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Small Space Solution: How To Make a Vertical Pot Rack

Mary, a reader, just sent an email showing us her pot rack solution for a small kitchen. She doesn't have a lot of room in the kitchen for a full-sized pot rack, since their kitchen has only eight fee...

Can a Julia Child-Style Peg Board Work In My Kitchen?
Good Questions

Q: Last week, Mark Bittman of the New York Times blogged about photographer Pedro Guerrero's experience shooting Julia Child's kitchen. I fell in LOVE with her peg board wall — it would be the m...

Get Organized! Using Evernote in the Kitchen

We are constantly bookmarking new recipes on the web, spotting new ingredients to try, and tearing articles out of magazines. Keeping all these bits and pieces organized is tough, but so many of progr...

Turn Your Empty Cans into Storage for Kitchen Tools
HGTV

First things first: Find some canned goods with really cool labels......

Storage Tip: Use Wire Shelving on Top of Your Counters
Dwell

We're sure the shelving in this Los Angeles kitchen was designed to fit the exact space. But doesn't it look just like the generic wire shelving (like the Metro Shelving at the Container Store) most o...

Spice Cupboard Organization: The SpiceStack

It is best to store spices away from light and heat, but often that means they are somewhere, well, dark. If you don't have a drawer for your spices, then they are probably in a cupboard or pantry, an...

Knives and Whisks: Two Great Uses for Roll-Out Cabinets

We aren't in the middle of a kitchen renovation, sadly, or else we'd be stealing this idea. We love it: make use of a narrow, otherwise challenging space in your kitchen with a roll-out cabinet and bu...

Kitchen Cupboard Organization: Pop-Top Shelf

We have a lot of very tall bottles in our collections of liquor, oil, and vinegar, and we have to admit that this is a novel way of making room for them in the cupboard! What do you think?...

Kitchen Tech: Organize Recipes Using Google Reader

We follow a lot of food blogs (too many probably!) and we're constantly coming across great new recipes and ideas we want to try. We've used Google Reader to siphon all those blog feeds into one place...

A Pantry Where Everything Is In Plain Sight
House Beautiful

Most of us need a flashlight, not a ladder, to find what we want in our pantries and cupboards. But one couple in Georgia built a wall full of 4-inch shelves, just wide enough for a single jar, so tha...

Before and After: Dramatic Cupboard Makeover

We really wish we had seen this cupboard makeover during the first weeks of the Kitchen Cure; it's a very dramatic before and after! Read on to see the BEFORE photo and the secret weapon of this trans...

Etsy Find: Felt and Fabric Fruit Bowls

With all the stainless steel appliances, glass and china dishes, and hard countertops, it's nice to have something soft in the kitchen. It's why we like curtains or rugs or even corks stuck into our p...

Good Product: Cupboard Lights

Do you have a dark, dark cupboard in your kitchen? Maybe one that gets more cluttered than it should just because you can't see into it? You need a cupboard light. ...

Quick Tip: Five Ways to Re-Use Yogurt Containers

We go through a 16-ounce container of yogurt a week at our house - that adds up to a lot of plastic tubs! It seems like a shame to throw such perfect ready-made containers in the recycling, so we've c...

Best Jars to Organize Your Pantry
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

Those who are participating in The Kitchen Cure know that Week Three's Assignment has you stocking the kitchen. This is a nice opportunity to stream-line your cabinets by replacing some of that ugly, ...

Look! Oil Cloth Liner In the Silverware Drawer

After reading this post over at Apartment Therapy, we ordered some oil cloth to line the drawers of an old chest in our bedroom. That project left us with quite a bit of extra cloth, so we decided to ...

Kitchen Cure Tip: Remember That Shelves Can Be Moved
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

As we urge you to finish cleaning your kitchen this week and restock your pantry with any needed supplies, you may be struggling with a tiny space that just doesn't seem to work for you. Maybe your cu...

Recycled Glass Soda Bottles for Dish Soap, Oil, and Vinegar

Take a look at these vintage soda bottles, recycled by Monika into easy-pour bottles for her oil and vinegar. This is a great idea for this week of the Kitchen Cure, as we ask you to finish deep-clean...

Kitchen Cure Check-In: Decluttered Cabinets and Storage
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009 - Week 2

• Week 2 Assignment: Declutter, Give Away, and Organize Kitchen Equipment • Cure Clock: 4 weeks (plus a weekend) remaining • Cure Takers: 695! and counting (sign up here) How is Week ...

Survey: How Do You Organize Your Pot Lids?
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

Okay, after so many Cure-takers called out for help with their pot lid problems, both Faith and I have weighed in, in depth, on the issue. I slide mine above my hanging pot rack (here are the details ...

Good Idea! Sharing Kitchen Equipment

If you're doing the Kitchn Cure, you've been busy decluttering and re-organizing your kitchens this week. We've been thinking about the appliances and other equipment we only use a few times a year an...

Kitchen Cure Update: New Pot Lid Rack and Better Storage
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

How is this week's Cure assignment going? Have you reevaluated your kitchen tools and utensils, and decluttered? Are you Curing your equipment and storage? Send us photos of your before shots, and you...

Decluttering Tip: Use It or Lose It!

Having trouble parting with that old potato peeler? Or the cute egg separater you use twice a year? Well, here's an easy, low-stress way to wean yourself off your "occasional use" kitchen utensils and...

Reader Gallery: Knife Storage Solutions

Yesterday we asked you for your best knife storage solutions. Where do you store your knives? Do you hang them on the wall? Throw them in a drawer? Well, several of you responded, and here's a look at...

Kitchen Cure Tip: Stand Back and Reevaluate Storage
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

As you are clearing out extra tools and pans in your cupboards, you may also be confronted afresh with a state of disorganization. We don't all have custom-built drawers and shelves, crafted carefully...