Organize Your Kitchen

I went crazy organizing my kitchen drawers last night!

My favorite thing to do around the house is to organize and move things around. This is not fun for small children who are easily confused. Lovely, my one year old, still hasn't recovered from me moving the garbage can and using it for a re-cycling bin. I don't think I will ever be able to talk her out of throwing her garbage in it. The truth is that I'm just happy she doesn't throw her garbage on the floor! Yesterday when we were doing dishes, Victor declared, "I'm finally remembering where everything goes." That was my cue to mix things up a bit! I need to keep them on their toes don't I?

The real reason for my organizational frenzy was this little thing.

I saw it at Home Depot last week and snatched it up for around $5. I've wanted to try one of these Command hooks and I would have bought one sooner if I had known they made decorative styles. I thought this would be perfect to hang the camera next to my computer. We have been keeping the cameras in a drawer in the kitchen because it was central to all the action in our house but I got tired of getting up and walking in there every time I wanted to download photos to my computer. Moving the camera has thrown our household into an uproar. No one can find it! It's not where I left it, it's not where they put it away. Oh the suffering!

I finally decided that the only way to fix the problem was to fill up that camera drawer so it's impossible for the kids to stash the camera there. That's when things really got fun!

I moved the tall spices and condiments to the camera drawer. (When I designed this cabinet I measured my tallest bottle and had the drawer made exactly to fit. I love having all of this stuff in a drawer so I can see exactly what I'm looking for!)

That left room in the condiment drawer for our glasses and sipper cups which I am excited about because now they will be right next to the refrigerator where we need them!


Moving the glasses made extra room in the dish drawer so I moved the large utensils there to get them off my counter. I hate having things cluttering up my counter but I couldn't figure out where else to put them until last night. Yes, those are all the dishes in my kitchen! I have found that the fewer dishes I have, the more often I have to wash them and the cleaner my kitchen stays. See how I trick my lazy self into being neat?


While I was at it I decided the baggie drawer needed straightening (more utensils)

and then the snack drawer started begging for a make over. I might have just been smelling moldy bread but I really thought I heard voices. Notice how almost everything is in Ziplock baggie? Here is how I Think Outside the Box.


Wait till you see what else I did yesterday. It's even more exciting!