10 Kitchen Organizing Ideas - Fast & Easy! 

You can find the bins I used under-the-sink here: www.containerstore.com/s/kitchen/sink-under-sink/stackable-under-sink-organization-starter-kit/12d?p=0&ps=62&productId=11009057

Fantasy self wants to completely declutter and organize both my kitchen and bedroom before Summer. Most likely only one of these will happen but I’m staying hopeful. Thanks to you, Dana and Dawn, I have been working hard to declutter (the donation center knows me by name now 😊) and take my house back 🎉 This definitely is a work in progress but I am here for it in 2023 and beyond 💫🚀

There were some good ideas in here. I am not a Cricket, but I love the idea of the organized spices. So 12 years ago, a friend started teaching me how to knit a sock but I moved and didn't have a pattern so I stored it away. I am happy to report I have picked it back up and I am almost done with it. I did have to watch a million youtube videos and read many patterns to figure out how to proceed but I almost have one sock. Who knows, I may have a pair in another 12 years.

It would be so cool to see you do the same kitchen in each of the organizing styles

I can’t believe your dad did all that work himself! The kitchen just looks amazing! How sweet of you to help them organize their newly renovated kitchen! “They keep their pills in teeny, tiny containers!” 🤣 Loved seeing this! Thanks sharing! ❤

Your dad did an amazing job! This was so much fun to watch. ❤

I found out at 37 I have ADHD pretty bad in Nov. The grief of what my life could have been like if I knew earlier was pretty rough for a month. But then I did the thing we're great at and learned everything I could. My family has gotten behind me and after watching a bunch of your videos we have spent the entire month of January decluttering every area of my homestead. Went minimalist in every area I could and made every item in my home have a home. I am finishing the kitchen today and then for the first time in my life I will have a clean organized house and the habits started to keep it that way. I was able to quit my job in September to focus on our homestead and woodworking and I plan on starting a channel about homesteading as a Neural divergent and I have a clean slate to work from. My brain has never been free of guilt or stuff I should be doing to be a good mom. I'm also an addict coming up on my 10 years clean. Thank you for putting out the videos about adhd they have meant a lot. Your story of your husband finding all of your dirty dishes meant a lot to me to know im not the only one.

I didn’t realize I had a fantasy self until, you gave so many examples. Before this I would’ve told you I’m a realist. One of the ways I keep my fantasy self in check for the most part is by using Pinterest. I have a board for each dream and it’s free and I get to escape to Pinterest land every so often without hurting my pocketbook or anyone else🤗.

Great Kitchen transformation. I hope your Dad and Step Mom enjoy it. I'm a Cricket whose Fantasy self is working on organizing his genealogy with all proof perfectly done, all piles are correctly filed, the family photos are all digitized and ready for any family member wanting to see them from future generations, all the Christmas decorations are organized so they are easy to put up and take down, you know, all the things.

Cas, thank you for introducing me to my fantasy self. I never knew what to call her! Fantasy self was standing in the way of my decluttering attempts. We had a chat, I let go of my fantasy clutter, and now I have room for the things that I really use. Thanks, Cas, for all of your extremely relatable advice!

My sister-in-law organizes her spices in alphabetical order. I am a bit of a spice junkie and I find that it is better for me to organize by function. I keep all of the baking spices together, all of the peppers, chilies together, etc

Dang, I haven’t hardly gotten into the video but the fact your dad was able to do all that in his 70s! That might be the most hopeful, helpful motivation I get all year to take action 💗😮👍🏼

Haha I’m a total cricket and I laughed so much at this 😂 fab video! Fantasy me wants to paint, and write, and create, and go to the gym. Reality me collapses on the sofa after work and watches old reruns of her favourite shows 😂

Wow what an amazing kitchen! Props to your Dad!!

You're a good daughter. How fun it must've been for them to come home to an organized kitchen.

I found you through The Minimal Mom. I just can't get enough of your end stories. Never stop them! I too have a fantasy life that is far more interesting than my actual life, haha! Thanks for chipping away at the shame of being ADHD and making cleaning a little more attainable!

Love these tips! I'm a ladybug and have been using very practical cardboard boxes and masking tape labels with great success to compartmentalize my cupboards, but I never thought of using little bins and containers in the fridge. I think that will be such a huge game-changer! My fantasy self is a novelist as well. (She also feeds her whole family on pennies a day from her organic garden and cans/dries the surplus and makes all her own clothes so if the apocalypse comes they're all set.) PLEASE finish your novel! I love middle-grade and YA fiction and would totally read that. :)

Thanks sooo much for this! I keep second, third, fourth-guessing what my clutterbug style is, and my original time of taking your quiz said I was a cricket, but I didn’t think I believed it enough, but seeing how you organized here cemented that in my brain! I really am a cricket because these solutions are exactly what I would want to use and tend to use! Thanks again, Cas! You’re awesome!!

I cannot wait for the zombie apocalypse book! I love that kind of stuff. Do it, Cass! PS love your parents kitchen. The navy cabinets are gorgeous.

My fantasy self “Meet Cas as she’s AMAZING!!” My response to self, “Yeah right as she’s SO cool she’s not going to come to your small farm because she has WAY better things in life than meet me!” 😂 You truly are amazing and you did a FANTASTIC job on your parents kitchen organization. BEAUTIFUL!!

Cass, you are genius. You took a beautiful area and made it even more efficient and useful!

Wow! Your Dad is very talented! That kitchen is gorgeous. It's nice that you were able to contribute your talents for the cherry on top to your Dad's excellent craftsmanship!

I’ve been looking for something like this for the whole house!!! For someone who is moving into their own place for the first time, starting from scratch. This is great, thank you!

My Gah! That kitchen renovation is Beautiful! Gorgeous! Your dad did an Amazing Job! Your stepmom has a beautiful color scheme 💝 Just Gorgeous! 💝 Great job Cas on the organization too. 💝

Your parents are so... lucky to have a daughter like you.. who takes time and organizers

I think it's helpful to show what you do with THE REST of the decanted items. It's a step that needs considering when people determine whether to decant or not. There needs to be a spot somewhere for jars or bags of what didn't quite fit or that will need replenishing soon.

I use a lot of clear containers, it does look nice, but remember that space is needed for the remaining walnuts, flour, etc. that still remains in the bag. Mine goes into the basement. You did a great job on the kitchen (and so did your Dad!)! And yes, I hear you about my Fantasy self. ♥My fantasy self wants to sew more than I do. Like, all my sewing stuff is out and cluttered and life takes over and I look at the clutter and after 35 years am still a beginning sewist. 😭

Fantasy self is being like you, Cas, and having a completely organized apartment! This is what I really want to do! I wish that you lived closer to me, so I could get the help I need.

Wow, Cas, what a great daughter you are!!!

Absolutely gorgeous! As a fellow Cricket, I know your parents are going to love this. Keep doing what you do. Thank you for your awesome stories, you make me smile and laugh like crazy.

Wow, it's truly amazing on how just a few small organizers can transform a space so much! We re-did our kitchen over a year and a half ago. I decant a lot now and label bins and such in my pantry and it's amazing! For the most part it stays pretty tidy and organized, especially since it's a no brainer where stuff goes! My fantasy self will have my craft room the same way someday, and my bedroom will become a sanctuary instead of a hot mess express of stuff just being dumped, and I will also get back to the gym and back to feeling motivated, energized, and productive. *sigh

Fantasy Shannon is also still putting off getting fit, eating healthy, becoming a ‘Cricut-Artista’, super chef, & garden guru.😂 I won’t say that decluttering, getting organized, & repairing, beautifying my home are fantasy. They are taking much longer than in my fantasies but those things are really happening! I’ve made so much progress and YOU have been a big part of that! I’m still determined that getting healthier has to stay on the table because, if I’m not healthy, then none of the rest really matters. 🤷‍♀️. Can’t wait to read your novel!! Thanks for all the inspiration, motivation, & fantastic ideas!❤️❤️

Aw, that’s shows how your such a sweet daughter to organize your parent’s kitchen. Their kitchen turned out beautifully.

I need this. My kitchen looks like a hoarder home.

I fully support Fantasy Cass and her zombie novel! I need to make a new vision board...my current one is looking dated 😂

I just found your channel and dealing with sever copd and being overwhelmed with a move to a state that has sent me to the hospital 3 times in a month with breathing problems… I know that once I start a lil at a time I won’t be so stressed and that will take a little off my health issues and hopefully keep me from riding in the back of an ambulance for awhile 🥴 I haven’t even finished unpacking our house because it stresses me out to the point of not being able to start and that is not a way to live. So I am going to keep binging your videos while I recuperate from my last episode last week and not do anything taxing (per Dr orders) so that I have great ideas written down to start me on a journey to hopefully a less cluttered and easier to manage home. Thank you 💜🫶🏻

I stayed till the end. Cass, you are me and I am you. I have so many boxes of things for projects that I don't know if I will ever finish. I wish that you could come and help me get organized. 🤣 I was recently diagnosed with stage-4 non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. My mom, sister, and Aunt all died from this disease. Therefore I know my fate. It's just a matter of time unless God sends a miracle. I know that my days are numbered and I'm okay with that. Except I know that it's going to be sooner than what I had planned. Is that something we actually planned for? 🤣 I would say that my goal for this year is to see my house finally organized before I die. That is really the only thing on my bucket at this point in my life. So, if you ever decide you would like to visit West Virginia and the mountains, I would love to have your help. ❤️🙏😊

Love how nice everything looked after you organized it all! Eager to read your zombie apocalypse novel. :) When I have a project that I know will take a lot of time, I tell myself I just need to do at least something on it each day. That's how I sewed an entire crib set and bumper years ago for my daughter. Some days I only cut out one small piece or sewed one seam, but other days I had the time and energy to do a whole lot. It was the daily commitment to it that did the trick and helped me not feel overwhelmed like I would if I'd tried to do it all at once. That way I didn't feel bad if I only did one tiny thing because I was still accomplishing my goal of doing something each day. Best of luck to you in your writing!

I’m a Ladybug, but that kitchen organization looks amazing to me! I’m hoping to buy a house this year and your videos give so much inspiration! Fantasy me gardens. I’ve never been able to keep plants alive or grow anything 😂

I decided to get back into reading. I joined a book club this year I have not read a book in over 5 years and I'm halfway through the 1st book I book for January we have our discussion in 2 days and I need to finish it!

The bad thing about decanting your groceries is that the package volume is always bigger than a container volume. So you've got leftovers. Lots of them. Sometiimes it's just a couple of tablespoons, but you can't throw them out, you can't use them all just now and you have to store them somewhere (and try not to forget about them).

The drawers are such awesome storage!!! Really a great space to organize.

I love your videos!!! Sometimes I even get moving afterwards! 😳😂 I always get super motivated by you though! They get me to do something, maybe not a complete transformation, but baby steps, right?!? 🤗 Thank You Cass!! ☺️🤗

What a gorgeous kitchen! Huge applause to your amazing dad!!!! And to you, for the beautiful "innards"! 😊

Your parents kitchen makeover looks beautiful. You did a great job organizing.

The kitchen transformation was absolutely stunning!! Fantasy Jess says no to chips and queso when she's not hungry and she actually goes back to watercolor painting. Fantasy Jess loses 15 pounds and gets a job she is qualified for (not the bad ones she seems to think she deserves). I do like fantasy Jess... I'm going to eat more vegetables this year. And I've already started. This is my year! 🖤

That kitchen looks AMAZING! My favourite section is the pantry when you had finished it - it's just picture perfect and I just love watching you fit in packets and boxes so neatly - just getting my geek on! Go for your Zombie Apocalypse book Cassie - you can do it! 🤩

Those double labelled decanted spice trays 😌 fill my cricket heart with joy 😅 should I ever get that done, I'll get champagne and toast to my kitchen 🍾

I'm such a cricket. Seeing you organize a cricket kitchen is visual ASMR for me. Like I imagine this is how people feel after getting their nails done or a massage.

I will totally read your novel! Please also do an audio version! You would be a great audiobook reader!

Your dad is amazing! What a gorgeous kitchen! With your organization skills... this is fantastic!

Wow my fantasy self got excited knowing that I will do something one day ... Good luck on completing your novel. Thank you so much for making it real, my head has always been a mumble jumble of what I'm going to do, I try to compartmentalise and make a list but then I just stare at it and do nothing. After seeing this vid I think the kitchen is what I'll try work on. Thank you Cass x

Amazing transformation. Hats off Dad. 🎉😊

Wow! So impressive that your dad did the remodel himself. I'm a crazy cricket too (haha) so I love how you organized everything. That would have been so much fun for me. :o)

Okay, about alphabetizing spices. I read eons ago where an author (it was a library book) said it sounds silly or OCD or whatever but it makes sense! Many spices look similar so keeping them in alpha order means you don't end up with thyme when you wanted oregano or have to pick up several jars to find the right one. If you keep them arranged on a shelf or in a drawer (my latest win!) there's a hole where you took it out, so it's a 2 second win to put it back where it came from!

Hot mess sandwich is the cutest thing I’ve ever heard!! I’m loving this!!! It’s my first time here

I love Fantasy Cass😂 Mine is definitely to restart all of my bead work. It's great to know that we all have a "Fantasty us".

YES! I can't wait to read the fantasy Cass YA novel! Publish it with your real name, but put "F" as your middle initial for "Fantasy." Fantasy Cara has a couple of books kicking around in her head. Maybe writing my book every other day for 15 minutes would be a good thing for me to do. I love that you picked one project. Good job! That kitchen was amazing. I'll bet they love it. ❤️

This is a stunning pantry makover! Thank you for the great insprration!

Their new kitchen looks so pretty! I really liked how you set up their pantry with the black storage containers with white labels. It just looks so classy. I’m also totally like you in the sense I live in a fantasy land myself of all the things that I “want to do” but reality hits me everyday when I remember that I’m a mother of 3 boys 4 and under. Fantasy me is definitely on the back burner these days. However, also why I’m watching your videos! Because I suck at storage solutions for these boys!! And myself! But mostly the boys with their clothes and toys. I’ve learned some already from you that I didn’t know. Your kid videos have been so helpful!! Thank you! Also I took your quiz a week or so ago and found out I’m a ladybug too! Although I think I might have some cricket tendencies because I kinda like to organize down to the minute things BUT usually I don’t have time to organize that way. Then whenever I do organize that way someone in the house destroys my organization and then it’s just makes me mad. So I think that the ladybug solution for the “family” is probably more practical especially now when the boys are so little. Enjoying your videos!! Keep them up 😊 btw I’m sure you have saved more marriages than you realize with you teaching these techniques. 😉

I would LOVE a new kitchen. Ours is probably circa 1970s. Ugh. I'm so glad your dad and step-mum got their dream kitchen, finally.

I love the look of the pantry with the beautiful bins and containers. I've always wondered what you do with the extra stuff that won't fit in the container. Do you just have to store it somewhere else? Same thing about spices...they look wonderful decanted into matching spice jars but where do you keep the extra that doesn't fit in the pretty new jar?

Your father has good taste in colors. You did a wonderful transformation ❤.

Way to go! I'm sure your parents love it!

Im a cricket.... I don't think I'm crazy... just because I put all my packages of sliced sandwich cheese filed in a refrigerator organizer... and alphabetized them.

Go for it, Cas. You are a YA author. You have what it takes--writing skills, imagination, creativity, humor, & youthful energy.

That is so cool that your father is so talented. 👏

I will always say this 4 types of organization bugs are a genius idea, it so easy to know what you need if you know what kind of "bug" you are, your idea is underrated.

Keeping it real about the fantasy self I love it and at the same time feel called out haha

You are one of my most favorite RU-vidr people to watch and I know you don't know me but you feel like my best friend. Have a great day! 💕

Yer hilarious!! I can’t wait to hear that your book is finished! I picked up a tip somewhere about choosing one hobby (preferably one you’ve been putting off) to work on each month to actually complete SOMEthing. That way, you get at least 12 finished projects by the end of the year, and you learn more about the hobbies you actually want to continue pursuing vs. the ones that you’re done with. Last month for me… it was Macramé!! I totally finished a hanging cat bed as well as two plant holders! This month, I’m supposed to be finishing up some of the wool appliqué projects I have lying around… but it’s already a week in and I’ve yet to pull it out. 😬😳 Thanks for the giggles and great organizing ideas!

Thank you for making the distinction between organizing and decluttering!

Your Dad is very impressive! My fantasy self bought a jump rope last year and still hasn't adjusted it to my size. It was on my vision board last year and one of the only things I transferred to this year's board.

I have actually been following you for years and after watching this video, I am definitely a cricket❤

It's beautiful inside and out now! I am a cricket, too, so this was immensely satisfying to watch. 🤣

The organization is wonderful and my fantasy self loves it. Real me knows I need broad categories without lids!

I have been following you for years and I've done all of the quizzes and looking at the "What is your style" videos and was convinced I was a unicorn. I believed that I was a bit of every type! Until this video. Hug and thank your parents for me because seeing how they had the pantry and cabinets before you got in there to make it extra nice, their style was me! I'm a CRICKET! Now to pull everything out and make it as awesome as you have. Let your parents know that I also think they did a great job on that remodel! Beautiful! Thank you Cas!!! And I want to read your novel. My fantasy self accomplishment is to have a sewing room. Pretty and tidy and a dream to work in. Keep on keeping on!

Looks beautiful!! Your dad and you did a great job!!!!!

I am a cricket 100% lol I totally get the micro organizing behind closed doors...and am 100000000% an all or nothing person. lol I can proudly say that my kitchen organizing is done. Not gonna lie, I have a lot. I love to cook and find it more enjoyable to have what I need instead of struggling to make do (but I do try to avoid unitaskers if something else will do just fine). That all being said, I think the thing that has made the most difference in keeping it organized is storing things where I use them. It works so well that I have implemented it throughout my apartment.

I keep telling myself that I am going to start menu planning and do some food prepping. Still haven't started doing it.

I’m a drooling cricket 🤤 everything was perfection!

Love to hear your intention to finish your novel. I realize this is 10 months after posting this video but wanted to share one of the things I’ve used to help me with my own writing, is writing 500 words or half an hour whichever comes first. No editing, editing comes when the first draft of the novel is done. If you’ve already finished, maybe you can try it for novel number 2. All the best!

I'm a cricket married to a butterfly. Fantasy self would live in a library w/a Home Depot wing.

You're the funniest, Cas! Love your end stories - I have a new violin sitting in the corner of my bedroom since 2020, and this is the month I will be playing it. Otherwise, it's going! My goal is Twinkle Twinkle by the end of the month, and if that happens, I will see if I will continue or not. (I also have a book to finish writing! But one fantasy at a time.) Your folks' kitchen looks amazing! Your dad did a spectacular job, and I am sure they will love your organization. I'm a bee with cricket tendencies, and I think my pantry is organized, but now I want a lazy susan and some boxes. Such great ideas, thanks!

I love the big labels in the pantry!!!! 😍😍😍

This is my favorite of your videos so far! My inner cricket is very happy watching this.

Being a cricket, I love this.🙂

Lol! The new yoga mat I ordered for my fantasy self actually got delivered while watching this video...OK, Cas, fantasy self challenge accepted! ❤ from Oklahoma

Pretty cool how he did the stairwell and pantry. When I find my dream place I'm definitely butterfly/bee ripping the cabinets out and using bakers racks etc. 😂

I like how you say “a little unorganised”,” a little messy”😊your the cutest…love the house and the colour they used..got soo many ideas especially the coffee tea area I’m going to do the same..

Fantasy me re does my kitchen on my own. There's lead in the countertop tile glaze so it would need proper abatement. Thinking about how to cover things over without having to rip stuff out. I can live with the layout, just want things spiffed-up. Also have two walls in the bathroom that need renovating along with the ceiling. Fantasy me also has my garage converted to an awesome little ADU.

Wow, amazing transformation. Your dad did a wonderful job! My fantasy self- keeps a journal and write everything down. LOL maybe. 😅

Thanks for sharing! It’s so neat how you know exactly what container for the “mess”. Sometimes I struggle with where to find the best containers for my needs. Thanks!

"Future me" is awesome too! So many future to-do's on my list. Always. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

You got this Cass, we all got this 2023🎉

Another amazing video Cas! Your Dad did an AMAZING job--super impressed! Can't wait to see your upcoming videos!

Fantasy me has all these puzzles I want to have the space and time to work on with hubby & kiddos. Also, several crochet projects for fmaily members. (This one I am actually making progress on. Not in time for my sister-in-laws birthday this month, but definitely by Christmas since I'm over halfway done). Now, I'm 5mo pregnant with little #3! I discovered the Minimal Mom who mentioned you and what's your clutterbug style (I'm a bee through and through but hubby is a butterfly - which I'm discovering I can work with). So nesting is hitting me hard and I'm making more progress than I have in YEARS! I LOVE you and your energy and videos and stories! It's so wonderful to know I am not alone and I now give myself grace and forgiveness and know it's ok to let things go. They're just things and not as important as time with my family. I appreciate you and Dawn so much. Thank you again!

That spice redo was so satisfying ❤

This video was amazing. The ending was hilarious and SO my life 😂😂🙌💖 This is the year for all of our fantasy selves. Thank you for helping me with my kitchen too.

I just heard about you and I haven’t taken a quiz yet, but I can tell 100% I am NOT a cricket lol. This was so fun to watch. Thank you!