It does look nice, all empty, doesn't it? Once I had kids, I never kept the typical cleaning supplies under the sink again. Now, I don't even buy those things, but under my kitchen sink looks better than most other's I've seen.

I know many people keep their trash can under the sink, but I've always found that to be really inconvenient.

I have a plastic bin which holds my kitchen towels. You are standing right there with wet hands, right? You only have to reach in and get a towel. I have my bottle of dish soap connected to the Nevermind tubing in one back corner. In front of that is a box of trash bags for the trash can.

That's all we keep there. I never shove something in there for "just now." It stays neet and we can easily get to the pipes.

Gloria

Gloria, where do you keep your kitchen cleaners?

I like the idea of the bin of kitchen towels. I'm going to move my towels from the nearby laundry room to this cabinet. I admit that I'm one of those "just now" people when it comes to putting things in there. This is the first place I'm going to put on my list of decluttering.

Before we started our kitchen remodel, I cleaned out under my sink. I bought several black bins with handles, and put cleaners in different baskets for different uses. One holds brushes, sos pads, soap and Barkeepers Friend, another holds windex, Goo Gone, orange cleaner and paper towels. I also have one that holds cleaning towels. It's a system that's worked for me and it keeps things looking neat; plus if there's a spill, it's contained.

Hi Marie,

On one side under our kitchen sink I have the plastic coated wire racks that hook together at the leg to top of next one down making three shelves on the left hand side. I keep my sauce pots/pans lids there. On the other side I do keep my trash can. It is small with a lid and we empty it about every other day so I am ok keeping it in the same cupboard as pans. All the pans have their lids on.Then on trash can side since it is small I keep extra dish soap trash bag roll window cleaner paper towel roll and cleanser. All my other cleaners I keep in cupboards above the washer and dryer. I am using them up thinning out. I seem to only use a few cleaners for many things and am finding no point in having as many as I have on hand. So when they are gone I am not replacing.

Chris

Right side - the trash bin.

Left side - drain board/tray and a dish pan full of dishwashing supplies (Dawn, Cascade, SOS pads, scrubbies, etc.)

Nice and neat all the time!

Hi Marie. Since I've had small kids in the house and most of my friends have small kids, I've designated an upper cabinet for any cleaning supplies. I really don't purchase much of those anymore. Dishwasher detergent, Windex and Simple Green is all I have around. The last kitchen remodel ended up with a small upper cabinet used just for those items. Now, I don't have uppers around my sink area, so in one of the cabinets in my pantry wall, I just put them on an upper shelf. I keep a bottle of Windex on the shelf in my entry coat closet. We have mirrored doors there which get tons of fingerprints. Another bottle of Windex and Simple Green is kept on a shelf on each floor of the house.

Gloria

We keep diluted dishwashing liquid on top of the sink in an old champagne bottle with a pour top. Under the sink is d/washer detergent; trash bags, extra brillo & brushes. I have kept it neat ever since my son lost a snake in the house.

Thanks to all of you. Here's what I did:

Left side: trash can
Middle: DW detergent in a Tupperware container w/ a pour spout.

Right side: Got one of the BBB undersink organizer thingies (bottom for SOS et.al and top for rubber gloves.)

Best thing of all: I went to the lighting department in Home Depot and got a piece of diffuser for a large flourescent light (it's white and 2 X 4 feet). I put in on the bottom of the cabinet, and now everything is very visible, and it's relatively water-proof, except around the pipes. If you want to try this, get the thinnest piece you can find and get a good exacto knife - it's very brittle and hard to cut.

Again, thanks to all of you for your great ideas. I just wish I had room for the bin for towels.

ooh--a diffuser! I put down the ribbed shelf liner, bcs I needed to be able to put screws through it. But that diffuser is an interesting idea!

I meant to find you the link to this--it creates a shelf above the drawer.

The only part of the undersink area that reaches all thew ay to the back w/o obstruction is the bottom 6 inches or so. But that leaves all sorts of wasted space ABOVE it.

This creates a drawer that will reach all the way to the back, but puts a shelf above it so you can do a double-layer of stuff without actually stacking.

I set the bottles, etc., on top, and put the rubber gloves & steel wool pads in the drawer.

Here is a link that might be useful: chrome shelves/baskets