Organizing Pots and Pans

As part of my Autumn to do list, a goal was to organize my kitchen. I’ve tried organizing it many times in the past, but I never found something that worked for the long term. I thought it was perfectly fine to pile things on top of each other. “Oh, I’ll just move these cutting boards out of the way when I need to get that pan lid,” I would tell myself. Boy was I wrong. Instead of carefully moving items around to reach something else, they got thrown all around my cabinets. I needed a clutter intervention fast. I’ll be blogging about different areas of my kitchen throughout the next month or so, but today I’m talking about organizing pots and pans.  Brace yourself, because the next picture isn’t pretty. I wish I could tell you that I purposely messed up the items, but my cabinet looked this way for probably a few months. 

Once I pulled everything out of the cabinet, I wiped it down with my favorite surface cleaner (c/o) from Caldrea. This stuff smells absolutely amazing. Bryan isn’t a big “scent” person, but he actually really enjoys this. I soon realized that I needed to purchase some organizers to keep everything in its own place. After finding a better cabinet for some items, I narrowed down the essentials for this space. I’m very pleased with the outcome, because it makes prepping for meals that much easier. 

Left side details:

Cabinet Shelf holding Le Creuset stoneware on top and underneath
(I couldn’t find links to these, but you can find them on the Le Creuset website) 

Corner Shelf holding our three Calphalon pans (8 inch, 10 inch, 12 inch)

Rolling pin in the center

Cutting boards are placed to the left of the pans for easy access

Pasta strainer sits behind our Calphalon pots (2 quart, 4 quart)

 Right Side Details:

Cabinet Shelf (On Top): Calphalon bread pan,
two Goldtouch cake pans and William Sonoma slate cheese board

(On Bottom): two Pyrex glass baking dishes

Mixing bowls are placed behind lids

Lid organizer holding our pan and pot lids 

TALK TO ME

• What do you use to organize your pots and pans?
• What do you keep in the same cabinet as your pots and pans?
• How often do you buy home goods?