I agree. We do that at my kitchen. We also have a "cover" for our kitchen aide so that it doesn't get "dirty/dusty/etc" while it is sitting in the corner and then need to be refreshed before we can use it again. You can have a plain clothe one or you can get some cute prints as well. I'm sure you know when you are cooking there is always "something in the air" that generally rests where you don't want it to and builds up.
I have to say, I was an avid fan of the channel and then I kind of wavered away from it. I thought that the channel was becoming more of an influencer/promoter channel. But when I saw your last video explaining what was going on and how real you spoke to us (not saying you were ever not real) about social media and life, I respected your honesty so much. I felt like I was sitting in the kitchen listening to a friend while catching up. Life is so hard for all of us, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. You absolutely did not have to explain anything to us but you did. Thank you for again showing us that part of you again. Blessings to you and your family 💛
This is exactly how I’ve been feeling! Thank you for putting it into words. I love me some Kimmy but I was starting to lose that lovin feeling and it was making me so sad but reading your post gave me an explanation of what I am feeling.
Your little kiddos red bowl. You can repurpose it on a vanity, in a bedroom drawer. Hold your watch at nite, jewelry, little things you need to contain in a drawer. You can justify keeping it and it won't take up space in kitchen unless you repurpose it there. You can keep it. ❤ From a sentimental fool.🙂 ❤
When we moved into this house I was 8 months pregnant. The ladies from our church set up my kitchen for me. It was an adventure for a while, trying to find things 😂. I’m so grateful for their help.
My tip for storing spices is to put them in a dollar tree container/basket and load like spices together if possible. Then when you are on the hunt for the chili powder you can grab the container out and then you aren’t having to pull spices out individually or knocking some over reaching to the back. This has been my go to for years and it really works well for me. I also do the same thing in my bathroom with over stock shampoo and the like. I also do this under the bathroom and kitchen sink, with cleaners. Hope this works for somebody!!!
I do the same thing in my kitchen for my spices. They are on one shelf half on a lazy Susan and the other half in small baskets for regular cooking and another shelf with baking spices and spinkles. Taking in consideration my cabinet is 30".
One thing to keep in mind is to ask yourself what are the necessity items that you need in the kitchen on a daily basis. For me personally its the dishes, silverware, glasses, utensils, mugs, spices, basic baking dishes and my mixer. Everything else goes in my pantry. Sometimes having cabinets super full is not the most practical
I just converted my plasitic over to glass. i had been wanting to do it for years. I bought two sets of 10 pieces not counting lids. It it ended up ten large and 10 small storage. It was 60 dollars and I love it!!!!
I’ve watched you move multiple times. U are full of intrigue. Thanks for sharing. I’ve moved 2 times in my 76 yrs of life. But I would move in a minute if I had a new house. Lol
I would use the counter on the island for all the baking stuff. You have the counter to use to roll out your doughs and pastries. If you move the shelves around you can even put your kitchen aid there
Appliances in the pantry would free up space. That long tall cabinet is where I would put daily used things...cups, mugs, plates, long baking casserole dishes, water bottles, and baking sheets. To each her own! It will take time to get it functional. Have fun with it.
There is plenty of room for you to lower the shelf right above your glasses so there is more room for mugs. You could then lower the next shelf to leave even more room at the top. I have had wood sheets cut to the same size as the shelves and easily added another shelf if there is room. You can buy a bag of the clips that hold the shelf in place at any hardware store-they are inexpensive. In your sheet pan cabinet, if you removed the shelf, you could file everything in that cabinet like they are books. You’d have much more room, too. Can’t wait to see the pantry and food storage room. We don’t have huge pantries in most houses in our area and I’ve never even heard of a food storage room until I started following you. I find them so intriguing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I have so many mugs like you do. I've taken to categorizing my mugs by season now and rotate them except for 4 mugs that are universal. The rest get stored with my seasonal decor if that makes sense
My best advice is don’t feel married to the decisions you made. Moving to a new house is a work in progress. Finding what works best can take some time and adjusting.
I used to wrap all my breakables in our T-shirts or towels. I had to move clothes also anyway. So Nothing‘s going to waste and everything is protected.
I have been living in my home for 10 years, watching this has given me some great ideas for possibly moving some things around and making my kitchen more efficient.
Congratulations on the new house! Can't believe that you got all the things in the kitchen cabinets! One thing you might do is reconfigure the shelves in your drink cabinet. Lower the middle shelf so there isn't so much space above the glasses. Get another one of the wire shelves, and you can stack your mugs that way. Looking forward to your pantry and food room videos!
Your kitchen will become yours quickly. The only thing I might consider is getting rid of more mugs and tumblers. We have found that we don't even use glasses any more at our house. I can't wait to see how you fix everything. You may change things a lot until it fits your needs. I love your kitchen.
I have had a Kitchen Aid mixer for over 35 years(same one) and have always had it on my counter top. Only a couple of my kitchens actually had enough cupboards to house it, but it has always been an integral part of my food prep. Plus, as I get holder, I don’t want to have to lug it out and set it up each time I use it. I store all the mixing components (whisk, beater, and dough hook)in the bowl and tuck in a pretty tea towel, keeping it dust free. Your kitchen is lovely!
Oh my gosh I love the suggestion of numbering your kitchen boxes for category and putting that on the cabinets with the masking tape that is genius thanks Kimmy and to whoever shared❤
Showing many of the reasons I refuse to move! My husband kinda wants to move. Close by, but still. We just got new cabinets last year and I don't want to sell the new kitchen off to someone else! Don't want to reorganize into new rooms. Definitely no.
I moved into my house a year ago. I thought about where everything would go, and set up my very few cabinets. A year later, I’m not happy with it! So now, I’m rethinking my placement of everything!
So much stuff!!! Sheesh!!! I have two cutting boards, one for meat, one for fruit/veggies. I have one set of mixing bowls. I have one regular muffin tin, one mini muffin tin. One pie pan. Two baking sheets. I think a purge was necessary before moving. I saw so many Uni-taskers and excess. You need one whisk...maybe two spatulas...one can opener. Sheesh...
Oh my God she literally does cooking content and freezer meals constantly I don't even do cooking content and I couldn't get by with as little as you just named now I probably have more than Kimmy and I don't do cooking content so do I need to clean out probably but it's the thing I do the most I love to cook and it's hard to let go of them but Kimmy definitely needs more than what you name she does way too much cooking and too much content to be having one pie pan really like I definitely need more than one pie pan we have family get together we actually cook Lots Lord if we have a funeral at our church I need more than one pie pan everybody just has different needs❤
Aww you hugging the kids bowl. ❤️ I have baby spoons i stir my coffee with. 😊 And a tiny knife from a play tea set i use for icing. I could part with the spoons but for now they can still hang out. And remind me how quickly those babies have grown. But i love that little knife. Its a keeper for sure.
@@kristic4472 I do that too. My son is 57 and I use his little fork and spoons more now than I did when he was a toddler. The fork is perfect in a little dish of bread and butter pickles. I hate putting jars of things on the table, even though it is just me most of the time.
the only thing about storing spices and herbs in the cabinet over the microwave is i’ve been told that storing them over a heat source could make them lose their potency
I would put the pots and pans with the lids in the tall cabinet . much easier than bending in the lazy susan. Use the lazy susan cupboard for the least used gadgets. You will find your own flow after awhile!
I have my KitchenAid on a rolling craft cart. Keep in my pantry and I roll it out when I need it. Two bottom trays for rolling pin and attachments….I love it!
Love the ideas and how you are making zones for how you use items. I also keep my baking supplies and tools in the same area. But I do use my kitchenaid, and so it sits above the cabinets for baking. I realize you don't want much on your counter tops, and I am the same way :) Thank you!
33:48 there's bamboo knive blocks for inside drawers that are about the width or maybe slightly larger than half that drawer. The ones I've seen always have double rows, so your knives are inside the bamboo and just the handle sticks out and then deeper in the drawer it's the same thing again. I hope that explanation makes sense, but what I hope this conveys is, that it uses the depth of a drawer and the blades of your knives are safely away.
Tea kettle hidden away 😂, hey we're all different. In my kitchen its the only thing on the counter, used 6-10 times a day, speeds up cooking as faster to boil water, makes tea, pour over coffee, hot water bottles for bed, green veg like brocoli cooks better when you pour boiling water over, the list is endless. In UK/Ireland/Australia just called a kettle and i think we all use it all the time.
Also, do we really need a million spatulas and serving utensils. When we renovated, I got rid of half of mine. I have two counter containers. One with wooden spoons and whisks and one with spatulas and tongs. Other rarely used utensils are in two drawers, One has knives and peelers etc and the other has the large random utensils.
This was such a helpful video as I am in the process of packing up where we are renting. We are building currently but have to move out of here in two months. Everything is going into storage until our house is build.
I just bought a knife block for my drawer at Big Lots, I believe it was like $8.00, and it is a game changer! No more knifes all on top of themselves having to dig through for the one I want, and I can get more in there and not have to have them in so many drawers.
I had a knife block in a drawer before I over. I don’t have a drawer wide enough now! I bought a magnetic knife holder to put on the side of the refrigerator.
Our kitchens are almost identical especially the lay out from the dishwasher to the sink to the corner cabinets over to the oven area. The corner counter area to the right of your sink- I display my stand Kitchen Aid mixer pushed back all the way angled to the corner. Right of the mixer I have a small Kitchen Aid food processor and my Cusinart electric can opener since I use both of these daily 😊 On the counter to right of stovetop I have my ceramic 4pc canister set with a lovely sheer Olive oil bottle and my stacked salt/pepper ceramic containers. I really enjoyed every minute of this video watching you & listening to your thoughts ❤😊❤
The items you only use every once in a while ,put on upper cabinets, over the fridge,microwave ,etc. that way you know where they are but not taking up valuable space that you need. I’m 4-11 so most of my stuff are on the first 2 shelves if possible . Congratulations on your new house !!❤🎉🎉
For me it would be both sides for spices if you have enough to fill them .if you don't need to use all those glasses right now put them away in the garage for now. Just keep the basics that you need every day in your kitchen for now.like you said there is only 4 of you at home now. I'd have put theed glasses up on top, unless you use them more than all the mugs. Otherwise put the mugs nearest you. You will figure it all out as you use it all on a daily basis, what should be nearest front , and what should be further away or indeed in storage. ❤
Love that kitchen. You know you can get more shelves made for cheap at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Just take shelve you want and they will cut it and buy the little thingys that hold the shelf.
You could put your kitchen aid on the counter to the left of the sink in the corner and it will be right near your bakeware. I have all my bakeware together in the same cabinet. All my cookies sheets, muffin oans, cake pans, rolling pin, Measuring cups and spoons and my kitchen aid on the counter right next to it. Makes it so much easier to bake. I might move all your baking items To the tall cabinets and move your appliances to the cabinet where your cookie sheets are now! Just an idea! Also I would put you trifle Bowl up in the top shelf Where your dishes are and your colander down where your 9x 13 dishes are. Also if you have room to put your pot that you have in your island with your pots and pans. Keeping everything together
For the comer cabinet I have found using lazy Susan’s has worked best for me. I put reusable water bottles for easy access. They also make a corner wire rack that helps with the back of the corner cabinet.
I put my spices into baskets based on their purpose. For example baking, most used spices, seasoning mixes or less used items. It has made finding my spices so much easier and it keeps my kitchen organized too! Especially useful on those higher shelves.
It’s so funny when you talked about the last red kids bowl. We just bought new plates and so for lunches and breakfast. I saved one odd deep dish because that’s was the one my son eat his first solid food. All after that it was always oatmeal after that. It’s nice to have little things from there childhood. ❤ When I organize my kitchen I think around the stow/oven and were a would stand if I bake and so on. So I have fast and easy access to what need.
what a beautiful kitchen!! you are so blessed. I'd love to trade, I hate my kitchen, but oh well. Congratulations on your new home! Happy Valentines week!
If you can find storage baskets to take up each shelf in your spice cupboard, it would make accessing them when you need them easier. And I would sort them by sweet versus savory. I just paused your video to write this. Forgive me if you did that already.
Ooo I hear you on the spices! My husband said I have got to be the queen of spices. The Zippy bags are my best friend! When we store our camper each winter everything goes into those bags to keep things clean and if we get a mouse trucking through the clean things are still sanitary, and everything for the freezer goes in there for flat space. So happy for you Ms Kim
I store my kitchen aid attachments in the mixing bowl so they are all there when I go to use the mixer. Just a suggestion. You could do that and not have them just laying in the cabinet. Then all your baking spices I would say find a basket or container with no lid that fits in the baking cabinet to store all those so you can just pull the basket out use what you need then put it all back when you are done.
You inspired me to reorganize two of my kitchen cabinets that were driving me crazy! Thank you. I was inspired because you didn’t do an over the top organization with all kinds of special bins. I decluttered a bit and moved things I use everyday to where I can reach them.
All your baking pans can be stored upright. Use small spring loaded tension rods (like for a door window) to separate items on their side. Protects the surface, also can use for your cutting boards. They will all take much less space.
I had to store my appliances that I don't use all the time on the very top of my cabinets wrapped in clingy wrap. Saved me on space. Also some of my cabinet shelves were adjustable which helped.
I love my island. Since I do most of my cutting and chopping of veggies on my island I put my knives and cutting boards in the drawer of my island. So handy, it is near the frig and stove.
It looks like you have a built in pull out cutting board above the drawer with your knives. Love your kitchen organization. I liked the baking section. Can’t wait for more videos.
So excited for you guys and your new home! Looking forward to seeing you settling in. I am trying to figure out my tiny kitchen and how to make it work for me. We don’t have much but the storage is great for taller people with great stretch and reach but I am short with lots of mobility challenges. You gave me some great inspiration so I hope to be able to get my kitchen into a good working space. Enjoy your new home, God Bless you ❤
I think you did a marvelous job finding homes for all your equipment etc. I do leave my kitchen aid on the counter, because at 85 I just can't lift it out of the cabinet any more. I don't know how big your pantry is, but if you can fit a stainless steel rolling cart (Costco) in there, you could put your mixer on that and perhaps your flour canister and sugar canister on the shelf below. Roll it out when you need it, then back it goes. I am looking forward to your pantry set up. Enjoy your new home. Y'all have a Blessed day.
With a pantry, the less used spices can always be stored in there. I keep my dishes, glassware, and flatware in the cupboards near the dishwasher. I have 3 corner cupboards. One lazy Susan lower cupboard is spices, oils, vinegars. Second lazy Susan hold all the food storage containers. The third upper cupboard stores all my yellow ware and depression glass serving bowls and platters.
You could lower the shelf above your glasses to make more space for the mugs above. Loved your thinking about where to put stuff - I might have to rearrange some of my cupboards.
Great job to get your kitchen the way you use it! I don’t like a lot of items on my counters either, not even decorative things- my electric kettle, our Keurig and my Kitchen Aid stand mixer, everything else is in cabinets though my late grandmother’s spun stainless steel canisters from the 1940’s live on an open shelf above the mixer and it holds flours and sugars.
I use the lazy Susan for spices. I put my most used top and front so they are easily accessible right when you open. The big Costco spices fit on the bottom
So for your spice cabinet to the right of your stove, top shelf, I lay down and stack my tall (lids facing out), fat spice jars and and label the lids with a sharpie so I can see everything I have at a glance. 😁
I store seasonal pans like your fall one with the decorations. I have a super small kitchen so whatever makes storage easier. So Easter chocolate molds are with spring decorations, fall/thanksgiving stuff is with that, Christmas is with those decorations. Saves me valuable space in the kitchen!
I have a similar corner cabinet that I bought 16 inch lazy susans to go in, and I put my spices and most of my baking stuff into it. Just a thought! Also, realize that you are now going to get 27 "Sweater Weather" mugs from us, your faithful viewers!😂😂😂 Oh! One more thought! Put a paper plate or something under your waffle maker to protect the nonstick surface of your griddle.
We moved 2 years ago and I’m still going through stuff and re-organizing! 😂 Idk if this was mentioned or not but lazy Susan’s work great to store small but bulky kitchen appliances you don’t want on your kitchen counter but that you still want easy access too. I store my crockpots, food processor, instant pot, ice maker, waffle maker, and ice cream maker in mine. Anyway great job. It’s a lot of work to set up a kitchen again!😊
We moved into our house 3 years ago and I think I've completely re-arranged my kitchen at least 3 times haha. You just don't know what will work until you try a few things! Have fun!
Your kitchen is beautiful! I was wondering if there is a pull out cutting board right above the drawer where you have your knives stored? I was just curious as it looks like there could be. Have a great week! God bless you!
It looks like the logistics and the season of life may be indicative that minor decluttering is called for. I am still raising teens and small children so I am not there yet but I imagine the transition from large family of 6 back to a “normal” size of 4 is quite an adjustment. I don’t use my KA mixer but I love it so much I love seeing it on my countertop. I have a WWII fighter plane decal set on it! 😍
I buy in bulk, so use mason jars for my spices. Then I take the air out of the jar so they stay fresher and you can store them in your food room till you need to refill your small jars. I don't have any upper cabinets in my kitchen so had to get creative. After your using your kitchen for a while, you might change your mind where some things will be. It's a work in progress always.
Your kitchen looks so nice!! I recently went through all my kitchen stuff, I found that going through the utensils in the crocks and down sized the duplicates and the ones that I just didn’t work well and then you have more counter space 😉
You can do like me and use under the sink for bakeware or pots and pans and free up your other cupboards for other items. All my cleaning items are in washroom/pantry And i never have to worry if grandkids or little kids come over
We actually do have our plates in a lower cabinet. The kids were little when we moved. They could reach them to put them away and get them out to set the table. In 30 years we've never seen the need to move them. They aren't at floor level, the shelf of the bottom cabinet.
From another shorty, in your glasses/mugs cabinet, I would bring the second shelf down and the third shelf down. You can double stack more, and it will be easier to reach the items on the top shelf.
Hey Kimmy, not too many years ago, I set up my own kitchen cabinet about the microwave oven in my "1-story" Georgia house. My 2 reusable Pioneer Woman condiment squeeze bottles separately have mustard and pancake syrup. My 2 larger reusable Oxo condiment squeeze bottles separately have ketchup and honey barbecue sauce. I have 2 round plastic canisters that have unsalted peanuts. I have 3 red boxes that have shredded wheat cereal. I have a box that has drinking straws. I have a round plastic jar that has masculine multivitamin gummies. I have 2 gummy organizing containers. There I have 'em. They belong in my cabinet. After I move back to Virginia someday in the future, I want my own cabinet in a "2-story" house.
Use command hooks inside of the baking cabinet to store your measuring cups and spoons. You could also hang your Bosch and kitchen aide attachments there too.
