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Organization · October 9, 2018

5 of the Best Tips for Organizing Your Kitchen Counters

If you're like me, could use a little help with organizing your kitchen counters. It seems like the more kids I had, the messier my house became (true story!).

Organizing doesn't have to be hard. Even making a few small changes can add up to big results when it comes to organizing your kitchen counters.

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Here are 5 of the best tips for organizing your kitchen counters that I hope will help

 

Everything Has a Place

The easiest way to keep things neat and organized is to not put stuff where it doesn't belong in the first place. Everything should have a place. And while that might be true, getting everyone to put things in their place can be quite a feat. Hopefully the remaining tips will help you keep those kitchen counters clean once and for all!

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Kid Boxes

Each child should have their own bin, file, or whatever method of storage works on your counter top. For us, we use filing bins like this one to keep the kids current homework in. We also put all the papers they're constantly bringing Β home that we need to go through and decide what to keep and what to recycle. Have multiple kids and don't want several containers all over your counter?

Consider getting a magazine organizer, it will keep the papers separated and off the counter in one simple bin.

Once you teach the kids that their papers go in this bin, you've already won half the battle. Even if you don't clean this bin out daily, your counter will still look much more organized than it will with a bunch of papers loosely scattered around.

 

 

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Storage Caddy

Another problem we have at my house is random stuff (again, mostly from the kids) winding up on the counter where it doesn't belong. I like to have an empty Storage Caddy on the counter specifically for that purpose. Then when I walk by and see something a kid left there, I just pick it up and toss it in the caddy. Either at the end of the day or the beginning of the next day, I call the kids to come and get everything they've left on the counter…if they want to keep it, that is.


Purge What You Don't Need

This is probably the hardest thing for me because I like to keep things that are sentimental, even if I don't use them much. But every once in awhile I'll go through what I have and part with a few things.

 

When it comes to counter space, just removing a few items can make a huge difference. Clean out things you're not using like knickknacks, cookie jars, Β baskets, and utensils. It might be hard at first but actually getting rid of stuff feels really good once it's done. You'll actually feel calmer and less stressed when you reduce clutter not only from your kitchen counters, but your whole house in general.

 

 

Put Away What You Can

If you have any kind of pantry this is much easier. (My future dream house will have a butler's pantry!) You can fit small appliances like blenders, mixers, toasters and can openers in your pantry when they're not in use. You could even clean out your cupboards and drawers to make room for a few counter top items that you'd rather have put away.

 

Again, getting rid of what you don't need…extra pots, pans, baking dishes, cookie sheets, food storage containers (and the six million lids that go with them- that's why I use these food storage containers!) can help make room for storing the counter top items that you don't use every day.

 

If you could choose even one of these to implement, it could make a big difference in organizing your kitchen counters. Which ones are you going to try and implement at your house?

 

For more Organizing Ideas, check out these posts:

The Best Tips to Organize Your Pantry

5 Steps to Organizing Your Kitchen in a Weekend

 

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Comments

  1. Samantha says

    January 17, 2017 at 8:26 am

    I’ve been saving the boxes that our mandarin oranges come in. We’ve been using those to hold medicine, especially since we all have colds. I have one for my daily pills and the pills bottles I use to fill the kids pill boxes so they can take their supplements.

    Reply
    • Kimi Clark says

      January 17, 2017 at 9:33 am

      Great idea! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Daria says

    January 17, 2017 at 11:50 am

    All good tips! My kids are teenagers and I still have “step baskets” for them. (Like your storage caddy.) I have a basket for each of them on the back stairs and whatever they leave lying around gets put in that basket. They have to empty it weekly or strangely, it disappears! Lol!

    Reply
    • Kimi Clark says

      January 17, 2017 at 12:40 pm

      Thanks Daria! That’s a great idea, I wouldn’t mind a few things around here disappearing, LOL! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  3. Katharine | Work at Home Maven says

    January 18, 2017 at 8:05 am

    My counters seem to slowly get crowded with stuff. Small appliances and packaged food that won’t fit or didn’t get put away. I occasionally will clear the counters well, wipe them down and put things away. Makes a big difference!

    Reply
    • Kimi Clark says

      January 18, 2017 at 9:26 am

      Katharine I can clean mine and then as soon as the kids get home, they’re a mess again! We’re working on it though and the kid boxes and storage caddy really do help!

      Reply
  4. Ruth says

    August 22, 2018 at 1:44 pm

    Love these ideas! Thank you for the tips! ❀

    Reply
  5. Jessica says

    October 10, 2018 at 2:17 am

    Hi Kimi,
    Kid baskets are what I usually have around the house for my boys’ random stuff. I find baskets very flexible, they’re decorative and they hide a lot of eyesores πŸ˜‰
    Cheers,
    Jessica

    Reply

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