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How to organize a kitchen (with a door!)

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I officially love the door organizer. But, now with the magnetic knife addition and some re- organizing, I really, really love it. I’m seriously considering open kitchen shelving in my future home. It makes putting things away so simple. Here’s the door with it’s new arrangement…

how to organize a kitchen

Here is the original how to organize a kitchen on a door post. A side by side will make it make more sense. You know that silly game in the back of People magazine where you try to spot all o the differences between the 2 photos? Well, here’s my crafty version : )how to organize a kitchen

Fun game, right? ha! There were lots of little tweaks on the ol’ door, but here are the main ones:

  • magnetic knife strip
  • take out menus in the wire caddy- we love the easy access
  • re arranged the measuring cups, pot holder, wire baskets, hooks  to fit in the magnetic knife strip

The magnetic knife strip was the reason for all of the changes. #7 on the make this kitchen usable list was clean out the dresser. The knives were floating in the dresser. Dangerous, I know. We like to live on the edge here in casa de Dorobek. Basically, we have one drawer and silverware won it over. That drawer can’t even hold a regular sized silverware caddy, much less 6 extra steak knives and the fancy cutco knife my parents got us for Christmas. So, we stored them in the free dresser Andy acquired, right next to pans, tin foil, zip locks, take out menus, and other random kitchen necessities. See for yourself…

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The door got a little clearner with out teh knives and take out menus… but it’s not perfect yet. Anywho, the magnetic knife strip comes in 2 sizes at out Bed, Bath, and Beyond (this is where we had a gift card)… 12 and 18 inches. Since we used a shutter door, our magnetic strip only had a few hanging options versus using a solid wood door where you could hang this sucker anywhere. Knife strip options for our door:

  1. At the very top of the door (where I’d already hung all of my command clear hooks and gadgets)
  2. In the middle of the door (where the frame and command clear caddy lives and since they’re knives we thought higher was safer)
  3. The strip had to be 13-14 in to fit perfect across one side of the shutter (could not find one that size)
  4. Or we had to hang it on the diagonal

Diagonal won out. Plus we liked how it emphasizes the yellow paint line. I helped Andy trace the holes, and he drilled that bad boy into our door.

how to organize your kitchen

This picture basically just proves we’re nuts. Andy is drilling, and I am taking a picture while holding the vacuum to suck up the drill mess.

how to organize your kitchen

With knife strip secured, I stuck the knives on and moved everything else around.
how to organize a kitchenThe kitchen to-do list is slowly but surely getting tackled. Here’s what’s left:

  • Research and buy new dishes (I had no idea there were so many kinds… stone ware, fiesta ware, Corelle, porcelain, bone ware!) (more on that here)
  • Container for bag spices in the large food cabinet
  • Container for Tassimo pods to clear out the bottom shelf of the small food cabinet
  • A home for pot holders and kitchen towels (possible a wall storage system?) (door organizer!)
  • Deal with the random stuff on top of the cabinets- eeek, that’s a big one.
  • Get rid of/ organize random stuff next to dresser
  • Clean out and organize the dresser (Got a good start on this one, thus the half cross)
  • Buy and mount a paper towel holder (more on that here)

One last look at the whole door since I think she’s so cute…

old door turned kitchen organizer

Anyone tweaking any projects at the moment? It’s amazing how adding one little thing that takes 10 minutes, can make such a difference.

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  4. I love, and I mean LOVE, those Command hooks. I have them all over. I use some to hang necklaces next to my dresser (so they don’t get bunched or knotted) and some next to my desk to hang my camera and extra cords (like for my iPod). They just are great, and love how you’ve incorporated them into the kitchen.

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    • for a renter, they are GREATNESS! I’m happy to hear I’m not the only addict 🙂 Good tip about the extra cord usage… I so need help with that!

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  11. I’m gonna try this with a panel door…that I got for free. I’ll either paint the exterior green or the interior panels green. I haven’t decided yet. I love this idea!

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  12. I do not like louvered doors and now I know what I can do with mine when I remove them from my pantry. I’m thinking hang on the wall in my sewing/craft room and use for more organizing in there. Just remembered I have another set that will be removed when we re-do the bedroom. Thanks for the tip. Love what you did with your door.

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  26. I have 2 doors like this and haven’t been able to get across to my DH how I want to use them in the kitchen. Thanks to you, all I have to do is show him this post! I love it!

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  27. I love this idea. I need this idea! Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week. I hope to see you on Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee

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  32. I really like this idea! I’m moving into a small apartment and this will help in storing everything! Just curious…do you think think command hooks would be able to hold up pots and pans? I would like to use it as kind of a pegboard substitute. Either that or I might drill into the door and put hooks in them for hanging pots and pans.

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  33. Such a creative way to deal with most used kitchen items! Love it. Pinning and tweeting to share. Thank you for linking up with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday!
    ~Laurie

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  35. I couldn’t help but think of a storage solution when looking at your doors. With 1″x4″ wood frame behind those doors—you could have a whole wall of storage in less than 6″. We opened an interior wall in an old house and built shelves on the studs and then put spare doors over it…for much needed food storage. 1×4’s are perfect for canned goods and flat boxes. But very cool idea for an apartment or someplace where you cant build storage, thanks, Sandi

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  36. Very cool kitchen organizer. I love how the diagonal of the knives goes with the diagonal in the paint. I never would have thought that displaying a bunch of kitchen stuff could look so good.

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