Need easy and quick organizational ideas for the cabinets in your home? These ideas will increase storage and organize more items in one area with ease.

We all are guilty of just putting things back in cabinets and not keeping them organized. Next thing you know you can’t find anything or end up buying supplies that you already had but are jumbled up in the back of the cabinet.

I was running into this problem and it was time to put my foot down. That’s what I do when I’m sick and tired of things that drive me crazy!

China hutch

If you’ve been with me for a minute, you know last year my mom passed, and that I inherited a lot of china, silver, and crystal. When I brought it home, I basically put it where I could until I was in a better state of mind to get it all organized.

As you can see from the picture above how I just stacked all that china on top of each other waiting for the right thing to fall and break. Some of the cups are leaning and were about to topple over. I realized I had left enough time go by and it was time to reorganize.

I cleaned out all the china and glasses and started from scratch. I also dusted well to start off with a clean fresh area.

I purchased a 6 pack of cabinet storage racks to use so that I could stack the dishes in a better way. These racks are extremely sturdy which I needed for this job. Whenever I needed to remove any dishes from that area, I would have to take out a lot of other items to get to the piece I needed. It was time to change all of that.

I started with the left side first with my great-grandmother’s dishes and Mr. G’s mother’s sets of dishes. She had 2 sets but they aren’t full sets. We plan to give these sets to the first 2 granddaughters who get married as a gift. As you can see now things are separated better and if I need to get dinner plates, they will be easier to get to.

As you can see in the picture it looks like the cabinet is sagging a bit in the middle. My mom had this hutch for many years and even though the wood is extremely strong, it’s old and starting to sag. I’m hoping by giving away some of the china that the pressure will be released from the floor of that cabinet in the future.

Here is the right side of the cabinet with my china and my mom’s Spode Christmas dishes. Much, much better than it was before. It’s still crowded but fewer dishes are stacked up on each other waiting for something to fall.

Kitchen Cabinet

Under one of my kitchen cabinets, I had a bunch of baking items I used and they were all just on top of each other. When I went to pull one of them out, they all would come out. I’m in this cabinet basically every day because it holds all my pots and pans and it was getting on my last nerve. But not anymore!

I decided to try an organizer for flat items and it works beautifully. No more pulling out all the items to get to just one. I put items I rarely use in the back and I even have space left for future items.

I also cleaned out this cabinet and took to Goodwill items that I don’t use anymore. You can also see one of the cabinet storage racks that I used in the middle for other items in that cabinet. Now that giant pan lid doesn’t slide all over the place anymore.

I also use these clear plastic bins for organizing meds and vitamins in upper kitchen cabinets, organizing lids, my fridge, and a larger clear bin under my kitchen sink.

Wood Hutch

We have an old pharmacy wooden hutch from Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO, that my grandfather brought home with him when the hospital was remodeling back in the 60s. I’m so glad he brought this jewel home. I love this cabinet and we showcase many vintage items in it.

My mom brought it to her home in Missouri years later and when she moved to Florida, it came to our home in Georgia. It now has a home in Florida where it proudly sits in our breakfast nook area. It is so heavy and solid. The original wavy glass is still just as beautiful as it was the day it was made.

When you open the double doors at the bottom, it’s really just an open area with one shelf my dad actually put there years ago. Again, I have another set of Christmas dishes that were in there with a lot of other items that I took to Goodwill a few months ago. I now keep seasonal items there for the table and kitchen area. Even though I love my mom’s Spode Christmas dishes, the Magnolia Christmas dishes in this cabinet I adore. Such a great pattern.

I used one of those shelf racks to store more efficiently in that area too. I was able to stack trays in a better way so they wouldn’t fall off the dishes that I had them stacked on and the mugs had a better place to rest.

Bathroom Cabinets

One more place that was really bugging me was in the bathroom where I store my hair dryer. I had to really dig into the cabinet for it when I needed to dry what hair I have left and for someone who is getting older, having to bend way over to retrieve something isn’t much fun.

Then I found this Command Hair Dryer Holder and I love it!!!!! No nails. No holes in the cabinet. It’s held on the door with 2 Command strips and works perfectly. I wish they made one for my hair straightener, but I haven’t found one yet.

Now I just lean down a bit to grab my hair dryer. No more basically crawling into my cabinet to retrieve it.

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