A lot of people have trouble adjusting to a smaller kitchen–especially when they downsize. Even if your kitchen is small, there are things that you can do to help you add much-needed small kitchen storage space, even when space is tight!
The key to making your area feel larger than it actually is? Freeing up space so that you don’t find yourself stacking things and creating clutter and messes.
Below are eight tips that you can use to increase your kitchen storage space.
8 WAYS TO INCREASE SMALL KITCHEN STORAGE SPACE
1 – Store Things on Windowsills
If you don’t have a lot of space in your kitchen, one of the best ways that you can expand your space is to put items on your windowsills. A lot of people put herb gardens on them. But if your windowsills are deep, you can have things like cookbooks, canisters, carafes and many other things on them.
2 – Use Your Drawers More
You don’t have to use your drawers just for your silverware. They’re able to hold everything from pantry items to spices to other small things.
3 – Use the Empty Space Above the Cabinets for Small Kitchen Storage
If you are like a lot of people, you have space above the cabinets that you can use. Put the items that you don’t use very often there. Then bring the items down that are used more often, such as cutting boards and spoons.
4 – Add an Under-shelf Basket or Shelf-Stacker
If you put a shelf stacker in your cabinet, it will almost instantly double the surface area in the cabinet. If you are looking for a way to completely keep your counters clean, you can also put under-shelf baskets in your cabinets. These can hold everything from plates and mugs to jars.
Be sure you invest in storage solutions that are sturdy enough to hold the weight of dishware, canned goods, and heftier items. And, measure the inside opening of your cabinets or pantry shelves before you spend your money.
5 – Use Pegboard Storage to Keep Things Off Your Counters
If you’ve been reading DIY Home & Garden for a while now, then you know we’ve talked about smart ways to use vertical space in your home. That simply means this. Take advantage of the backs of doors, open wall space, or even nooks above doorways.
This hack is something for which Julia Child was famous. Add shelves to one for holding your carafes and canisters or hang some holders from one to hold different spice jars. After all Julia Child certainly knew her way around the kitchen…why not take her advice?
6 – Use Your Stovetop For More than Cooking
Even if you only have the space to put your sink, refrigerator, and stove, it’s possible to use some burner covers so that you have more space for working. This multi-use idea is vital for small kitchens.
7 – Use Some Wall Shelves to Add Small Kitchen Storage Space
A big reason that people put things on the counter is so that they can have the items that they use frequently where they can see them. If you don’t have a lot of space for working but you want to keep your pantry items and plates, where you can get to them, is by putting in some open shelving in places that you wouldn’t consider – on the wall.
In fact, you items will be within easy reach but remain off the countertop, freeing up much-needed counter space.
8 – Use a Pantry
If you don’t have a lot of space in your cabinets and you don’t have the money to redo your kitchen, one of the ways that you can increase the storage in your kitchen is to buy a freestanding pantry. You’ll love being able to utilize this unit for extra plates, dry goods, canned goods and more.
Wrap-up: Increase Your Small Kitchen Storage Space With These Easy Tips
These are eight hacks that you can do to help you in adding small kitchen storage space. Even when you have a tiny kitchen, you can use these eight tips to easily give you more free space than you could ever imagine.
She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificates in Natural Health and Herbology from accredited programs. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.
Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."
Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.
Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
