Is stacking bowls, plates, knives and forks the reason cooking feels like such a chore every day?

Xiaolu, who didn't know how to organize things before, always struggled when getting things in the kitchen

To reach the plates on the bottom layer,

she first had to move aside the stack of bowls pressing down on top of them;

to get a coffee spoon,

she had to rummage for ages through a pile of spoons in all different sizes.,

When choosing tableware you always have to shift things around,

which is not only time-consuming but also very easy to break things.

The kitchen space is cramped and narrow, yet there is so much stuff, all jumbled together.

So how should a kitchen be organized to use space efficiently?

Xiaolu, who has crammed on kitchen organization, is here to tell everyone

1. When bowls and plates are stored stacked, is it really so hard to get the ones underneath?

2. How should pots be placed so that both storage and use efficiency go up?

3. If you want the cabinet holding tableware to be tidy, how should chopsticks and spoons be placed?

4. How can you use the kitchen's top cabinets, and how should you stack things to make it more pleasing to the eye?

When bowls and plates are stored stacked, is it really so hard to get the ones underneath?

You can try this:

"Don't put tableware of different sizes together."

For example, don't stack small bowls inside large bowls;

don't put plates and bowls together.

Although you store a slightly smaller quantity,

the categories are much clearer,

which solves the problem of too many steps to get things out,

and the bowl cabinet will look much tidier too.

When placing bowls,

if "you can leave a gap with the top cabinet,"

it will be more convenient when you reach for them.

You can skip the hassle of taking all the bowls out and then putting them back.

For storing plates you can "use file boxes,"

so the styles of plates are clear at a glance,

not only easy to grab,

but also able to add quite a bit to storage capacity.

The most commonly used plates at home are seven-inch and under seven-inch ones,

so for the size of the file box, I suggest choosing one 24 cm tall,

for example MUJI's file boxes,

which come in two sizes, [100x320x height 240mm] and [150x320x height 240mm],

which can hold exactly what a household needs.

For plate storage you can also use

a three-compartment bowl and plate rack for storage,

compared with file folders,

this one drains water more conveniently.

It's easier to grab things from than the traditional stacking method,

and it saves more space.

How should pots be placed so that both storage and use efficiency go up?

When placing pots, especially woks,

you can use dividers and adopt "standing storage."

You can also

separate them with tension rods,

giving the pots a tilted angle that makes them easy to grab.

There are many types and a large number of pots at home,

and although storing them this way makes both efficiency and capacity higher,

it very likely still can't store all the pots,

which requires us, when using this method,

to pick out the frequently used pots of different types and place them first,

and put the pots used particularly rarely into boxes and store them in the cabinet.

If you want the cabinet holding tableware to be tidy, how should spoons and chopsticks be placed?

Every time she wanted to find a small fork for eating fruit,

she had to rummage for ages through a bunch of spoons and coffee spoons stacked together.

Being crammed together also makes it easy for bacteria to grow.

The storage inside the cabinet should be "subdivided by product."

This kind of vertical storage makes the tableware look more intuitive,

so you don't have to dig around in a pile of spoons to find a coffee spoon,

and you can quickly pick out the tableware you need for different dining occasions.

You can use MUJI's translucent storage boxes,

whose sizes are reasonably designed,

so tableware of normal size can all fit easily;

with a variety of sizes,

you can choose according to the size of your cabinet, basically leaving no empty gaps;

they can be sterilized at high temperature,

and being made of polypropylene, they won't harm the human body.

The four-compartment upright storage box，is also something we mentioned before.

It saves drawer space and is easy to grab from,

and it can achieve vertical storage,

with one kind of tableware per compartment, making it very convenient to grab anything.

Four pen holders give you 16 compartments of storage space,

which is completely enough for storing a household's tableware!

How can you use the kitchen's top cabinets, and how should you stack things to make it more pleasing to the eye?

In theory,

putting shelves in a cabinet increases storage space,

but unreasonably placed shelves actually take up more room instead.

Better to try using an adjustable divided tier rack,

or a rack that doesn't take up space in the middle, as a storage rack.

It's still stacked storage,

but the usable space becomes much larger.

Long, slender things like baking trays and rolling pins can go in there.

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