three rules i follow in organising my kitchen.
Hello, and good day mates,
When it comes to the organisation systems in my home, no room is more structured than my kitchen. This is very important to me since I love cooking and baking in this space and do it nearly every day. Over time, I’ve developed a kitchen organisation system that isn’t necessarily pretty but that works really well for me.
Today I’m sharing the three rules that help me keep my kitchen organisation system in place.
one. everything has a dedicated place.
Each ingredient and piece of cookware in my kitchen has a dedicated place. This includes small appliances, pots and pans, lids, food storage containers, and more. I don’t focus on perfection or ensuring every single cabinet and drawer is perfectly organised—I simply ensure everything fits and goes back to its spot once I’m done using it. Things get unorganised after a couple of months (partially because I always misplace the items), but it takes less than half an hour to fix. In my mind, that means this is a winning organisation solution for myself.
two. everything is easy to find.
This rule is most noticeable in my kitchen’s small spices pantry cabinet and pantry room, where I put all my cooking and baking stuff. Here, I organise every ingredient we have by how I cook. Similar items, such as beans and rice, noodles, cooking oils, and baking ingredients, stay together. I also store almost everything in clear containers, allowing me to easily see what we have on hand (and know when to refill ingredients). These containers are my favourite! It has a woody lid that serves me a Scandinavian design look. I like to cook through most of what we have in the pantry before restocking, which means every month or two, I wipe down the containers, refill them, and clean out whatever has expired.
three. everything is easy to reset.
I have a baseline level of cleanliness we try to maintain in the kitchen. Even when life is chaotic, it’s easy to get my kitchen back to a clean and organised state at the end of each day. These are the non-negotiable tasks we do every night (or most nights):
Clean the dishes.
Wipe down the kitchen counters.
Clear the island of personal items.
Put any items that don’t have an obvious place into a designated bowl on the counter to be sorted the next day.
I don’t have a perfect track record of completing all of these things every single night—and that’s okay. But I know from experience that if we get at least two or three of them done, it makes a huge difference the next morning when I’m leaving work.
I hope the tips help you. I know it might need some effort to organise the kitchen, but it will give you peace of mind at the end of the day.
Talk to you soon.
Emir S.
