Kitchen Organization: How to Organize Your Kitchen Drawers

Kitchen Drawer Organizer

Welcome to the “Kitchen Organization” series part 1: How to organize your kitchen drawers. I’m so excited about this post, I have been working on organizing my kitchen  for a while now and I can’t believe I’m almost done.

You can find my kitchen on this post Kitchen Before and After and for the kitchen renovation cost, please see the Kitchen Renovation Cost post.

There are still some drawers that I need to go through. But the most used ones are all organized and looking good! Next, I will share how to declutter and organize your pantry and under the sink. So stay tuned for more!

1- How to Declutter Your Kitchen:

Deep Kitchen drawers with drawers dividers how to organize kitchen drawers


Purge, purge and more purging…. The first step into decluttering your kitchen is to go through all your kitchen drawers and cabinets, sort out what is too old, broken or mismatched.

Get rid of things you never use, old stuff that are in bad shape, mismatched utensils and colors that don’t go with the rest of your kitchen. As you can see, I like gold flatware, brass or copper (well, I love gold!).

When buying small gadgets, measuring spools etc, I kept it all in the gold family. Also, I got rid of all old and mismatched kitchen utensils. I upgraded my utensils and my gadget set to match my flatware.

When it comes to bowls or food storage containers, I’m naturally drawn to pastel colors (as opposed to red/orange). So when buying new kitchen accessories I always look for these colors to ensure it will coordinate with what I already have.

2- Silverware Drawer Organizer

Kitchen drawer with silverware drawer organizer

Gold Flatware | Clear Shallow Drawer Organizer| Brass Clips | Pastel Kids Flatware 

Use drawer organizers to separate your utensils and flatware. I went with the clear shallow drawer organizer from The Container Store, but the bamboo storage bins looks really good as well. Before you begin, make sure to measure your drawers to calculate how many drawer organizers you are going to need. Make a template if needed, you can draw the sizes in paper/cardboard to map it out your drawer.

Kitchen drawer with gold silverware and drawer organiser
Utensil drawer organizer with brass flatware

Gold Flatware | Clear Shallow Drawer Organizer| Brass Clips | Pastel Kids Flatware 

Gold flatware, silverware organizer
Utensil drawer with brass flatware and silverware organizer

In my flatware drawer I used a mix of flatware drawer organizer and square ones to accommodate all my gold flatware, measuring cups and food storage clips.

gold gadget set

kitchen drawer dividers
Utensil drawer organizer

A coordinating gold kitchen gadget set and utensils give the drawers a more uniform look and keep things looking organized. Try to keep the colors in the same family to ensure an uniform look.

3- Tupperware & Food Containers Organizer

Drawer organiser
Tupperware cabinet organizer


Next on my list to organize was my Tupperware’s and food container drawer. I did a major clean up and threw out all the containers that had no lids or where in bad shape.

I like glass containers better for food storage, but I still have some plastic ones for when the kids need to take fruit or food somewhere.  Lastly, I used an adjustable drawer divider to keep the lids separated from the containers.

tupperware organizer
Kitchen drawers with utensil organizers and Tupperware organizer

Clear Expandable Drawer divider | OXO Snap Container Set| Mixing Nesting Bowls | Ekobo bamboo Colander 

tupperware cabinet organizer

Clear Expandable Drawer divider | OXO Snap Container Set| Mixing Nesting Bowls | Ekobo bamboo Colander | Zebra Self Adhesive Liner

4- How to Organize Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups

tupperware lid holder, tupperware drawer organizer

Deep Drawer Binz (4X16 Deep) | Pastel Kids Plates | Pastel Kids Bowls

The kids drawer was the one that I hated the most and the one I attacked first! Without any drawer dividers, this drawer was a disaster. I use deep drawer dividers to keep sippy cups and bottles contained.

Again, I always try to buy things that go with the rest of my stuff. For the kids plates and cups I went with the pastel colors that they have it at target.

Baby bottles and sippy cups organizers
Baby bottles and sippy cups organizers

5- How to Organize Pots and Pans in Drawers

how to organize pots and pans in drawers

When we were planning our kitchen remodel and the cabinet layout, I asked to have as much drawers as possible. We have drawers on almost all the base cabinets except for three cabinets where we had plumbing running through it. One of my favorite drawers are the ones below the stove top.

These drawers are huge and deep enough to store my pans with the lids. On the first drawer I store the pans I use daily, the second gets the pans that I don’t use often (extra large pans, etc).

kitchen cabinet pots and pans organizer
Kitchen drawer with pots and pans

organize kitchen cabinets and drawers

pan organizer

In the last two drawers in my kitchen island I keep my cutting boards and bellow that my dish towels. Again, I try to always buy coordinating items that match my kitchen.

drawer organizer
Linen Drawer Organizer
kitchen organization, Drawer Organizer
How to Organize your Kitchen drawers

kitchen cabinet organizers

Kitchen Drawer Organization Steps

To recap, here are my top tips to declutter and organize your kitchen drawers:

  1. Purge/get rid of all old, broken, unused and mismatched items
  2. Line your drawers to protect from humidity
  3. Use drawer dividers and drawer organizers to keep items contained
  4. Group items with the same function together
  5. Go for the same color group or coordinating items

Kitchen drawer organizationA place for everything, make a kitchen drawer layout to keep things organized.

So what do you guys think? What are some ways that you declutter and organize your kitchen drawers?
Xoxo,
Ceres

Kitchen drawer organizers

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35 Comments

  1. Feriel
    January 21, 2019 / 10:36 am

    Love love what you did with your drawers Ceres! Your kitchen is a dream, so smart to ask for lots of drawers! Definitely on my list of asks when we switch houses!
    Xo
    Feriel

    • Ceres
      Author
      January 21, 2019 / 10:37 am

      Thank you so much doll!! I appreciate you love and feedback! And yes!! The more drawers the merrier!!! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜˜πŸ™ŒπŸ»

      • Liz
        September 11, 2019 / 11:31 am

        Where did you get the containers to store the utensils?

        • Ceres
          Author
          September 12, 2019 / 2:23 pm

          They are linked on the post, it’s from container store 😘

        • Sandra
          September 26, 2019 / 2:30 am

          You can get them for about a 1/4 of the price at places like Home Goods and Ross.

          • Ceres
            Author
            October 11, 2019 / 4:04 pm

            yes! I do think the ones from Container store looks a little better!

  2. Melissa
    January 21, 2019 / 9:18 pm

    Where are the other utensils from? The spatula drawer. I love how they all look together.

    Thank you!

  3. Danielle
    January 22, 2019 / 9:49 am

    Love your kitchen! Where did you get your teapot?

  4. Destiny
    January 23, 2019 / 12:44 pm

    LOVE THIS! But what if we don’t have drawers πŸ™ Any tips?

  5. Brenda
    January 26, 2019 / 2:11 pm

    Beautiful job – can’t wait for my new kitchen so I can be so organized – haha at least I hope to be !! Can you share how wide your banks of drawers are and what is your countertop is (?caesarstone) and the type i.e. Nuevo Calcutta ? Or ??

    • Ceres
      Author
      January 26, 2019 / 3:18 pm

      Thank you Brenda! The quartz are MSI, please see my kitchen Remodel post for the link and name! I have 3 sets of drawers in the island 24&36&24!

  6. McKenzie
    January 28, 2019 / 12:39 pm

    Your pots and pans are BEAUTIFUL! I’m having trouble following the link to the full set. Do you know if it is still available? ❀️

    • Ceres
      Author
      January 28, 2019 / 8:09 pm

      They are from master class! I can’t find the whole set to link 😐 I bought them at homegoods and tjmaxx whenever I spotted one!

  7. Amberjane Salinas
    January 28, 2019 / 7:46 pm

    Where did you get the spatulas and the pizza cutter? I’m reorganizing my kitchen and haven’t been able to find things I like that match!

    • Ceres
      Author
      January 28, 2019 / 8:04 pm

      From Amazon!! Let me find the link 😘

      • Amberjane
        January 29, 2019 / 6:14 pm

        Yay thanks!

      • Kerrie
        January 27, 2021 / 3:06 pm

        Hi! I love the combination of acrylic and gold! By any chance do you have a link to the drawer liner? It’s gorgeous! Thanks so much!

  8. Erin
    January 29, 2019 / 11:40 pm

    Your style is stunnnnnning! πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ The pizza cutter/can opener set. Do you have a link for it?? πŸ’–

    • Ceres
      Author
      January 30, 2019 / 6:57 am

      I have to find it 😩😩 it’s from amazon! I will find it and link it here 😘

  9. Debbie
    March 9, 2019 / 8:25 am

    Thanks for sharing! I am about to start a kitchen remodel and have asked for all bottom cabinets to be drawers. And was trying to figure out how best to organize my items!! This will help tremendously!

    • Ceres
      Author
      March 9, 2019 / 8:37 am

      Thank you Debbie! And good luck on ur Remodel!! So exciting! Drawers are the best btw. 😘😘

  10. Lytle
    March 12, 2019 / 12:20 pm

    Hi! Is that marble utensil holder the Threshold brand from Target? If so, is that the coordinating Threshold marble tray underneath? I have the utensil holder and I LOVE it, but I didn’t think it would fit on the tray (too wide). Thanks1

    • Ceres
      Author
      March 16, 2019 / 2:42 pm

      No, these are actually from crate and barrel! I think target has a very similar one!

  11. Heather Jansen
    April 4, 2019 / 9:17 pm

    Hello. You have some terrific ideas. I have some deep large drawers that I want to put drinking glasses in. Any ideas on how to store them so they don’t clink together and break? Thank you so much.

    • Ceres
      Author
      April 5, 2019 / 10:28 am

      Thank you Heather!! I believe ikea has really good organizers for plates and cups! Check them out!! 😘

  12. September 2, 2019 / 2:12 am

    its terrific… Beautify I must say.. Thanks for sharing and keep posting πŸ™‚

    • Ceres
      Author
      September 4, 2019 / 7:08 am

      Thank you!

  13. Anna
    April 4, 2020 / 5:33 pm

    STUNNING! may I ask where you got the drawer liners?

  14. Brenda
    December 31, 2020 / 4:33 pm

    Your kitchen is beautiful. I’m having Fabuwood cabinets installed next month. I hope I get the same results as you! Where did you get the drawer pulls and knobs?

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