{"id":750,"date":"2011-01-21T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellapamella.com\/blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2018-10-05T17:05:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T22:05:38","slug":"idea-39-shore-up-your-drawers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/idea-39-shore-up-your-drawers\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA 39: SHORE UP YOUR DRAWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You could spend this month trying to keep all those resolutions you made. Or you could forget that, and just work on getting your kitchen drawers organized. I just love a well-organized drawer. It makes me feel just a little bit in control of things.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, edit your stuff if you have too much. Buy a couple of drawer dividers. And have at it. Here are some photos of my drawers. I think my newer pot-holders were in the wash, and several of my food storage containers were in the freezer, but I took a “come-as-you-are-party” approach to these photos. They’re not bad. And real is good.<\/span><\/p>\n

This drawer may have been my inspiration for it all. Years ago, when we put new cabinets in the kitchen, I got real live built-in dividers for the silverware drawer. (Previously I had used the plastic unit that you just pop into a drawer, with empty space around it, which collected other stuff). The fact that this drawer has remained organized all these years I think is a testament to how the right organization device will take care of itself. There’s a reason someone coined the phrase, “A place for everything, and everything in it’s place”!
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There are four drawers in my “peninsula” which house stuff to set the table:<\/span><\/p>\n

Place mats<\/span><\/p>\n

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Candles, candle holders, napkin rings and paper napkins. The box that the candles are in a woven box with a lid. Very sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Table cloths<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fabric napkins<\/span><\/p>\n

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The drawers below my main counter are arranged by task.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baking, grilling and roasting: measuring cups and spoons, rubber spatulas, grilling utensils. Hint: use a heavy rubber-band (like the one found on broccoli in the produce section) to keep the grilling tongs from taking over the whole drawer. This drawer has adjustable dividers from IKEA<\/a>. (Classy AND inexpensive!)<\/span><\/p>\n

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This drawer is at the stove: Stirring spoons, wooden utensils, flipper, spatulas, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A second drawer at the stove: Hot pads, oven mitts, trivets and matches and stove lighter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pie plates and tins, and of course rolling pins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Food storage. I find this drawer is also a good place to keep empty water bottles for re-use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’ve been inspired, try fixing up even one drawer per weekend. In no time your entire kitchen will be organized!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You could spend this month trying to keep all those resolutions you made. Or you could forget that, and just work on getting your kitchen drawers organized. I just love a well-organized drawer. It makes me feel just a little bit in control of things. So, edit your stuff if you have too much. Buy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,30,34,35,42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1914,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}