Goodbye, Kitchen Appliance Clutter – This Dollar Tree Trick Keeps It All Neat & Organized

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Small kitchen appliances can make life easier — they can slice and dice all your ingredients almost instantly with the press of a button. What's not to like? Unfortunately, owning these tools has its drawbacks; they can take up a lot of countertop and cabinet space. Additionally, they often include useful but tricky-to-organize attachments that can get misplaced — as anyone who's tried to use a mixer but can't find the whisk attachment knows. However, without completing an expensive and time-consuming home remodel to keep kitchen counters clutter-free, what's a home cook to do?

Thankfully, a quick trip to Dollar Tree might be all you need to get your kitchen under control. With just a few inexpensive supplies, you can contain all your various small-appliance accessories and keep them organized, so you'll always know where to find them. Plus, with a few simple tips to declutter your kitchen without going overboard, you can finally get the Pinterest-worthy space you desire.

If you were to buy a bunch of high-end kitchen organizing products to whip your kitchen into shape, you could end up with a credit card bill that's as impressive as your newly organized space. But by corralling the related items for each of your small appliances — such as your espresso machine, food processor, or smoothie blender — into their own square dry-erase plastic locker bins with handles from Dollar Tree and then arranging them on shelves in your pantry or cabinets, you can organize all the odds and ends for your kitchen gadgets, even if you're on a tight budget.

Before going shopping, take the time to determine how many items you need to stash away and where you have the space to keep them. You may want to measure your countertop appliances first so you don't end up buying bins you can't use — while more petite accessories like your milk frother and steamer may fit in a bin no problem, your multi-cup coffeemaker might not. You should also ensure that your storage space is big enough to hold your bins.

Once you have all the storage containers you need, pick up some colorful dry-erase markers to note the contents directly on each bin — should you change your mind later about what to store in each, you can wipe them clean with a damp towel. Another option: Get some Kraft paper gift tags, write what their respective bins hold on each with a durable pen, and tie them onto the containers with twine. For smaller accessories, like a coffee measuring spoon or a cleaning brush, try using Dollar Tree's colorful stackable plastic baskets within your locker bins so they won't get lost in a jumble of items. To make the bins more useful for storing compact machines, pick up some Velcro reusable cable ties, which you can wind around your cords to keep them in a tidy bundle.

Finally, place the bins for the items you use the least at the back of your designated storage area and the ones you'll use the most in the front; that way, your most frequently utilized tools will always be at your fingertips. With this simple project, you'll finally get the organized kitchen of your dreams with just a few items from Dollar Tree.