{"id":495,"date":"2020-11-03T04:02:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T04:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2020-11-03T04:02:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T04:02:28","slug":"the-end-of-kitchen-clutter-organizing-by-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/the-end-of-kitchen-clutter-organizing-by-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of Kitchen Clutter: Organizing by zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>When I have a client moving into a new home, one of the first things we talk about is how we&#8217;ll set up the kitchen. I always have the same suggestion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To set up your kitchen for maximum usability, divide the space into five function-oriented zones:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Serving\/Snack Zone\u00a0&#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0for things you want to grab easily and often&#8211;dishes\/glassware\/cups &amp; mugs\/silverware.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage Zone &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0for kitchen staples that you use regularly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooking Zone &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0for storing pots\/pans\/lids\/bakeware.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Prep\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Zone\u00a0\u00a0&#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0bowls\/knives\/cooking utensils.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Wash-Up Zone &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>anything related to food storage or clean-up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look around your kitchen and decide where your food prep area will be.\u00a0 A counter? An island? Store the things you\u2019ll use to get food ready near there.<br \/>\nLook at the storage space closest to your stove. That will be the most convenient place for your pots and pans.<br \/>\nLook at the cabinets nearest your dishwasher. Save those for your everyday dishes and glassware and unloading the dishwasher will be easy-to-do.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to store like items in the same place.\u00a0 And don&#8217;t feel you have to fill every shelf with something. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with having open space!<\/p>\n<p><strong>After you get an idea of where things should go, tag your cabinets and drawers with sticky notes showing what goes where.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure that there is enough space in each area to hold everything you\u2019re planning to put there. If it seems there won&#8217;t be enough room, move the sticky tags and &#8220;reset&#8221; the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re sure everything is in the most logical\/convenient place, you\u2019re ready to put your things away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations! You&#8217;ve got what everyone really wants in their kitchen: A place for everything and everything in its place!\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I have a client moving into a new home, one of the first things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-organizing-kitchen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}