The Affordable DIY That Creates The Perfect Nespresso Coffee Pod Cabinet Storage

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It can be challenging to figure out how to store Nespresso coffee pods in a clean and organized way in your kitchen without making room for a pod-specific holder. Affordable DIY coffee storage options exist and can even be tucked away neatly in a kitchen cabinet — something necessary when counter space is already scarce. 

For one specific hack going around TikTok, you can hide those Nespresso pods behind a cabinet door. All you'll need is plastic molding (which should be in an H-channel shape with small grooves to slip the pods into) from your local hardware store, double-sided picture hanging strips, and the back of a kitchen cabinet door. It's a DIY project that'll free you from the clutter of Nespresso pod boxes, and the materials you'll need should only cost around $10. The 3M Command strips can cost as low as $4, and the price of the plastic molding will vary depending on length. You'll also need scissors or a sharp blade to cut the molding to the right size to fit inside your cabinet's door.

This renter-friendly, space-saving DIY can work with all Nespresso pods. First, you'll need to space the molding inside your kitchen cabinet doors around 30mm apart — closer than the original pods' 37mm diameter. Make sure you can slip the pod into the grooves of the molding strips, and they can be held steady between them. Once you decide the right distance apart, use the Command strips to adhere them to the cabinet door (facing the inside) and slide the pods into your convenient new coffee pod storage hidden inside a kitchen cabinet.

If your nifty DIY pod holder doesn't fit inside or agree with your cabinet doors, you have other options. Folks on TikTok have placed the affordable DIY coffee storage hack on the outer sides of their cabinets and the underside of their kitchen cabinets, making them easy to access, just above the countertop. Don't worry; the Nespresso storage still looks neat and tidy, even when it's out in the open in the kitchen and not hidden stylishly inside a cabinet. You also don't have to use Command strips for this storage project, either. Many people online have used double-sided tape to successfully stick the molding to their surface of choice. Of course, this is just one of many unexpected coffee storage locations you haven't thought to try in your kitchen or around your home.