. For the kids plates and cups I went with the pastel colors that they have it at target.
5- How to Organize Pots and Pans in Drawers
When we were planning our kitchen remodel and the cabinet layout, I asked to have as much drawers as possible. We have drawers on almost all the base cabinets except for three cabinets where we had plumbing running through it. One of my favorite drawers are the ones below the stove top.
These drawers are huge and deep enough to store my pans with the lids. On the first drawer I store the pans I use daily, the second gets the pans that I don’t use often (extra large pans, etc).
In the last two drawers in my kitchen island I keep my cutting boards and bellow that my dish towels. Again, I try to always buy coordinating items that match my kitchen.
Kitchen Drawer Organization Steps
To recap, here are my top tips to declutter and organize your kitchen drawers:
- Purge/get rid of all old, broken, unused and mismatched items
- Line your drawers to protect from humidity
- Use drawer dividers and drawer organizers to keep items contained
- Group items with the same function together
- Go for the same color group or coordinating items
A place for everything, make a kitchen drawer layout to keep things organized.
So what do you guys think? What are some ways that you declutter and organize your kitchen drawers?
Xoxo,
Ceres
Love love what you did with your drawers Ceres! Your kitchen is a dream, so smart to ask for lots of drawers! Definitely on my list of asks when we switch houses!
Xo
Feriel
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Thank you so much doll!! I appreciate you love and feedback! And yes!! The more drawers the merrier!!! 😂😘🙌🏻
Where did you get the containers to store the utensils?
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They are linked on the post, it’s from container store 😘
You can get them for about a 1/4 of the price at places like Home Goods and Ross.
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yes! I do think the ones from Container store looks a little better!
Where are the other utensils from? The spatula drawer. I love how they all look together.
Thank you!
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Hi Melissa! Here is the link https://rstyle.me/cz-n/dexejbb48gx
Love your kitchen! Where did you get your teapot?
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Hi doll! Here is the link https://rstyle.me/cz-n/dey2hkb48gx
LOVE THIS! But what if we don’t have drawers 🙁 Any tips?
Beautiful job – can’t wait for my new kitchen so I can be so organized – haha at least I hope to be !! Can you share how wide your banks of drawers are and what is your countertop is (?caesarstone) and the type i.e. Nuevo Calcutta ? Or ??
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Thank you Brenda! The quartz are MSI, please see my kitchen Remodel post for the link and name! I have 3 sets of drawers in the island 24&36&24!
Your pots and pans are BEAUTIFUL! I’m having trouble following the link to the full set. Do you know if it is still available? ❤️
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They are from master class! I can’t find the whole set to link 😐 I bought them at homegoods and tjmaxx whenever I spotted one!
Where did you get the spatulas and the pizza cutter? I’m reorganizing my kitchen and haven’t been able to find things I like that match!
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From Amazon!! Let me find the link 😘
Yay thanks!
Hi! I love the combination of acrylic and gold! By any chance do you have a link to the drawer liner? It’s gorgeous! Thanks so much!
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https://rstyle.me/cz-n/dgarxnb48gx here is the link 😘
Your style is stunnnnnning! 👌🏼 The pizza cutter/can opener set. Do you have a link for it?? 💖
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I have to find it 😩😩 it’s from amazon! I will find it and link it here 😘
Thanks for sharing! I am about to start a kitchen remodel and have asked for all bottom cabinets to be drawers. And was trying to figure out how best to organize my items!! This will help tremendously!
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Thank you Debbie! And good luck on ur Remodel!! So exciting! Drawers are the best btw. 😘😘
Hi! Is that marble utensil holder the Threshold brand from Target? If so, is that the coordinating Threshold marble tray underneath? I have the utensil holder and I LOVE it, but I didn’t think it would fit on the tray (too wide). Thanks1
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No, these are actually from crate and barrel! I think target has a very similar one!
Hello. You have some terrific ideas. I have some deep large drawers that I want to put drinking glasses in. Any ideas on how to store them so they don’t clink together and break? Thank you so much.
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Thank you Heather!! I believe ikea has really good organizers for plates and cups! Check them out!! 😘
its terrific… Beautify I must say.. Thanks for sharing and keep posting 🙂
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Thank you!
STUNNING! may I ask where you got the drawer liners?
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of course, here is the link:
https://rstyle.me/+vWNOq6BUagQ-WEb-8G8PUQ
Your kitchen is beautiful. I’m having Fabuwood cabinets installed next month. I hope I get the same results as you! Where did you get the drawer pulls and knobs?
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Hi! Here is the link
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https://rstyle.me/cz-n/c8k7g4b48gx