40 Kitchen Unclutter Ideas December 27, 2022 – Posted in: Design, Lifestyle – Tags: concealed kitchens, kitchen, kitchen ideas

We frequently face the annoyance of lack of space, especially in functional rooms where we need to store a lot of things, in bathrooms, kitchens, utility rooms and so on. Want to set all the appliances in the kitchen efficiently? There are several ideas to do that in an efficient way.

How you arrange your kitchen appliances depends on your cook type. Where you store kitchen appliances in your cabinets will depend highly on which ones you use the most. You’re not going to want to pull an appliance out of the back of the cupboard if you use it daily, and if it’s an appliance that rarely makes an appearance, you can pretty much stash it away.

A butcher block countertop accents a blue kitchen island finished with a sink and a polished nickel gooseneck faucet. A blue wood paneled fridge door with a brass handle is fixed beneath blue cabinets and beside a wall oven fixed under a microwave. — Photo Credit: Venegas and Company

If you like simple leave-it-and-let-it-cook styles of preparing meals, a crock pot, for example, may be used quite frequently, and you will want this appliance to be easily accessible. If you have a blender and only use it the odd time, you may feel perfectly comfortable just pushing it to the back of the pantry.

Kitchen features pull-up cabinet concealing hidden small appliances. — Photo Credit: BBA Architects

Before we show you some incredible kitchen appliance storage solutions, let us share with you some quick tips to declutter and organize your kitchen appliances, and maybe this will help start you off on your storage solution journey.

Choose Groups

The foremost step to decluttering and managing your kitchen appliances is to group them by use: frequently used, rarely used, and never used. If you’re working with limited kitchen storage space, it’s crucial to assign it wisely by possessing appliances that have multiple uses. Examine your appliances to make sure their uses are multi-use and not one.

Folding doors conceal a cabinet holding small kitchen appliances on white shelves over white cabinets adorned with antique brass hardware. — Photo Credit: Amy Skylar

For example, contemplate buying a high-quality blender that can double as a food processor. Ditch the rice cooker if you don’t cook rice daily, as a stock pot can do a fine job of cooking a batch of rice.

Do a Purge

This step may be hard for people, but if you don’t use a particular kitchen appliance, it’s time to let it go — regardless of if you think you would really like to use it. Think about appliances that aren’t beneficial for daily use. If you use them daily — great! But chances are if you never pull them out of the cupboard, you’re not going to start.

White kItchen with a small appliances cabinet fitted with folding doors. — Photo Credit: Studio Entourage

Use your kitchen cabinet storage space for appliances you really use.

Go the Donation Route

Unused kitchen appliances can easily find a new home via donation, consignment, or selling online. Donating is a wonderful way to declutter and put your tools into someone else’s hands. Find a local charity to donate to, such as Habitat for Humanity or your local Goodwill, or you can even try a buy-nothing group on Facebook.

Beautiful white kitchen boasts a white cabinet fitted with white shelves and dedicated to small kitchen appliances. — Photo Credit: Amy Storm and Co.

Make Use of Other Storage Areas

If you have those kitchen appliance items that you rarely use, but you still use them occasionally (and I mean like a handful of times a year) consider storing them in other areas of the home. They don’t need to be in the kitchen.

For example, I have buffet warmers that I use when I have a large family gathering or on holidays about 3-4 times a year. I store these bulky kitchen appliances in attic storage above my bathroom, so they are out of the way but still accessible when I need them.

Now that we have helped you organize your kitchen appliances let’s jump right into some storage solutions

Covert a Closet

If you have a closet nearby the kitchen that isn’t being used otherwise, you could always convert it into a walk-in or small pantry. You can easily turn a closet into a small butler pantry or a place to store appliances by installing fixated horizontal shelves or even moveable wire shelving.

butler pantry kitchen shelving with pots pans and baking ware — Photo Credit: India Mart

Build Everything In

If you have your choice appliances such as microwaves, air fryers, toasters, etc., and you know that you are going to use them all the time, you might as well build them in. This is, of course, more of an option for those that are building or renovating an existing kitchen.

White quartz waterfall countertop on a black center island fitted with a ample cabinet space and drawers featuring a built-in microwave. — Photo Credit: Black Band Design

That isn’t to say that you can’t change your existing kitchen cabinets to accommodate built-in appliances.

Cottage kitchen features a built-in coffee station hidden by sliding barn doors on rails. A vintage Dunkin donuts sign decorates the built-in finished with a sink, an oil rubbed bronze faucet, a wold built-in coffee machine, and white shaker cabinets. Oil rubbed bronze hardware stand out against the white finished cabinetry keeping a black and white theme consistent. — Photo Credit: Pineapple Palms

White floating shelves are stacked against white subway backsplash tiles over white cabinets topped with a honed marble countertop and on either side of a built-in Miele coffee machine. The coffee machine is fixed under white shelves and over a black oven. — Photo Credit: Shelter Interior Design

Island with Drawers

A great space to store appliances is in the back of an island. Even if you want to sit around your kitchen island, you can still make use of the back side by installing doors or drawers. You can tuck away appliances back there, and they will be easy to access when you need them.

Light stained wood floors frame a gray kitchen island lit by two French nickel lanterns. Stained wood cabinets are topped with a white countertop fixed against glossy white staggred backsplash tiles beneath glass front cabinets flanking a white range hood with wood trim. — Photo Credit: Kelsey Leigh Design

Small appliances can also be tucked away in traditional cabinetry. Equipment stored at the end of the island is accessible but out of sight. Keep appliances such as microwaves on an island so they don’t clutter up wall or counter space.

Appliance Garages

You can simply just work with your already existing cabinetry. You can create and designate a certain cupboard just for appliances. This makes it easy to access your small kitchen appliances when you need them, but then you can tuck them away neatly when not in use.

Pull Out Drawers

A pull out drawer can be the ideal place to store your kitchen appliances. Before this can work, you need to have a kitchen cabinet that is big enough to contain essential kitchen appliances like a toaster, blender, etc.

pull out cabinetry with wood appliance storage kitchen — Photo Credit: Wood Mode Inc

Matching Colors

Suppose you must do the normal and store your kitchen appliances on your kitchen countertop. In that case, your appliances having the same matching colors as your cabinets would give your kitchen a remarkable feel. White is an excellent color to use. If everything matches and looks cohesive, tucking the appliances away is not even a thought in your mind — now your appliances are part of the decor.

white modern kitchen cabinets with appliances on black counter — Photo Credit: Recycle Nation

Make a Separate Area

If your kitchen is big enough, you can have a stand-alone cabinet for storing your coffee machines. This storage idea is perfect for baristas. There are lower compartments where you can store other appliances like coffee grinders and more.

coffee bar with white shiplap and black chalkboard — Photo Credit: home_by_virginia via Instagram

Storage Lift

You can summon your blender, toaster, and cake mixer from beneath your kitchen cabinet with this amazingly outstanding storage idea. This is a more massive storage lift that can accommodate a lot of kitchen appliances.

Corner Storage

Most kitchen corner spaces are often underutilized. Here you can see a corner kitchen storage space used to store all kitchen appliances.

corner white kitchen cabinet with wire storage — Photo Credit: India Mart

Creative Coffee Bar Storage

We really love this idea. All you have to do is pull out the cabinet, turn on the coffee maker and brew an amazing cup of coffee. Having a cabinet only for your coffee maker is a unique kitchen appliance storage idea.

corner cabinet for coffee maker storage white creamy cabinets in kitchen — Photo Credit: Seigles

DIY Rolling Storage Center

If you’re of the DIY mentality, you can try this idea! With some plywood, Susan from Home Road Blog, was able to craft this amazingly awesome appliance storage shelf. It has three compartments that can be used to store blenders, toasters, and more. I love that it is rollable and can be tucked away because it’s very slim. With a little woodworking skill, you can make this for your kitchen.

white rolling storage for appliances kitchen — Photo Credit: Home Road

Meticulous Organization

Having one shelve for each of your kitchen appliances is a great way to organize all of your kitchen appliances neatly. You could make your own similar compartments in existing cabinetry or could easily hack an Ikea Kallax shelf into something similar.

white cube storage kitchen appliances — Photo Credit: Bryan Turner Kitchens

Built Into the Wall

This is one of our favorite kitchen appliance storage ideas. You can consider breaking and dedicating part of your wall to your kitchen appliances. It would give your kitchen a different look.

blue wall kitchen with appliance garage built into wall — Photo Credit: Zero Energy

Simply use a Lower Cabinet

Most lower cabinets have enough space to accommodate a lot of kitchen appliances. We highly recommend the lower cabinet if you are looking at hiding your kitchen appliances.

lower storage for appliances cream cupboards — Photo Credit: Kelley Nan

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