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Explore All of These Incredible Kitchen Cabinet Accessories

Installing new kitchen cabinets? Great! You have the perfect opportunity to design your dream kitchen space and have everything exactly how you want it.

So don’t just focus on the exterior of the cabinets. Get the customized storage you need! Before you install your new cabinets, explore all of these incredible kitchen cabinet accessories.

Corner and Base Cabinet Organizers

Are you sick of opening your cabinet to an avalanche of plastic? Or are you tired of your entire cabinet being taken up by awkward piles of lids? If so, corner and base cabinet organizers are your new best friends.

Corner cabinets offer tons of space when they’re properly organized. For instance, a corner cabinet organizer neatly stores all your specialty appliances and the accessories that go with them. And a base cabinet organizer is perfect for storing all those plastic storage containers and lids!

Pull-Outs and Pull-Downs

Obviously, no one wants to display their trash to guests. It’s unsightly! And let’s be honest, the smell isn’t great either. So why ruin the perfect look of your new kitchen with trash cans and recycling bins? Keep it all out of sight with pull-outs and pull-downs.

With this purpose in mind, pull-outs and pull-downs offer you a way to easily store trash and recycling within your cabinets. Just pull down on the handle or slide the bin out, toss your garbage or recycling in, and close the door. Plus, emptying the bins is just as easy! Simply open the cabinet, remove the bin, empty it, and return it to the cabinet. So easy!

Lazy Susans

Imagine being able to open your cabinets and simply spin a lazy Susan to find what you need. No more moving stacks of cans or reaching around boxes. Finally, everything will be neatly organized and within your reach.

Lazy Susans are perfect options for cans, jars, and spices. They’re also wonderful for organizing coffee, tea, and cocoa. Or use a lazy Susan to organize all those cleaning supplies under your sink.

Drawer Inserts

We are firm believers that having a place for everything and everything in its place makes life simpler and better. And drawer inserts are the perfect way to do that.

Cooking utensils, silverware, and small items all too frequently turn into a jumbled mess in kitchen drawers. Fortunately, drawer inserts easily organize the contents of your drawers. And they’re customizable to fit your own unique needs!

Spice Racks

If you do a lot of cooking, you know there’s never enough room for your spices. They end up all over the place–on the back of your stove, cluttering your counters, and taking over your cabinets.

Thankfully, there’s an easy and beautiful solution to reduce your kitchen clutter–spice racks! Spice racks are easily added to any of your new kitchen cabinets, and they’re customizable to fit different size jars. So add one, two, or 10!

Wine Racks

What’s dinner without a little wine? Whether you want to display your favorite vintages or just keep bottles within easy reach to pair with dinner, wine racks are a beautiful addition to your cabinets.

Best of all, wine racks are completely customizable! So tuck your bottles neatly away inside a cabinet. Or put them on full display with a gorgeous rack that’s built into your kitchen island. Alternatively, go all out by creating a home bar in your kitchen. The sky’s the limit!

Range Hoods and Vents

What’s the point in designing beautiful custom cabinets, only to have your range hood stick out like a sore thumb? Thankfully, we have a solution. Here at Edgewood Cabinetry, we offer custom-designed range hoods and vents to match your new cabinets.

At last, you can have the perfectly matched kitchen of your dreams! That’s because we match your range hood and vents to any of our cabinet styles and colors.

At Edgewood Cabinetry, we believe your kitchen should not only be beautiful but fully functional, too. So we encourage you to explore all the incredible kitchen cabinet accessories we offer. Moreover, we are always happy to help you design the kitchen of your dreams.  Reach out today to get started.

 

 

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Pantry Organization Tips

A well-stocked pantry is a beautiful thing. But if your pantry isn’t organized, it can be a source of frustration. When you can’t clearly see what you already have in your pantry, you’re more likely to purchase duplicate items. Or worse, you may forget about items in the back of shelves or at the bottom of stacks until they’re too old to eat. No one likes food waste. Fortunately, we’re here with pantry organization tips that will help you get the chaos in your pantry back under control.

Take Stock

If it’s been a while since you organized your pantry, the first thing you need to do is take stock of what you have. This also gives you a chance to pull everything out of your pantry and give it a thorough cleaning so you’ll have a clean slate when you begin putting items back inside.

Toss out anything that’s expired, and give away duplicates. After all, are you really going to use eight containers of rosemary before they go bad? Once you’ve gotten rid of what you can’t or won’t eat, you’ll have an idea of the type of storage you need to organize what’s left.

Use Clear Containers

Keeping your pantry organized is all about seeing what you have and being able to access it when you need it. That’s why clear containers are so helpful.

Instead of jumbles of boxes and bags, you have neatly organized containers that clearly show their contents. Clear bins, boxes, and jars are all excellent for this purpose. Wire baskets are a great choice, too, particularly for bulkier items like squash and onions.

Label

If you’re trying to improve your baking game and have six different types of flour in the pantry, will you know what’s what if you decide to put them neatly into clear storage containers? Probably not. But that doesn’t mean you need to settle for stacking bags again.

Instead, just take the time to label everything. We suggest including dates, too.  That way, you can toss ingredients that are too old, instead of figuring it out the hard way when your spaghetti Bolognese tastes rancid.

Invest in Organizers

If you’re still trying to stack everything on shelves, it’s time to embrace the world of kitchen cabinet organizers. You don’t need to deal with stacks of food that fall all over the floor every time you need to reach something in the back any longer.

Solutions like lazy Susans, spice racks, and cabinet organizers open up a whole new world of possibilities. Just imagine having all your bottles of oil stored neatly on a lazy Susan, your spices all organized and within reach, and all those annoying food storage lids neatly confined within a cabinet organizer, at last. Perfection.

Give a Method to the Madness

A well-organized pantry takes some thought. Don’t just try to group items by size. Instead, create designated areas for what you’re storing. Place all your pasta together in one area and all your baking supplies in another, for example. That way, you know exactly where to look for what you need, and your family members have an easier time helping to put groceries away, too.

It’s worth remembering that grocery stores put candy at children’s eye-level for a reason. We want what we see. So if you have foods that need to be eaten soon, or you’re trying to get your kids to choose healthier snacks, try strategically placing them at eye level. They’re more likely to be used than if they’re stuck somewhere on an upper shelf.

Customize

There’s no better way to organize your pantry than with customized solutions made just for you. A custom-built pantry accommodates your personal needs, instead of a cookie-cutter approach that leaves you constantly having to adapt.

With a custom-designed pantry from Edgewood Cabinetry, you can make use of every inch of available space. Take advantage of custom-sized shelves, cabinets, racks, organizers, and more to give you the pantry of your dreams.

Interested in installing a custom pantry in your home? Contact us here to get started.

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Cabinet Organizational Tools

Do Cabinet Organizational Tools Help Or Hurt Your Space?

You’ve probably used cabinet organizational tools in at least one drawer or cabinet. Did they actually give you more space or less?

While anything that says it’ll help you organize your cabinets sounds like a must-have, you should look closely at just how much space the organizer takes up.

Don’t worry, though. You don’t have to give up organizers. You just have to know when and where to best use them.

Look At Overall Size

The first thing to consider with any cabinet organizational tools is the overall size. For instance, take a basic drawer organizer. Unless it fits your drawer perfectly, you may have wasted space. If the dividers are too bulky, you may actually fit less in your drawer.

However, measuring to get the closest fit possible can help you save space and keep everything more organized. Another example would be metal baskets that fit inside your cabinet doors. You want to pay close attention to the size. If they’re too bulky, they could eliminate some of your shelf space, leaving you with less overall space to work with.

Saving Space Through Organization

Cabinet organizational tools are your best friend when they actually help you save space. Let’s go back to the cabinet doors baskets. A slender basket could easily give you more space for frequently used items, such as stovetop cleaner and sponges or favorite spices. By placing smaller items in the basket, you free up shelf space for bulkier items. Yet, your organizer gives you easy access to everything.

Built-In Versus Add-On

While this isn’t always an option, you might want to consider cabinet organizational tools during a remodel. If you’re having new cabinets built, consider having organizers built-in. For instance, have your silverware drawer built as an organizer. You don’t have to worry about getting the right fit.

Another great example is having a rack built-in to a bathroom cabinet to store extra toilet paper. Shelves could be pushed back to provide room for toilet paper in the door. This is ideal for smaller half-baths.

In most cases, built-in organizers take up far less space. After all, they’re built specifically for your needs. However, choosing the right add-ons help you save space too.

The only downside to built-in organizers is you can’t really change anything after the fact. You’re kind of stuck with them. Make sure they’re something you’re going to use for the life of your cabinets before you add them to your custom cabinets.

Too Much Of A Good Thing

Yes, there is such as a thing. Okay, so too much ice cream could never really be bad, right? However, when it comes to cabinet organizational tools, don’t go overboard. It’s easy for your cabinets to start looking more like Ikea than someone’s home.

The moment when your organizers start hurting your space, you’ve gone too far. Organizers are supposed to help you gain space and eliminate clutter. It’s easy to get carried away and try to continue saving more and more space.

Instead of letting all those cabinet organizational tools get in the way, try de-cluttering your cabinets instead. Too much stuff might be your problem.

Getting Inspired

With all the cabinet organizers available, how do you know which ones to use and which ones to avoid? One of the best places to get some inspiration and see organizers in action is to browse Pinterest’s kitchen organization pins. For instance, multiple pins showcase using an over-the-door shoe caddy for storing cleaning supplies in your pantry.

There are also numerous pins on cabinet organizers for all rooms. Just check out Pinterest for each type of room or cabinet and you’ll find a variety of ways to de-clutter and organize without losing space. Consider checking out some options before custom ordering your cabinets to get the organizational cabinets of your dreams.

Want to build organizers into your cabinets? Contact us today to find out how we can help turn your custom dream into a reality.

Image: Jaroslaw Ceborski

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