Declutter Your Kitchen Cabinets With A DIY That Keeps Plastic Lids Neat And Organized

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If you're like most home gourmands, then the lids to your plastic leftover containers, as well as the covers for pots and pans, seem to proliferate in your cupboards like the tribbles from "Star Trek." It's easy to find a creative storage solution for this problem, though some fixes require you to give up valuable shelf space so that you can build lid holders for them. Ain't nobody got time nor space for that. Instead, you're going to be clever and create a soft cloth envelope for them. You'll hang it on the inside of your cupboard door with the help of your handy dandy staple gun, giving yourself a concealed pocket to hold and organize your lids in the cabinet.

You'll need fabric for this that's wide enough to fit a big lid with room to spare. Also keep in mind that the more lids you place inside the fabric envelope, the less space you'll have for that big lid, even if it fits on its own. That being the case, look for scrap fabric that's plenty wide. A good place to source the raw materials for this would be the kitchen aisle at a thrift store, as this DIY is a perfect way to repurpose old placemats. Reused cuts of fabric work as well, though you'll need to sew a hem into the sides of them to clean up the look (placemats often already have a hem). The fabric lid pockets will need to be sewn up, either with a sewing machine or, if you don't have one of those, Aleene's Fabric Fusion Glue. Finally, you'll need a staple gun, some scissors, and possibly an iron.

The number of plastic lids that'll fit into your DIY storage pocket will vary depending on their size and shape, and if you have a lot of lids to stash, make more than one fabric pocket. Position one on top of the other in a design similar to a fabric shoe rack that you hang on the back of the closet door. Just be sure to leave some room between each pocket so you can slide the lids in and out easily.

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Once you know how many envelopes you need, it's time to work with the cloth. If you're using cloth placemats for this, all you need to do is fold one end over the bottom of the placemat, about two-thirds of the way up. When you have it measured to your liking, sew the sides up to create the fabric envelope. If you're not starting with placemats, cut out a rectangular piece of fabric that's slightly wider and longer than a standard placemat size, which is about 12 inches by 18 inches. You'll need to make a hem on all sides of the fabric so that the threads don't fray. If you have no sewing machine, you can secure the fabric with either fabric glue or fabric tape (similar to how you might easily hem curtains without a machine). Make the hem border, and then make the pocket as instructed above. If you're not renting your place, staple the fabric envelope on the inside of the cabinet door, making sure that you don't obstruct the door. If you are renting, though, clip some Fivebop Clip-On Curtain Rings to the top of the pocket. Then, hang it in the cupboard with some General Purpose Command Hooks.