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The Epicurious Guide to Organizing Your Kitchen

2022 can be the year you finally create a streamlined, tidy kitchen. Start with these tips from organization pros, food experts, and Epi editors, and you'll be well on your way.

Set Your Kitchen Up for Success

Organizing your kitchen begins with thinking about how you use your workspace. Get organization tips—and thoughts on kitchen flow—from food pros who cook all day, every day.

How to Create Kitchen Stations for Streamlined Cooking Every Day

What if you stopped organizing your pantry by category, and started organizing ingredients and tools according to the way you use them?

We Asked Food Experts for Their Kitchen Organization Tips 

Seven secrets for keeping even the busiest kitchen super organized.

Tackle Your Pantry

Should You Really Decant Every Pantry Item Into Storage Containers?

Sure, it looks great on blogs, but is it necessary? Organization experts give us intel on whether everything in your pantry really needs to go into a storage container—and how to do it the right way. 

Yes, It's Possible to Finally Corral Your Spices

Learn our color coding method—plus, find our favorite spice organizers. 

After a Million Failures, This Spice Organization Hack Worked for Me

Here’s why color-coding your spices is the best method for keeping your cupboard spice rack in order.

The 6 Tools You Need to Organize Your Spices Once and for All

Our staff's all-time favorite spice-organizing tools

Create a Flavor Station

Why You Should Have a Quarter-Sheet Pan That Never Goes In the Oven

Use this utilitarian tool as a one-stop station for your frequently-used oils, acids, and seasonings.

Make Your Fridge an Oasis

The Best Way to Clean the Fridge

Condiment goo stuck to your shelves? Almost-empty ketchup bottle from 2010 still hanging out in the back? Here's how to give your fridge a deep clean.

Keep Counters Clutter-Free

10 Bowls, Trays, and More to Keep Your Kitchen Clutter to a Minimum

Find a home for mail, keys, and those rings you always perch on the edge of the sink.

Finally Tackle the Tough-to-Store Stuff

How to Organize Your Utensil Crocks

Because the whisk and tongs just can't play nice. 

19 Wine Glass Storage and Organization Solutions

What’s the best way to organize your wine glasses? It depends.

How to Organize Oven Mitts and Pot Holders 

Stop piling them precariously close to the stove. 

How to Finally Organize Food Storage Containers

Have a mess of mismatched containers? We’re here to help.

How to Store Pot Lids for a More Efficient Kitchen

An inexpensive office supply product that will keep your pot lids upright and out of the way—plus more pot organizers we love.

Tame Your Out-of-Control Kitchen Drawer With These Smart Utensil Trays

Store your flatware and cooking tools so everything is accessible for cooking and tasting. 

The Best Liquid Dish Soap, Tested and Reviewed

Conventional and eco-friendly options for everyday messes and crusty cookware.

The Things You Should Never Store on Top of Your Fridge

We’re all about creative kitchen storage solutions, but here’s what to keep in mind about that space above your refrigerator.

My Spotless Countertops Owe It All to This Spoon Rest

It might seem superfluous, but actually a spoon rest can make all the difference in maintaining a cleaner, more cohesive kitchen. I tested and found the best one.

A Fridge Junk Drawer Is a Safe Place for Clutter

It’s a quick and easy way to maintain order of all my half-used tomato paste tubes, hot sauce packets, and more.

6 Rules That Will Help You Organize Your Fridge the Right Way

Follow these tips for maximum chill (and food safety).

The 3 Things Everyone Should Have Under the Kitchen Sink

One can save you lots of trouble. And money.

We Asked a Fridge Restock TikToker for Pro Organization Tips

Read her two most crucial recommendations for making your fridge look like the pristine ones you’ve seen online.

 Your Kitchen Probably Needs a Pot Rail

It’s a simple, stylish, and practical way to eke a little extra storage space out of a small or over-crowded kitchen. 

Short On Counter Space? Get Yourself a Lid Rest 

It’s deceptively sturdy and super handy. 

You Say Fruit Basket, I Say Snack Basket

How to use a three-tiered hanging basket for storing more than just fruit. 

Your Fridge Needs a Magnetic White Board

If your grocery list lives on your fridge, you'll never forget mustard again.

See How a Professional Baker Organizes Her Home Kitchen

Including open shelving, utensil hooks, and lots more ways to make the most of a small space.

These Tiny Mise Cups Help Me Streamline Weeknight Cooking

Because sometimes small prep bowls just aren't small enough. 

An Inexpensive Way to Give Your Kitchen More Drawers

These adhesive drawers are the perfect storage solution for your weirdest kitchen items.

A Lazy Susan Makes Everything a Little Bit Easier

These turntables keep a well-organized kitchen within arm’s reach.

The Epicurious Guide to Organizing Your Kitchen

2022 can be the year you finally create a streamlined, tidy kitchen. Start with these tips from organization pros, food experts, and Epi editors, and you'll be well on your way.

Kitchen Organization Is Easy—and Kinda Cute, TBH—With Open Spaces

This direct-to-consumer brand has everything you need to (stylishly) tackle your kitchen organization project—and nothing you don’t. 

How to Organize Your Freezer

Chest, pull-out, or reach-in—these tips and tools have you and your toaster waffles covered.

Best Knife Blocks, Docks, and Magnetic Strips to Store Knives

It's not just what storage you choose (magnet, drawer, block)—it's how you use it that keeps them sharp.