A superbly designed kitchen cabinet is an excellent thing, but so might be these clever alternative storage ideas. Kitchens are all about storage, however it can become rather predictable: Think rows of built-in cupboards and wall cabinets, with an focus on practicality over personality. So how can your cooking space ingeniously accommodate everything you need while also looking original and exciting?
5 great storage solutions offer some fresh ideas
Go full-size.
Pantries are huge news in kitchen storage and for good reason. While a conventional base unit requires you to get down on your knees using a flashlight to locate that last can of beans, anything stored in a tall pantry like this one is easily visible and accessible. Typically fitted with drawers, racks, baskets and even lighting – and performing valiantly even when ultra-slender – these modern beauties offer plenty to love.
Create an island library.
Passionate home chefs accumulate lots of cookbooks over the years, although not always the space to maintain them. Volumes kept near the stove could become scruffy and grease-spattered and perhaps don’t merit being displayed prominently. How about this, though: neat shelves on the end of an island? The books are visible – and add color – without being central to the style of the kitchen, and they’re very easy to grab when you’re searching for a recipe.
Scale up.
A pantry that’s additionally a breakfast station is certain to set any storage fanatic’s pulse racing. This is perhaps the ultimate piece of kitchen furniture, one the majority of us can only dream about. It combines lots of storage with a dedicated space where you could prepare your coffee and toast. Then you’re able to stand and gaze at your neatly arranged shelves as you eat. Life doesn’t get as good as that, does it?
Hang it high.
Making use of vertical space is a smart move in a kitchen, where storage often has to be worked into a small footprint. This space features a metal rack that was probably never intended for a kitchen but works beautifully holding pans and utensils. It’s attached high on the wall to lessen the possibility of banging a head against a frying pan!
Resist the sleek.
Kitchen design often tends toward the sleek and efficient, but it really could also rock a more edgy, homemade look while still packing in a great deal of practical storage. So think laterally and make use of old piping and boards to make some shelving – you’ll get storage and original style at the same time.
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