20 Kitchen Storage Solutions Using Dollar Tree Products For Organization On A Budget

Imagine the kind of kitchen organization you could unleash if funds were unlimited: Hiring a professional organizer for $150 an hour would be nothing. And don't even get us started on the purpose-specific kitchen organizers you could pick up at The Container Store with an unlimited budget. But most of us are working with much smaller numbers, and that's okay — Dollar Tree has you covered with a mix of products intended for the kitchen and general items you can repurpose to work as food and cooking tools. Even if they're not as pretty as Williams-Sonoma storage solutions, they can be just as functional and leave you money to spend on groceries to actually fill up the spaces!

Organizational needs spring up throughout the kitchen. Cabinets and pantries are prime spaces where you're storing lots of items, but may struggle to keep everything tidy and easily accessible. Dollar Tree offers a range of clear acrylic-like bins, as well as colorful plastic containers, that work well for conquering those areas. Countertops can also fill up with clutter quickly, which is why we've included stylish and functional countertop organizers that you'll be proud to display. Start by assessing your current kitchen situation, identifying the areas that need the most help, and selecting from these Dollar Tree DIYs to solve those storage problems.

Replace your spice rack with a spice drawer with Dollar Tree supplies — specifically, you'll need several Special Moments Freestanding Borderless Plastic Photo Frames. Position them so the bottom of the picture frame faces the back of the drawer, creating an angled surface. This storage hack works best when you fill the drawer with holders or place other organizers alongside to prevent shifting. Normal-sized spice jars fit perfectly on the slanted surface, so you can see the labels clearly — no more digging through a cluttered spice cabinet to find seasonings.  

You'll find many ways to use a Dollar Tree lazy Susan to organize clutter — this one is cute and functional. The base is the Storage Essentials Acrylic Rotating Turntable, and the decorative top is a round Crafter's Square Plywood DIY Sign (you can use any wood round). Stain, paint, or decorate the round to fit your vision. To make a short lip for the top, glue Crafter's Square Wood Beads along the edge. Then, hot glue the wood to the top of the lazy Susan, and add spices, oils, and other supplies you use regularly on top.

Looking for stylish DIY Keurig coffee pod storage solutions for tidier countertops? Starting with an Essentials Wire Waste Basket, squeeze the bottom in near the circular support to create a mug-like container to hold those pods. For the handle, try a Garden Collection Metal Garden Hook, a curved section of a plastic Dollar Tree fence, or an inexpensive wreath hanger bent into a curve. You can spray paint the entire piece if desired. A label or other accents round out the design.

Storing snacks can be challenging. The original packaging doesn't always stack well, and items can get shoved to the back of the pantry. Grab several small clear bins from Dollar Tree, like the Jot Acrylic Rose Gold Organizers, and use them on pantry shelves and drawers. The clear design makes it easy to see what you're grabbing, and choosing all acrylic containers offers a consistent look, even if you use different sizes. Adding labels to the bins improves organization even more.

It's helpful to have extra kitchen towels around, but not every kitchen has enough drawers for them. Using Dollar Tree items for organizing and displaying towels helps. For this project, you need an Essentials Adjustable Over-The-Counter Towel Bar, which you'll position over the inside of a cabinet door. Then, wedge an Essentials Wire Dish Drying Rack onto the bar to hold it in place vertically. Folded kitchen towels slide into the sections and stay out of the way until they're needed. Hang one on each door of your kitchen sink cabinets for extra storage.

Storage Essentials Stackable Acrylic Wine Bottle Holders aren't just for your vino collection — they work to hold cleaning tools, kitchen utensils, and other kitchen items. Stack them under the kitchen sink for a slim storage rack — customize the space based on how many wine holders you stack. It's also the Dollar Tree item that makes pantry clutter a thing of the past by holding reusable water bottles and straws, cutlery, snacks, rolls of trash bags, and other small things on your pantry shelves.

One of many simply genius ways to use a Dollar Tree book bin for an organized kitchen is to fill it with reusable water bottles. Teaching Tree Plastic Book Bins come in several colors and are the perfect width to hold numerous travel water and coffee vessels. Flip the bin to put the back of it against a shelf with the open side facing out. Then, stack bottles, straws, or other items inside. The book bins can also hold storage bags, storage bowl lids, snacks, and other slim items in your kitchen.

The Storage Essentials Fridge Clip-On Basket is one of those Dollar Tree items that works perfectly as designed. It has long clips that slide onto an existing refrigerator shelf — place sticks of butter, snacks, eggs, produce, or other small items in the drawer before slipping it into place. It's the Dollar Tree item that instantly declutters your fridge by making use of the vertical space. You may also be able to use the drawers in your pantry or cupboards if the clips will fit over the shelves.

Tired of wrangling a stack of food storage container lids only to still not find what you need? An Essentials Wire Cabinet Shelf paired with a large rectangular plastic container contains the lid mess. Pick up the wire shelf first, and then find a rectangular plastic bin that's large enough to hold it. Folding in the legs of the shelf can help it fit better if the container sides are slanted. The wire sections keep container lids organized, upright, and separated.

For a high-end-looking basket display, start with an Essentials Plastic Broom Handle as the horizontal bar. To decorate it, wrap it in twine, fabric, or another material, or spray paint it your preferred color. Essentials Anti-Slip Mop or Broom Holders or Command broom holders serve as the brackets for this wall organizer — you can paint them to help them blend in. Then, zip tie Essentials Wire Baskets or containers you already have to the broom handle. You can also use small metal hooks to attach the baskets and make them easily removable.

Crafter's Square Wooden Crates create the shelves of this simple DIY countertop organizer. Glue three pairs of the crates together on the short ends. Then, glue them at a slight angle between two Crafter's Square Wood Planks Hanging Decor or rectangular Dollar Tree signs. At this point, you can finish the shelf as you like with stain, paint, or embellishments. The original creator used a third plank to create a roof-like piece on top. Now, you have six individual sections for coffee products and other lightweight items you want to keep on the countertop.

Keeping oven mitts organized is easier with this shower caddy hack. Attach a Tool Bench Wall-Mountable Metal Hanger to the bottom edge of a Home Collection Wire Shower Caddy to add extra hooks. Large oven mitts slide into the top shelf vertically, while the middle shelf could work for a folded towel, rolled hot pad, or silicone fingertip oven mitts. Pot holders with loops can hang from the bottom hooks, or use them for kitchen utensils. If you want to hide the rack, put it on the inside of a cabinet, closet, or pantry door.

A tiered tray is one of many ways to utilize vertical space in small kitchens. For this Dollar Tree version, grab a plastic charger plate and a smaller dinner plate. Your choice of candleholders, like the Luminessence Glass Taper Candleholder, create the pedestals. For a short design, put the largest plate on the table, glue a candleholder in the center, and glue the smaller plate on top. To elevate it, add a second candleholder under the bottom plate. Then, spray paint it all one color, and add other embellishments if desired.

Skip the expensive magnetic trays for the side of your fridge and make your own. Dollar Tree has several long, slim, rectangular containers, like Jot Wire Mesh Desk Organizers, Essentials Drawer Organizers, and Slim Drawer Organization Baskets, that could work. Hot glue strong round magnets to one of the long sides, and let the glue dry fully before putting the baskets on the side of the fridge and filling them. Choose magnets that won't scratch the fridge finish. Then, test out gorgeous ways to style a fridge with magnetic shelves.

The bottom of your pantry is often difficult to organize without wasting vertical space. This Dollar Tree organizational hack fills the space with portable storage, using Dollar Tree's Flexible Plastic Storage Tubs as the vessel. To move it around the kitchen easily, glue a Garden Collection Rolling Plant Tray (or a rolling plant stand you already have) to the bottom of the bin. These rolling containers are ideal for bulky items, like paper towels or napkins, and they can be customized with paint or labels.

Position an Essentials Wire Dish Drying Rack in a fridge drawer to organize those bags of shredded cheese and other essentials, so they don't fall all over. The sections in the rack make it easy to sort different food items and keep them in an upright position — it can eliminate lots of digging to find items deep in the drawer. This method also works in the freezer to hold bags of frozen produce, frozen meals, and other items.

You can't get much easier than this Dollar Tree cabinet storage idea. Dollar Tree offers decorative Self-Adhesive Hooks that are simple to hang up anywhere in the kitchen, but the inside of a cabinet door is a discreet option. Use the hooks to hold measuring spoons, small utensils, pot holders, and other items with holes or loops that fit over the hooks. Or, slip the metal portion of Jot Binder Clips over the hook, and clamp in thin pouches of spices, mixes, or drink powders to free up cabinet space.

Suspend your produce with a DIY hanger made from wire baskets and chains. Two Essentials Coated Round Wire Baskets hold the items. The chains from the Garden Collection Planter Pot Chain Hanger hold the baskets. For the first pot hanger, remove the end clips, so you can attach the chains about half way or or a little more — you want the chain ends to hang down slightly. Then, grab the clips off of a second pot hanger, and use them to connect the lower basket to the ends of the chains. 

Dollar Tree's Essentials Wire Cabinet Shelves are popular on their own, but this idea expands the organizer to fit your space better. Start by zip tying two or more of the shelves to one another to establish the desired length of the organizer — if you're putting it in a cabinet, make sure it fits. Then, position small wire bins and organizers on top of the shelves, zip tying them in place. Choose baskets and position them based on what you want to store and how those items will fit best.

Add lots of hooks for hanging and displaying items with this wall organizer. The original creator uses long paint sticks to create a frame for four Essentials Over-The-Door 6-Hook Hangers. You can also use scrap wood or even find an old picture frame that's the same width as the hooks. You'll straighten the over-the-door portions (or cut them off) before zip tying the hooks to the frame. When it's done, you can spray paint the entire unit one color to help it all blend together.