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Aug 18 2010

5 steps to an organised kitchen cupboard – including the tupperware cupboard!

Category: Kitchen • Organising

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Have you decluttered and organized your kitchen cupboards lately?  No, than today’s the day…again starting small, we will only tackle two cupboards.  I have organised my crockery and Tupperware cupboards (you’ll soon see I have an obsession for Tupperware, I used to be a demonstrator and I brought quite abit for myself (you’ll love my pantry)). 

Below are 5 steps to you having beautifully organised kitchen cupboards:

  1. Remove all items from cupboard.
  2. Wipe shelves down with a damp sponge.
  3. Declutter - While organising the cupboard take the opportunity to declutter, thow away cracked or chipped crockery and items that you never use, pass them onto charity. 
  4. Organising – When organising your cupboards use the: SOMETIMES, RARELY, DAILY approach.  Items that are used daily need to be easily accessible at the front of the cupboards or within arms reach. Keep the rarely and sometimes items on higher or lower shelves.
  5. Take a step back and admire your work!  Great job!

Below: My crockery cupboard.  I have only just recently gave away the kids character melamine plates and bowls and replaced them with some bigger sized melamine plates from Target and plastic bowls from Spotlight (also love the IKEA snack plate). Here I also store melamine sets we use for outdoor bbq’s and dishes we use for pasta nights.  In the basket is salad bowls and serving centre for entertaining. 

Below:  Told you I have an obsession with Tupperware.  I have stored all like items together, with items used everyday at the front.

Below:  I love these baskets they are great for keeping items tidy. Can you tell I like to bake. 


 Below: I store all my lids in this system that I brought from Big W.  It has 2 slide out shelves.  In the bottom I store all smaller lids, with the larger on top.  It’s neat and compact which provides ease when searching for lids.

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  • sandy

    awesome tupperware cupboard!! Mine gets organised and re-organised coz lazy bones family puts things away whereever they like! LOL I'm loving the idea of those basket drawers, I'm going to go get me some today! Thanks for that. Yes, keeping up with your blog. Don't have much time to keep up with all you do but its giving me great ideas :-) Keep it up :-)

    • http://theorganisedhousewife.wordpress.com Katrina – The Organi

      That's all it's here for to inspire and get ideas. You like my cupboard, I have an obsession with Tupperware, it is great quality :) Did you get some baskets, would love to see some photo's of readers after they have organised!

  • http://tictactoedesign.wordpress.com tictactoedesign

    I HAVE to do this with my lids. I knew I needed a system, I just wasn't quite sure what!
    Thanks! :)

    • http://theorganisedhousewife.wordpress.com Katrina – The Organi

      It's a great system isn't it, makes them easy to find.

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  • http://www.milkncookies.info Casey

    Hey Katrina,

    I too was a demonstrator (and still keep considering going back, I am Tupperware obsessed). I also spent a small fortune on the plasticcy goodness myself, openly admitting to being a Tupper Tart. I do not keep plastics in my house unless they are Tupperware.
    My only desire now is to complete my pantry, I still have about half plus spares to go! But I do have more than enough fridge smarts to store all my fresh groceries in which is fab. My TW cupboard gets out of control Soooo easily that I recently sold some of my beloved collection *sob* to help keep it a little more under control.
    Something I was told to do but had never considered was to insure my TW or make sure it’s covered in your house policy. When you pay demonstrator prices and win it at meetings it’s easy to accumulate several thousand dollars worth, I know I have and looks like you have too.
    xo

  • Fiona T

    This looks Great Katrina! I love the idea for lids, I never know what to do with them. In your baking cupboard did I see copper muffin trays??? wow, will keep an eye out for those as I am in the process of purging our home of ‘non-stick’.

  • http://justlovetobake.blogspot.com/ Hollyj

    I bought big storage boxes for each shelf in my tupperware cupboard. I put all my tupperware in them. I can pull them out and get the things I need without an avalanche. I do like the lid thing tho, might make my process better. I used to have drawers in my old place, big drawers, they were the best for keeping tupperware neat and accessable.

  • http://bogueliving.blogspot.com Leah – Bogue Living

    I am thinking about swapping some of my food in the pantry with tupperware in the cupboards because I can’t get a handle on it!! I want my cupboards to look like yours.

  • http://www.ptconcierge.com.au Joanne

    Love this. Your tupperware cupboard is fantastic. I also really need to get into mine and throw anything that does’nt have a lid. Love the lid storage too.
    Thanks for sharing

    • Katrina

      That lid storage basket has worked so well,I really recommend it.

    • http://www.facebook.com/janet.white.1829405 Janet White

      don’t forget you can usually buy replacement lids from a Tupperware dealer, don’t just throw it out first, lol

  • Ange

    Not as pretty, but I use Nappy Boxes to store a lot of my stuff in these cupboards. Thanks for the clean out reminder! I know what I’m doing this evening when the little bloke goes to bed!

    • Katrina

      Ange I started out with nappy boxes, as I had twins I had so many and couldn’t warrant throwing them out. But over the years I have replaced them with plastic ones and baskets. It’s a great start!!

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  • Kristie

    I love your Tupperware cupboard, Its just like mine!!!

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  • Hunter12

    Your cupboards look great. My t’ware cupboard is such that when you open the door some of it falls out. I think I need a new pantry/kitchen cupboard.

  • Tamaracate

    great Idea, I have terrable trouble with my tupperware cupbord too. I am also obsesessed with it the lids all together is a great idea,

  • Shannon G

    I’ve been trying to get to my tupperware/baking cupboard for a couple of months and just haven’t had the time (with a toddler helping I need him out of my hair). You’ve given me some inspiration and I’m going to try really hard to get it done this weekend … wish me luck!

  • sam- o

    I gave up and now use drawers. It’s brilliant.

  • Louise

    Perfect timing, I was just thinking this morning, i wonder if Katrina has done a post on organising the Tupperware cupboard! THANKYOU!

  • MamaJooce

    Oooh love that idea for the lids.

  • Alyssa

    A great idea for the lids, will have to clean out that cupboard when I get home and kids are realxing

  • Melissa

    OMG that basket for the lid is the answer to all my problems. I also love the idea of the basket for the service centres. I dont use them often but they are a pain to pull out from under my salad bowl when I do need them. Im off to BIG W tomorrow

  • Joice

    That’s more or less how I organise my kitchen cupboards…lol

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  • Lisa H

    I have so much Tupperware that when I decided to organise my kitchen, I decided to split the Tupperware up into different cupboards, by type and use, closer to where they are logically used.

    I couldn’t fit it all in one…and I could never find a lid. I labelled the shelves etc so hubby also knew where to put it without asking.

    I’ve gone from having all this great product I never used because I couldn’t find anything easily, to regularly using it all. And the lids don’t get lost and stay with their container.

    The fridgesmart, clear mates, deli keepers etc go above the fridge. The baking storage above the oven, meal storage on the bottom shelf under the stove, all the little snack cups smaller storage go on a box on a shelf in the bottom of my plate cupboard. And the cooking items like the microsteamer, rice and pasta cooker all live on the bottom shelf under my glasses etc. happy chopper, whippy thing and quick chef all live with my graters, hand held blender etc….and If there are modular mates empty, they go back in the pantry.

    Yes Tupperware obsessed. But I wasnt using it when it was all in one cupboard. It now all gets smashed in usage.
    I actually originally got the idea from here with pantry labels. Did that and it stayed organised. So I did it to the rest of the kitchen. It’s been like it for more than 6 months and no mess or cluttered cupboards anywhere. Looooooooove it.

  • Kat

    haha I have about as much tupperware as you! Yours is much neater tho. I have been meaning to get in and tidy my cupboard but just haven’t had time yet. This might motivate me! I like the lid storage idea :)

  • Kim

    I bought one of those baskets with the sliding drawers & never really had a purpose for it until now!

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  • Donna

    I have a tupperware drawer, which I thought would be better, but it is just as difficult to keep tidy, of course it doesn’t help that my kids just throw the tupperware in when they are putting it away, do you have any ideas for drawers???

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      No I don’t Donna, I have always wondered if drawers would be easier. I will try and gather some ideas for you.

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