Kitchen Ideas
Project 3: The kitchen. Out with the gazpacho and popsicles, in with the hot soups and cocoa. This is a project you may want to break down and work on over a number of days. Clean out the refrigerator. Get rid of crusty condiments and expired foods and give the whole thing a good wipe-down. Attack the cabinets and drawers. Look for mixing bowls, small appliances, gadgets, utensils and tableware you never use and put them in the donation box. Put summery items like melamine tableware, picnic supplies and tablecloths into deeper storage to make room for the slow cooker and school lunch supplies. Put the items you don’t love in the donation box. If you’ve been hoarding wrapped plastic utensils, give them to the next driver who delivers food to your house.Organize the pantry. Take everything out, do an expiration date check and wipe down the shelves. For more detailed information about how to organize it, check out Get it Done: How to Clean Out the Pantry.Make room on bulletin boards, and if you tend to post things on the fridge, attack that area too. Take everything down and put it in a neat pile with the recycling bin next to you. Review each invitation, certificate and to-do list ...
16. Hanging plants. Let’s bring it full circle. A rod and hook system like this one functions a lot like that fancy copper herb bin we admired in the first photo, but is more accessible in terms of budget and DIY skills. Just remember that most herbs need bright sunlight to grow indoors.Tell us: How do you store your herbs? Are you pleased with your system or ready to try something new? If you grow herbs in your kitchen, which ones? Let’s chat about it in the Comments.MoreHow to Add a Pullout Spice RackBrowse spice racks
15. In a drawer. This one is a no-brainer, but recent developments in inserts and containers have taken the herb drawer to the next level. For example, by labeling the tops of these containers they are easy to store upright in the drawer, rather than on their sides. Also note that this large drawer front actually conceals two drawers.Find spice drawer organizers
1. At the window. We’ll mostly be looking at dried herb and spice storage, but this design for growing herbs is so ingenious it’s a great way to kick things off. Just in front of the window is a copper herb bin that drains directly into the sink drain. The plants receive much-needed natural light, can be watered with the sprayer and there’s no mess.
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