How Your Renovation Can Make Or Break Your Dreams Of An Organized Kitchen

Kitchen designs take a lot of work, and it's easy to overlook the important but less fun design aspects when planning out your kitchen. For example, while you're busy trying to decide what color scheme you should choose, you may be overlooking a part of your redesign that can leave you with a disorganized mess in the future: your storage options. Even if you are renovating to sell, it's worth really thinking about this, as it's the kitchen feature buyers look for most that can boost your home's value.

All the decoration in the world won't matter if you're left with something non-functional. That's why, before you start planning out the details of your space, you need to first figure out storage. You don't just want room for food and common dishes, but for every item. All of those pesky appliances need a place, as well as important dishware you rarely use but still use on occasion. 

To make sure you have enough functional storage to create a perfectly organized kitchen, you need to consider all of your dishes. The easiest way to do this is to sort them into categories, such as your daily platters, baking tins, cleaning supplies, and so on. Then, you can handle each section at a time, considering things like how often you need to reach them, the most practical place for them to be stored, and taking measurements of the items you own to see how much space you need.

Once you figure out the space needed and have a rough idea of where you want everything, it's time to determine how you will achieve your dream organized kitchen. This requires quite a bit of thought. You don't just want vague ideas of where to place items. You need to consider how things will be stacked and whether or not they are easy to access. You may even want to look at some of the best ways to store and organize pots and pans, such as pull-out drawers or horizontal storage, for inspiration. Planning out storage this much can be a bit of a pain, but it also allows you to hide away items you may not want in obvious places, such as adding cabinets that open fully and have outlets inside for some appliances, or installing a drawer to hold and hide a trash and recycling can.

Consider adding features that allow you to take advantage of difficult-to-reach or ignored places as well, such as swivel shelves for corner cabinets. For example, it might be nice to have spices next to your stove, but putting them in a tall cabinet with a lot of open spaces between shelves just wastes valuable space. When thinking about storage, remember that it doesn't all have to be hidden away in cabinets, either. You can keep kitchen counters clutter-free with decorative solutions as well, like fruit hammocks and a few nice-looking baskets.