Organizing the Kitchen!

I thought it would be fun to show how I organize my kitchen cabinets.

We've been in our house for four and a half years now,

and I actually just rearranged this week 

when we re-did our pantry.

Only the island cupboards and cupboards 

on each side of the stove/oven got rearranged.

But I much prefer this set up now. :-)

First off, to the upper right of the stove,

here is our everyday dishware.

We use Fiesta, and I LOVE them.

It took me forever to decide if I should get colors...

all one color, many colors, two colors, four colors, or solid white.

LOL. I ultimately decided that it would be very fun and very...

"not me" to get eight different colors.

SO glad we did. I just love them. :D

Ivory mugs are from Starbucks, but they are discontinued.

These alternatives are cute though! :)

Patterned dishes (also discontinued)

and all kids' dishes on bottom shelf are from Target. :)

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And to the right:

(some glasses are in the dishwasher ;) )

*Find cabinet shelves here.

To organize kids' sippy lids and straws,

I use this container. Works great. :-)

Upper left of the stove...

Extra Kitchen Aid mixing bowl.

Shelf of protein powders, drink mixes, honey, and molasses.

Pyrex and measuring cups

... and then measuring spoons in this 2-section container

(everything 1tsp and under goes in a small jar).

Bottom shelf is some baking stuff, plus salt and pepper. :-)

Baking stuff and oils, over stove.

Lower left of oven. Juicer (usually stays on counter), VitaMix,

and the grater and nut-chopper. ;-)

Lower right.

Rice cooker and slow cooker.

Lower left of sink.

Food storage containers.
(And popsicle molds!)

Waffle maker and toaster. :)

Under sink.

Probably the messiest cupboard in my house. LOL.
Some grocery bags in righthand corner.
Lefthand corner, I keep some shopping bags/old gift bags

for when I need to deliver something (random stuff) to people. ;-)

*Find shelf here.

Top of fridge:

Bins hold plastic/paper cups, plates, napkins, silverware.
And there are some extra food storage containers

that I use when I make meals to bring to people. :)

Baking utensils.

"Things that cut" utensils in a drawer. Haha.

Silverware.

Ice cream scoops/spades.

Slotted spoons.
Non-slotted spoons (and salad tossers).

Seasoning drawer (in island)

(I actually rearranged after taking this photo. :-p )
Mostly Wildtree. LOVE Wildtree. (I'm a rep.)

Also in island: 

Cutting boards, egg stuff, tongs, random utensils actually. LOL. :-p

(extra fridge water filter)

Under island:

 

This drawer pulls out and holds mixing bowls, popcorn bowls, and strainers.

And that's what I have in my kitchen cupboards and drawers!

Riveting, yes? ;-)