3 Short and Simple Shortcuts for Added Convenience in the Kitchen
Tackle a few easy New Year’s resolutions to help out your kitchen’s overall performance
To usher in the new year, there’s nothing like doing a little spring cleaning in the winter. Why not then take the time to take a closer look at the lighter side of home improvements.
The best part: Big tools and purchases aren’t necessary.
Yet after some major holiday cooking extravaganza, your kitchen, especially, deserves a little tender loving care — because it sure does a good job at returning the favour.
And it’s so great at giving back to you in profound ways, but it can be even more efficient at that.
Read on to discover a brief list of organizational shortcuts to making your kitchen more efficient, proficient, and convenient.
1 | Display Your Dinnerware in the Dining Room
As a thing of the past, it’s hard to get past the visual of your grandmother’s china cabinet.
And that’s the last thing that you’d probably want to emulate.
But there’s nothing wrong with storing your favourite dishes in the dining room, not behind the glass but on the shelf, however.
Displayed in the open, shiny and proud, your kitchen will thank you for the recovered space.
With the improved configuration, you’ll now be able to keep bulkier, unappealing items out of sight.
You might even have a side buffet or a bar cart available, so why not put them to use in this instance.
2 | Give Your Dead Wall Space a Job
Your empty wall space can do a lot more besides hanging up beautiful artwork.
Leverage the vertical real estate, using specific magnetic holders to attach items such as knives and spice jars.
Keeping your life and your kitchen both in check, coordinate schedules, meal plans, and reminders with a hanging memo board as well.
3 | Keep Utensils at Arm’s Reach if You Use Them Regularly
Apart from simply boiling water in a pot, spoons and spatulas are always needed at the stovetop.
And so, it makes perfect sense to keep them organized right beside the cooking area, held in a dedicated utensil holder.
If you’re waiting on finding the perfect design of a utensil holder to complement your kitchen, the ad-hoc vase works, too.
Stored in plain sight and within easy reach, you won’t need to go looking for your various utensils in the drawer where they’ll just end up mixing around and repeatedly missing.
Besides, banishing them from the drawers will ensure that they’ll keep to themselves — that is, they’ll not bother their neighbours with dirt, grease, and water.
Because a mediocre washing job is always a possibility, it’s a good idea to keep utensils tasked with the hot and tough jobs in their own storage space.
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