Free Up Kitchen Countertop Space With A Budget-Friendly Dollar Tree Solution

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Insufficient kitchen storage space is a common issue, especially in smaller apartments and older homes with limited cabinetry. Overcrowded countertops and cluttered drawers can make cooking both frustrating and inefficient. In addition to this, a lack of organized storage can lead to food waste, duplicate purchases, and helpful kitchen gadgets going unused and collecting dust. To address this problem, people frequently turn to solutions like adding multipurpose furniture or rolling carts to their kitchens. There is another creative solution, though — one that doesn't use any of your small kitchen's valuable floor space. This kitchen storage hack, like so many other great ones, comes to you straight from Dollar Tree. It involves using small Dollar Tree Crafter's Square Wooden Pallets to create a long backing on which you will hang baskets, like these Storage Essentials Wire Rectangular Baskets. Using your wall space for storage is a great trick to keep countertops free of clutter. All you need other than the baskets and pallets are paint, popsicle sticks, wood glue, hot glue, and saw-tooth hammer-in hangers.

What makes this budget-friendly hack utilize vertical space in small kitchens so effectively are the similarly sized baskets and pallets from Dollar Tree. Another great thing about this wall storage solution is that the baskets allow you to see what's being stored. This hack is perfect for frequently used items or fresh fruits and vegetables, keeping them front and center so they get used instead of pushed to the back of the refrigerator to rot.

To begin this Dollar Tree kitchen storage hack, paint the pallets to match your kitchen's decor. It may be helpful to wet the pallets slightly before painting. When the paint is dry, turn the pallets over, line them up, and attach a popsicle stick to each side using wood glue. Add a few dabs of quick-drying hot glue to hold the sticks in place while the wood glue cures. Add staples to ensure stability. Then, turn the unit painted side up. Attach baskets at the desired points along the grid by hammering saw-tooth hangers (like these Picture Hang Solutions Stores Sawtooth Picture Hangers) over each top rung, and you're done. How you mount your new storage unit on your wall is up to you. If you are storing lightweight items, Command Hanging Strips can be used. Screwing or nailing it to the wall is a more permanent option that also allows you to hang heavier items.

This incredible hack is one of the more creative Dollar Tree storage DIYs to make the most of your kitchen space, but it can also be used in other places in your home. Use it in a bathroom to store toiletries, hand towels, and washcloths. In your laundry room, this hack can be used to store dryer sheets, socks that are missing matches, and clothespins. You can even utilize this vertical storage rack to keep your phone, charger, and glasses readily available next to your bed if there's no space for a nightstand.