27 Life Changing Small Apartment Kitchen Organization Ideas
This post will show you 27 life changing small apartment kitchen organization ideas.
Apartment living is one of the ways that society has made housing affordable and accessible, while covering less land space so there is room for other buildings, businesses, and houses. While an apartment kitchen may be small, there are several life changing small apartment kitchen organization ideas you can try.
27 Life Changing Small Apartment Kitchen Organization Ideas
1.Under Counter Baskets/Shelves
Lots of space goes unused underneath shelves within cupboards and where there is nothing under the cupboard. These shelves, basked, and drawers will hang off the bottom of the shelves and use the extra space.
2.Zone the Kitchen
Create zones in the kitchen so items are together, and things are easy to reach when you are completing tasks. Having zones keeps everything organized and easy to find.
3.Use Every Space
Find all the corners, nooks, and crannies that can be used including the back of cupboard doors, the top of the fridge, small inlets or the very back of cupboards. Using pull-out storage is key to using all of the cupboard space available.
4.Add a Cart or Floating Island
For additional counter space only when you need it, a bar cart or a floating island can easily be moved around the room and can store items as well as create counter space.
5. Windowsill Herbs
Add flavor to your food while also using all the space you have available by adding a herb garden to the windowsill. This is also beneficial for plants, or can be used to store small items, cookbooks, paper towel holders, or other small footprint items.
6.Folding Table
Use a table and chairs that fold, one that stands alone or one that folds down from the wall, one with folding sides that become very thin when folded but open to a table, many types of folding tables are available, many with storage for the chairs as well.
7.Pot Hangers
Hand your pots from the ceiling or over the stove with pot hangers.
8.Mug Hooks
Place mug hooks on the bottom of cupboards or shelves so the cups can hang with space under them for dishes or appliances.
9.Floating Shelves
Floating shelves can be easily added, and using clear acrylic will prevent the space from feeling cluttered or overwhelmed. This is a great way to store spices, coffee, teas, and other small items.
10.Multipurpose Items
Choose appliances and kitchen tools that are multipurpose. Several air fryers or pressure cookers also work to bake, fry, slow cook, make rice, and several other functions. A basic rice cooker is also ideal for all pastas and heating vegetables or other items without the use of pots and pans.
11. Minimal Tools and Dishes
Use all the basic kitchen gadgets without adding extras that you don’t use. This includes dishes, silverware, cooking utensils, small appliances, and other kitchen items. Beginning with basics provides room to grow without being cluttered.
12. Create a Pantry
Use tall thin shelving to create a pantry, small low bookcase, or even plastic drawers.
13. Use Space in Other Rooms
Use storage in other rooms for appliances you rarely use, extra non-perishable items, and extra items that you don’t use every day. Brooms and dustpans, garbage bags, and cleaning supplies can easily be kept in another area until needed.
14.Magnetic Knife Hanger
Rather than make space for a knife block or create a drawer for them, hang a magnetic strip near the stove, on the end of the cupboard, or another space that works for you to hang your knives and use that unused space.
15.Hang Pot Lids
Rather than use space in the cabinet to store lids on pots, stack the pots and use a pot lid hanger for the lids.
16.Use Mirrors
Adding mirrors to backsplash or the sides of cabinets can make the space look bigger and they are easy to clean.
17.Add Small Shelves and Platforms
Small cup shelves, risers, and wooden platforms will add dimension, use the full space, and allow for items to be displayed. This is a great way to add space through organization.
18. Rolling Cart
Rolling carts are available in many styles, sizes, and materials, and adding one to your apartment kitchen can expand counter space and storage while being removed when needed. For open topped cards a wooden cutting board can be added to create usable counter space.
19.Stovetop Cutting Boards
Large cutting boards that cover the top of the stove are trendy, stylish, and easy to use.
20.Lazy Susans
A lazy Susan makes it easy to reach items that are behind others, and this can work in the fridge, in the cabinet, under the sink, in large cupboards, and even on the top of the fridge.
21.Use Wall Mounts
Use wall mounts for anything that you can to use the vertical space in the room. Shelves, a TV, hooks or hangers for cups or kitchen tools, pot hangers, towel rails, and any other hanging solutions will use the empty space while also keeping things easy to find and access.
22.Bookcase to Separate Kitchen from Other Rooms
If you have a cabinet that creates a barrier between the kitchen and other rooms a bookcase that is shorter than the cabinet or the same size can be lined up behind it for additional storage without taking up much additional space in the other room.
23.Open Front Storage
Use open front storage on the counters to create more storage space without closing off the area. Plate shelves, spinning spice racks, small tiered shelving, risers, and others are easily used to increase the storage or useable space in the small apartment kitchen and are great organizational tools.
24.Choose Small Appliances
Instead of large or oversized appliances, even small appliances, select smaller apartment sized or other versions. Coffee pots come in smaller versions, many pod coffee makers have smaller or mini versions that have a smaller footprint, two slice toasters are smaller than the four slice version.
25.Cord Management
While it is often not as noticeable, cords for all of the small appliances can take up a lot of room or run behind other appliances, cannisters, or other items. Add small cord clips to the back of appliances and keep them short when possible, then wrap them completely before putting them away as they will take up less space, not tangle, and the cords are less likely to be damaged.
26.Can Holders
Use can holders for canned foods in order to use more of the space in a pantry or cabinet. They will allow cans to stack a few high, are tiered so you can see what is there, and will provide an easy way to put away canned goods. It also works for drinks both in and out of the fridge.
27.Unpackage Groceries
While buying in bulk saves money, it does require more storage space with the extra packaging. This is also a concern with regular packaged food, remove cereal, pasta, rice, and other dry goods from their packaging and put them into storage containers, preferably those that will stack and fit together for the best use of space.
Recap
Making the most out of a small kitchen can be a great way to explore your creativity and find some great kitchen tools that will do many tasks and take up little space. They are also great for those who wish to practice minimalism or anyone who is downsizing for their own reasons. These kitchens can be cozy, efficient, easy to clean, and productive with just a few organizational tools and choices.
Resources: https://www.thekitchn.com/the-21-best-storage-ideas-for-small-kitchens-250395
