12 ingenious ideas to make space in the kitchen by decorating with style

by Mark Bennett

September 10, 2023

12 ingenious ideas to make space in the kitchen by decorating with style
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Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy can be challenging and many of us don't succeed in doing so.

Often, we end up struggling to find what we need and our kitchen cupboards, units and drawers end up in chaos. To sort this problem out, we need to find some brilliant solutions that allow us to tidy up our kitchens effectively and in style. Check out the ideas below: 

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Organizing the kitchen: unused spaces are the key

Drawers overflow with utensils? Well, maybe there are some free surfaces that we haven't thought of using: not only the walls of the room, but the sides of existing furnishings can accomodate supports, hooks and other useful elements to make space. Even the refrigerator can help!

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Retractable drawers and shelves

There is a huge difference, in terms of comfort, between a traditional piece of furniture with doors, and retractable pull-out shelves, which allow the drawers come out completely and place everything at your fingertips.

When you make room, you can decorate at the same time

Do you have many cutting boards or similar utensils? In itself this is a character motif of the kitchen, it indicates your taste... So why not also think of them as decorative elements? Place them in plain sight, such as chopping boards tastefully hung from rails on a wall, and they'll be ready to use but also be decorative.

Unused spaces in the kitchen

Have you ever thought that you could use, for example, the space under the wall units? You can fix extra shelves, nets that look like hammocks, magnetic trays for knives or hooks to hang cups and mugs on, for example.

Streamlining space inside furniture: dividers

In all the drawers of the house, including the kitchen, using dividers to create order in a geometric way is a resource not to be underestimated. In the kitchen, for example, it is very convenient for all food containers, divided into bowls and lids, and organized by size.

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The solution for tidying up is a matter of tastes and habits, even in the kitchen

There are those who prefer rails on the backsplash, those who like baskets, and so on. There is no perfect choice - the important thing is that it is right for you and does not waste your time or efforts.

Cutlery takes up less space, for example, inside drawers where there are compact and efficient cutlery trays.

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The inside of the doors of any piece of furniture can be equipped with DIY solutions like this one.

Pots and pans can be hung up like clothes, on an expandable rod with hooks - even inside a wall unit.

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If you have a corner cabinet, make it useful by using turntable trays.

Under the sink you can put three times as many things, if you organize yourself with baskets, hooks, shelves and so on.

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Take the measurements accurately when you hang things on the wall: each object will in fact become part of the furniture, and you will therefore want to arrange them harmoniously.

A kitchen organized like this is more beautiful to look at and very comfortable to use, even when it is small!

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